November 1984 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

  • Nov 9 Wes Craven's horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" premieres in the US
  • Nov 10 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Hollywood Park; winners: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again
  • Nov 12 NBC premiere of "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story", fact based telepic of actress Saldana's near fatal attack and its aftermath
  • Nov 18 NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime mystery "Fatal Vision", based on Joe McGinnis' novel about Jefferey MacDonald and the 1970 murders of his then-pregnant wife and two children

Film & TV History

Nov 22 Fred Rogers of PBS "Mr Rogers, Neighborhood" presents a sweater to Smithsonian Institution

Film Premiere

Nov 23 "A Christmas Carol" directed by Clive Donner starring George C. Scott premieres in the UK


Birthdays in Film & TV

  • Nov 1 Natalia Tena, English actress (Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter franchise), born in London
  • Nov 2 Julia Stegner, German supermodel, born in Munich, Germany
  • Nov 2 Tamara Hope, Canadian actress (The Sandy Bottom Orchestra), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • Nov 12 Sandara Park, South Korean actor, born in Busan, South Korea
  • Nov 16 Gemma Atkinson, British actress and model, born in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Nov 16 Kimberly J. Brown, American actress, born in Gaithersburg, Maryland
  • Nov 17 Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
  • Nov 21 Jena Malone, American Actress

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Nov 22 American actress (Lost in Translation, Avengers), born in NYC, New York

  • Nov 23 Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer, born in Springfield, Missouri
  • Nov 25 Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (Hannibal Rising; Saint Laurent), born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France (d. 2022)
  • Nov 28 Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
  • Nov 28 Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
  • Nov 30 Omahyra Mota, Dominican model/actress

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Nov 4 Merie Earle [Ireland], American film and television character actress (The Waltons - "Maude Gormley"), dies of uremic poisoning at 95
  • Nov 7 George Mathews, American stage and screen character actor (The Eve of St. Mark; Glynis - "Chick"), dies of heart disease at 73
  • Nov 10 Sudie Bond, American stage and screen actress (Love Story; Johnny Dangerously), dies of a respiratory ailment at 61
  • Nov 13 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66