November 1989 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Television Finale

Nov 2 "Blackadder Goes Forth" final episode "Goodbyeee" airs on BBC-TV starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton

Nov 8 "Byker Grove" begins broadcasting on the BBC
Nov 11 Don Sebesky and Gloria Nissenson's musical "Prince of Central Park", starring Jo Anne Worley, closes at Belasco Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
Nov 15 "Batman" film is released on video tape
Nov 22 Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World

Album Release

Nov 28 Queen Latifah releases her debut hip hop album "All Hail the Queen" featuring single "Ladies First"

Nov 29 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)

Birthdays in Film & TV

Nov 2 Katelyn Tarver, American singer and actress (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), born in Glennville, Georgia
Nov 8 Can Yaman, Turkish actor (Erkenci Kuş), born in Istanbul, Turkey
Nov 10 Taron Egerton, Welsh actor and singer (Rocketman), born in Birkenhead, England
Nov 12 Paul Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
Nov 12 Ryan Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
Nov 14 Mary Bashua-Alimi, Nigerian radio and TV personality
Nov 20 Cody Linley, American actor, born in Lewisville, Texas
Nov 22 Alden Ehrenreich, American actor (Solo: A Star Wars Story), born in Los Angeles, California

Deaths in Film & TV

Nov 6 Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (Detective Story), dies of cancer at 40
Nov 17 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
Nov 20 Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher], American actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies from a heart attack at 71
Nov 25 Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies