Events in Film & TV
Music Awards
1968 2nd Country Music Association Award: Glen Campbell and Tammy Wynette win
Tammy Wynette
Glen Campbell
Event of Interest
1976 George Harrison appears on "Saturday Night Live"
George Harrison
Lorne Michaels
- 1980 United Artists withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for re-editing
Event of Interest
1982 Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts "Saturday Night Live"
Drew Barrymore
Lorne Michaels
- 1983 100 million watch ABC TV movie "The Day After" about nuclear war
Film Premier
1983 "Terms of Endearment" from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
Shirley MacLaine
Film Release
2002 "Die Another Day", 20th James Bond film released, directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry
Pierce Brosnan
Halle Berry
Event of Interest
2018 Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan confirms he has paid off the debts of 1,398 farmers worth $560,000, amid Indian agricultural crisis
Amitabh Bachchan
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1863 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (Black Griet) and wife of John Dilis, born (d. 1939)
- 1890 Robert Armstrong, American actor (Mighty Joe Young, King Kong), born in Saginaw, Michigan
- 1891 Reginald Denny Richmond England, actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman)
- 1894 Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise), born in Graz, Austria (d. 1944)
- 1907 Fran Allison, American actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in La Porte City, Iowa (d. 1989)
- 1908 Alistair Cooke, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre), born in Manchester, England
- 1913 Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), born in Starke, Florida (d. 1983)
- 1916 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
- 1919 Dulcie Gray, British singer, actress, author and lepidopterist (Mine Own Executioner), born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (d. 2011)
- 1920 Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (Rope, Waterfront), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2015)
- 1921 Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (Nora, Fort Worth), born in Portland, Maine (d. 2012)
- 1921 Daniel "Dan" Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
- 1922 Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2016)
- 1925 Kaye Ballard, American actress and comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- 1926 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)
- 1927 Estelle Parsons, American actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde), born in Lynn, Massachusetts
- 1928 Franklin Cover, American actor (Tom-The Jeffersons), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2006)
- 1928 Rex Reason, American actor (This Island Earth, Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2015)
- 1928 Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), born in Vladimir, Soviet Union (d. 2017)
- 1932 Richard Dawson, Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud), (d. 2012)
- 1937 Jack Linkletter, TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny), born in San Francisco, California
- 1939 Dick Smothers, American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show), born in NYC, New York
- 1941 Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright
- 1942 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
- 1943 Veronica Hamel, actress (Joyce-Hill St Blues, 79 Park Ave), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1945 Nanette Workman, American-born Canadian singer and actress
- 1946 Judy Woodruff, American newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1948 Richard Masur, American actor (David-One Day at a Time), born in NYC, New York
- 1948 Samuel E. Wright, American actor (Enos, Ball Four), born in Camden, South Carolina
- 1949 Ray Vitte, American actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), born in NYC, New York
- 1955 Thea Vidale, actress (Family Matters)
- 1956 Bo Derek, [Mary Collins], actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California
- 1959 Sean Young, American actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love), born in Louisville, Kentucky
- 1960 Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
- 1961 Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
- 1963 Ming-Na Wen, Macau-born actress (Mulan, ER, One Night Stand, As the World Turns), born in Coloane Island, Macau
- 1964 Ned Vaughn, actor (The Rescuer)
- 1967 Jeff Cotler, actor (Brian-Struck by Lightning), born in Long Beach, California
- 1969 Callie Thorne, American actor
- 1970 Sabrina Lloyd, actress (Sliders)
- 1970 Joe Zaso, American actor, born in Queens, New York City
- 1971 Joel McHale, American actor and comedian, born in Rome, Italy
- 1974 Marissa Ryan, actress (Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad), born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
- 1976 Jason Thompson, Canadian actor, born in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
- 1977 Rudy Charles [Dan Engler], American professional wrestling referee, born in Evansville, Indiana
- 1978 Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model, born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1982 Margo Stilley, American actress, born in Bear Creek, Wisconsin
- 1985 Dan Byrd, American actor, born in Marietta, Georgia
- 1986 Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- 1989 Cody Linley, American actor, born in Lewisville, Texas
Weddings in Film & TV
Wedding of Interest
1937 Actor Jackie Coogan (23) weds actress Betty Grable (20) at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
Wedding of Interest
1944 Model agency executive Eileen Ottensoser (22) weds businessman Gerard W. Ford (20) in San Francisco, California
Eileen Ford
Wedding of Interest
1986 Comedian and actor Steve Martin (41) weds actress Victoria Tennant (36)
Steve Martin
Wedding of Interest
1993 Actor Luke Perry (27) weds Minnie Sharp (24) at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills
Luke Perry
Divorces in Film & TV
Divorce of Interest
2007 Linda Bollea (46) divorces professional wrestler Hulk Hogan (53) after 23 years of marriage
Hulk Hogan
Deaths in Film & TV
- 1968 Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
- 1968 Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
- 1982 [Catherine] Cassie Mackin, American newswoman (NBC TV) and 1st woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone, dies of cancer at 43
- 1983 Marcel Dalio [Israel Moshe Blauschild], French actor (Sabrina, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Casablanca), dies at 83
- 1983 Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
- 1985 Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
- 1989 Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher], American actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 1991 Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
- 2003 Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
- 2003 James "Jim" Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies from emphysema at 83
- 2003 Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
Robert Altman
2006 Robert Altman, American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville), dies of complications from leukemia at 81
Robert Altman
November in History
All Eyes on Birthplace of British Rock 'n' Roll
Tommy Steele, Britain's first rock 'n' roll star, was discovered on this day at a coffee bar in central London, appearing live on the BBC's first pop music show.
November 16, 1957
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day, was as short and simple as it was immensely powerful and memorable.
November 19, 1863
Nuremberg War Trials Bring Nazis to Justice
The Trial of Major War Criminals began on this day, the first of a five-year series of hearings at Nuremberg where WW2 Nazis were held to account.
November 20, 1945
Bare Bones of the Great Ape-Man Hoax
On this day the Piltdown Man skull, which had been hailed as the missing link proving an evolutionary relationship between man and apes, was revealed as a hoax.
November 21, 1953