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Actors Born on November 1

  • 1661 Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (Le Chevalier à la mode), born in Fontainebleau, France (d. 1725)
  • 1880 Karel Paul van der Mandele, Dutch financier and director (Rotterdam Bank), born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1975)
  • 1881 Edward Van Sloan, American actor (Frankenstein, Dracula), born in Chaska, Minnesota (d. 1964)
  • 1890 James Barton, American actor (Tobacco Road, Iceman Cometh), born in Gloucester City, New Jersey (d. 1962)
  • 1903 Max Adrian, Irish actor (Devils, Music Lover), born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (d. 1973)
  • 1904 Laura La Plante, American actress (Show Boat, Scandal) known for her work in the silent film era, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)
  • 1906 John Indrisano, American welterweight boxer, stunt man, and bit-part actor (O.K.. Crackerby!), born in East Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1968)
  • 1915 Michael Denison, English actor (Importance of Being Ernest), born in York, England (d. 1988)
  • 1919 John H. Secondari, American author and newscaster (Open Hearing), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1975)
  • 1920 James J. Kilpatrick, American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2010)
  • 1920 Ted Lowe, English snooker commentator (Pot Black, BBC), born in Lambourn, England (d. 2011)
  • 1922 George S. Irving [Shelasky], American broadway singer and actor (Dumplings), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
  • 1924 Jeff Richards [Richard Mansfield Taylor], American actor (Don't Go Near the Water), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1989)
  • 1926 Betsy Palmer [Patricia Betsy Hrunek], American actress (Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th), born in East Chicago, Indiana (d. 2015)
  • 1932 John Clark, British actor and director (The Two of Us, Saint Joan), born in London, England
  • 1941 Robert Foxworth, American actor (Chase-Falcon Crest, Frankenstein), born in Houston, Texas
  • 1942 Marcia Wallace, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show - "Carol"), born in Creston, Iowa (d. 2013)
  • 1943 John McEnery, English actor (Romeo and Juliet), born in Birmingham, England
  • 1944 (Richard) "Kinky" Friedman, American country rocker ("Ride 'Em Jewboy"), and humorist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1944 Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, American pro wrestling manager, color commentator, and wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
  • 1946 Dennis Muren, American special effects artist (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), born in Glendale, California
  • 1948 Anna Stuart, American actress (Another World, All My Children), born in Bluefield, West Virginia
  • 1949 Jeannie Berlin, American actress (Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1951 Fabrice Luchini, French stage and film actor (Courted), born in Paris
  • 1953 Michael Zaslow, American actor (One Life to Live, Guiding Light), born in Inglewood, California (d. 1998)
  • 1955 Beth Leavel, American Broadway actress and singer (Baby It's You; The Drowsy Chaperone), born in Raleigh, North Carolina

Lyle Lovett (66 years old)

1957 American singer-songwriter (Joshua Judges Ruth; The Road To Ensenada), actor (The Player; The Bridge), and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame member, born in Houston, Texas

  • 1958 Rachel Ticotin, American actress (Grace-For Love & Honor, Total Recall), born in New York City
  • 1961 Kim Krizan, American writer and actress (Slacker, Dazed & Confused), born in Hawthorne, California
  • 1961 Nicky Grist, Welsh auto racer and broadcaster (World Rally C'ship 1993), born in Ebbw Vale, Wales
  • 1962 Sharron Davies, British swimmer (Olympic silver 400m medley 1980) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Plymouth, England
  • 1963 Antonella Ella, Italian actress (Tonight in That Building), born in Turin, Italy
  • 1963 Monty Sopp, American professional wrestler, born in Orlando, Florida
  • 1964 Daran Norris, American voice actor (The Fairly Odd Parents), born in Ferndale, Washington
  • 1968 Park Shin-yang, South Korean actor (The Letter, A Promise), born in Gonghang-dong, Seoul
  • 1970 Alla Korot, American actress (Jenna Norris-Another World), born in Odessa, Ukraine
  • 1971 Laura Moss, American actress (Amanda Cory-Another World), born in Kings Mountain, Ohio
  • 1971 Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier and actor (Hope and a Little Sugar), born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 1972 Jenny McCarthy, American model (Playboy playmate Oct, 1993), TV personality (The View), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1972 Toni Collette, Australian actress (The Sixth Sense), born in Sydney, New South Wales

Aishwarya Rai (50 years old)

1973 Indian actress and beauty queen (Miss World 1994), born in Mangaluru, India

  • 1976 Logan Marshall-Green, American actor (Prometheus), born in Charleston, South Carolina
  • 1976 Matt Chapman, American cartoonist and voice actor (Homestar Runner), born in Indiana
  • 1978 Manju Warrier, Indian actress (How Old Are You?), born in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 1978 Mary Kate Schellhardt, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1983 Yuko Ogura, Japanese model, born in Mobara, Chiba, Japan
  • 1984 Natalia Tena, English actress (Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter franchise), born in London
  • 1986 Penn Badgley, American actor (Dan Humphrey - Gossip Girl), born in Baltimore, Maryland
  • 1987 Jamie Demetriou, English comedian, actor and screenwriter (Shtath Lets Flats), born in London, England

Anthony Ramos (32 years old)

1991 American actor and singer-songwriter (Hamilton), born in New York City