Deaths: November 23

1. Jay Leggett

Jay Leggett was born on August 9, 1963 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Employee of the Month (2004), Without a Paddle (2004) and Live Nude Girls (2014). He died on November 23, 2013 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, USA.

2. Adolfo Castelo

Writer | Cantaniño cuenta un cuento

Adolfo Castelo was born on August 29, 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and producer, known for Cantaniño cuenta un cuento (1979), Cha cha cha (1993) and La noticia rebelde (1986). He died on November 23, 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

3. Alana Ladd

Actress | Orazi e Curiazi

Alana Ladd was born on April 21, 1943 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Duel of Champions (1961), 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). She was married to Michael Jackson. She died on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

4. Andrew Sachs

Actor | Fawlty Towers

Andrew Sachs born Andreas Siegfried Sachs was born in Berlin, Germany, he and his family emigrated to London in 1938, to escape persecution under the Nazis. He made his name on British television and rose to fame in the 1970s for his portrayals of the comical Spanish waiter Manuel in Fawlty Towers ...

5. Anita O'Day

Soundtrack | Shortbus

Anita O'Day was born on October 18, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Shortbus (2006), Zig Zag (1970) and The Gene Krupa Story (1959). She was married to Carl Hoff and Don Carter. She died on November 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

6. Anthony Harvey

Director | The Lion in Winter

Anthony Harvey was born on June 3, 1930 in London, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for The Lion in Winter (1968), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and Dutchman (1966). He died on November 23, 2017 in Southampton, New York, USA.

7. Asunción Balaguer

Actress | Las huellas borradas

Asunción Balaguer was born on November 8, 1925 in Manresa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She was an actress, known for Fading Memories (1999), Gran Hotel (2011) and Diego de Acevedo (1966). She was married to Francisco Rabal. She died on November 23, 2019 in Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain.

8. Barbara Hillary

Self | C: A Celebration of Life

Barbara Hillary was born on June 12, 1931 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She died on November 23, 2019 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

9. Betty Comden

Soundtrack | On the Town

Songwriter ("New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time"), author and actress. educated at New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree. While a student, she acted with the Washington Square Players. She was a member of the Revuers, a night club act which also ...

10. Beverly Tyler

Actress | The Green Years

This relatively obscure, sweet-faced "B" level ingénue of the post-war 40s and 50s was born Beverly Jean Saul of modest beginnings in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on July 5, 1927. Her mother was a secretary who secured piano and music lessons for her young daughter. Her father was employed with a ...

11. Carlos Ávila

Producer | Premios Martín Fierro 1999

Carlos Ávila was born on July 19, 1942 in Asunción, Paraguay. He was a producer, known for Premios Martín Fierro 1999 (1999), Gaviotas blindadas 2 (2007) and Gaviotas blindadas 1 (2006). He died on November 23, 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

12. Carol Neblett

Actress | Great Performances

Carol Neblett was born on February 1, 1946 in Modesto, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), Slaves of New York (1989) and Aria (1987). She was married to Philip Akre, Kenneth Schermerhorn and Douglas Davis. She died on November 23, 2017 in Los Angeles, ...

13. Claire Dodd

Actress | Roberta

She was born Dorothy Arlene Dodd on December 29, 1911 in Baxter, Iowa when her Little Rock, Arkansas parents were on a trip to Des Moines. Her father was a doctor who abandoned her and her mother before she was ten years old. Her mother suffered from tuberculosis and Dorothy was forced to support ...

14. Constance Cummings

Actress | Blithe Spirit

Coming from a musical family - her mother was a concert soprano - Constance Cummings made her show business debut in 1926 in regional stock theater, and by 1928 had appeared in her first Broadway play. Her success in the theater resulted in an invitation to Hollywood, where she went 1931. Although ...

15. Constance Talmadge

Actress | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Constance was blonde; star sister Norma Talmadge was brunette. She was buoyant and a comedienne; Norma was introspective and a tragedienne. Nicknamed "Dutch" by her stage mother Peg as she looked like a cherubic Little Dutch Boy, silver screen star Constance Talmadge was one of silent pictures' ...

16. Denise Cramsey

Producer | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Denise Cramsey was born on February 21, 1969 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a producer and director, known for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2003), Forensic Files (1996) and Trading Spaces (2000). She died on November 23, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

17. Dezhang Bai

Director | Guan dong da xia

Dezhang Bai was born on March 8, 1931 in Xinmin, Liaoning, Republic of China. He was an actor and director, known for The Hero in Northeast (1987), If Only We Could Be Together Forever (1981) and Remote Place (1983). He died on November 23, 2019 in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.

18. Enrique Iturriaga

Composer | La ciudad y los perros

Enrique Iturriaga was born on April 3, 1918 in Lima, Peru. He was a composer, known for The City and the Dogs (1985). He died on November 23, 2019 in Lima, Peru.

19. Francesc Gambús

Self | La Rambla

Francesc Gambús was born on May 21, 1974 in Barcelona, Spain. He died on November 23, 2019 in Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium.

20. Gerardo Masana

Writer | El grosso concerto

Gerardo Masana is known for El grosso concerto (2001), Las obras de ayer (2006) and Muchas gracias de nada (1979).

21. Harry Morton

Self | The Daily Show

Harry Morton was born on April 7, 1981 in Chatterton, Lancashire, England, UK. He died on November 23, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

22. Haunani Minn

Actress | The Man with Two Brains

Haunani Minn was born on September 30, 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man with Two Brains (1983), Mulan (1998) and Young Doctors in Love (1982). She was married to Marc Singer. She died on November 23, 2014 in Studio City, California, USA.

23. Humberto Arango

Actor | Ella

Humberto Arango was born on July 2, 1940 in Cali, Colombia. He was an actor, known for Ella (2015), Zwei Teufelskerle auf dem Weg ins Kloster (1975) and La rosa de los vientos (1989). He died on November 23, 2018 in Bogota, Colombia.

24. Ingrid Pitt

Actress | Where Eagles Dare

Best known as Hammer Films' most seductive female vampire of the early 1970s, the Polish-born Pitt possessed dark, alluring features and a sexy figure that made her just right for Gothic horror! Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov) survived World War II and became a well-known actress on the East ...

25. Jackie Gayle

Actor | Bulworth

Jackie Gayle was born on March 1, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bulworth (1998), Broadway Danny Rose (1984) and Tin Men (1987). He was married to Tracy Gayle. He died on November 23, 2002 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

26. Jean-Loup Rivière

Actor | Guerres civiles en France

Jean-Loup Rivière was born on January 10, 1948 in Caen, Normandie, France. He was an actor and writer, known for Guerres civiles en France (1978), Snakes and Ladders (1980) and The Real Presence (1984). He died on November 23, 2018 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

27. Jerry Tucker

Actor | Captain January

As a youngster his cute round face and red hair made him popular in his neighbourhood. A Paramount film executive suggested he could have a film career so his family moved to Hollywood where in 1929 he became the youngest actor ever put under contract, at the age of 4, to Paramount. Soon after he ...

28. José Alfredo Jiménez

Soundtrack | Machete

José Alfredo Jiménez was born on January 9, 1926 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico. He was a music artist and actor, known for Machete (2010), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Lone Star (1996). He was married to Paloma Gálvez, Alicia Juárez and Mary Medel. He died on November 23, 1973 in Mexico City...

29. Joyce Howard

Actress | They Met in the Dark

Born in London, England on February 28, 1922, the very lovely and light-haired British actress Joyce Howard left school at age 17 and initially studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). One of her first professional starring roles was in the play "Temporary Residence" at the Embassy ...

30. Juan Peláez

Actor | Licence to Kill

Son of Spanish refugees in Mexico, Juan Pelaez was born in Mexico on December 12th, 1948. He has the capability of adopting not only nationalities, but essences and characters from drama to comedy, exploring feelings and sensations, in a daring approach.

He obtained a degree in Theater & Arts (UNAM,...

31. Klaus Kinski

Actor | Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht

Klaus Kinski was born as Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (now Sopot, Poland), to Susanne (Lutze), a nurse, and Bruno Nakszynski, a pharmacist. He grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and captured by British forces in Holland. After the war he began...

32. Larry Hagman

Actor | Dallas

The son of a legendary actress (Mary Martin) and a district attorney, Larry Martin Hagman was born on September 21, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas. After his parents' divorce, he moved to Los Angeles, California to live with his grandmother. When he was 12, his grandmother died and he moved back to his ...

33. Lin McCarthy

Actor | The Day After

Lin McCarthy was born on February 23, 1918 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Day After (1983), The Fugitive (1963) and The Winds of War (1983). He was married to Loretta Daye. He died on November 23, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

34. Louis Malle

Director | Au revoir les enfants

Louis Malle, the descendant of a French nobleman who made a fortune in beet sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, created films that explored life and its meaning. Malle's family discouraged his early interest in film but, in 1950, allowed him to enter the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies ...

35. Marie Wilson

Actress | Satan Met a Lady

Lovely, innocent-looking, well-endowed comedienne Marie Wilson was a featherbrained delight instantly reminiscent of the zany Gracie Allen. Unlike Allen, however, Marie was a knockout--with high cheekbones, a wide slash of a mouth and a figure that wouldn't quit.

She was born Katherine Elizabeth ...

36. Merle Oberon

Actress | Wuthering Heights

Estelle Merle Thompson was born in India on February 19, 1911 of Welsh and Ceylonese (now Sri Lankan) descent. She was educated in that country until the age of 17, when she left for London. She began her career in British films with mostly forgettable roles or bit parts. She appeared in an ...

37. Meyer Rubin

Music_department | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Meyer Rubin was born on December 1, 1912 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He is known for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and Empire of the Sun (1987). He was married to Claudine Carlson-Rubin. He died on November 23, 2001 in Encino, California, USA.

38. Nicolas Roeg

Director | Don't Look Now

When he made his directorial debut in 1970, Nicolas Roeg was already a 23-year veteran of the British film industry, starting out in 1947 as an editing apprentice and working his way up to cinematographer twelve years later. He first came to attention as part of the second unit on David Lean's ...

39. Nikolai Godovikov

Actor | Beloe solntse pustyni

Nikolai Godovikov was born on May 6, 1950 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for White Sun of the Desert (1970), Spetsnaz (2002) and Posledniy den zimy (1975). He was married to Lyudmila, Rimma and Galina. He died on November 23, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

40. Olly Croft

Self | Bullseye

Olly Croft was born on October 17, 1929 in the UK. He is known for Bullseye (1981), Timeshift (2002) and Blood on the Carpet (1999). He was married to Lorna. He died on November 23, 2019 in the UK.

41. Paul Newlan

Actor | Down Rio Grande Way

Paul Newlan was born on June 29, 1903 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Down Rio Grande Way (1942), Dragnet (1947) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Hazel Bokarney Newlan. He died on November 23, 1973 in Studio City, California, USA.

42. Paul Paviot

Director | Pantomimes

Though he later directed several full length films and numerous television programs, Paul Paviot is best known in France for his work on the comedy short subject, and his championing of the artistry of the short in general by helping to found, in 1953,the Group of Thirty to defend short ...

43. Philippe Noiret

Actor | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Philippe Noiret was one of French cinema's most familiar faces who appeared in more than 140 films in a career that spanned more than half a century.

He was born on October 1, 1930, in Lille, Nord, France, into a middle class family of shopkeepers. His father was fond of literature. Young Noiret ...

44. Renato Lopez

Actor | Macho

Renato Lopez was born on March 11, 1983 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Macho (2016), El cielo en tu mirada (2012) and Me gusta, pero me asusta (2017). He died on November 23, 2016 in Santa María Mazatlan, Jilotzingo municipality, State of Mexico.

45. Paula Corday

Actress | The Exile

Paula Corday was born on October 20, 1920 in Tahiti. She was an actress, known for The Exile (1947), The Falcon in San Francisco (1945) and Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946). She was married to Harold Nebenzal. She died on November 23, 1992 in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA.

46. Roald Dahl

Writer | The Witches

Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He made a forced landing in the Libyan Desert and was severely injured. As a result, he spent five months in a Royal Navy hospital in Alexandria. Dahl is noted for how he relates suspenseful and...

47. Robert Ellis

Actor | Space Master X-7

Robert Ellis was born on August 24, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Space Master X-7 (1958), Gidget (1959) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950). He was married to Aloha Wilkerson. He died on November 23, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

48. Roy Acuff

Soundtrack | Night Train to Memphis

Roy Acuff was born on September 15, 1903 in Maynardville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Night Train to Memphis (1946), Home in San Antone (1949) and Smoky Mountain Melody (1948). He was married to Mildred Louise Douglas. He died on November 23, 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

49. Sessue Hayakawa

Actor | The Bridge on the River Kwai

Sessue Hayakawa was born in Chiba, Japan. His father was the provincial governor and his mother a member of an aristocratic family of the "samurai" class. The young Hayakawa wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a career officer in the Japanese navy, but he was turned down due to ...

50. Stela Popescu

Actress | Secretul lui Nemesis

Stela Popescu was born on December 21, 1935 in Slobozia, Ialomita, Romania. She was an actress and writer, known for Nemesis's secret (1987), Vin ciclistii (1968) and Galax Man-Doll (1984). She was married to Puiu Maximilian and Dan Puican. She died on November 23, 2017 in Bucharest, Romania.

51. Tommy Boyce

Soundtrack | The Monkees

It's estimated that Tommy Boyce's solo compositions and collaborative efforts have produced record sales over and above 85 million. Tommy and his partner Bobby Hart wrote the theme to Days of Our Lives (1965) and hits for guys like Andy Williams, Dean Martin, The Animals and Del Shannon in addition...