6 November - English Films History

November 6, 1882, American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul, Thomas Harper Ince was born. He was known as the “Father of the Western”,




Birthdays
1896 – Jim Jordan (James Edward Jordan) (actor: radio's Fibber McGee and Molly; died Apr 1, 1988)

1931 – Mike Nichols (Michael Igor Peschkowsky) (Academy Award-winning director: The Graduate [1967]; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge, The Day of the Dolphin; comedian: [w/Elaine May])

1946 – Sally Field (Sally Mahoney) (Academy Award-winning actress: Norma Rae [1979], Places in the Heart [1984]; Gidget series, Steel Magnolias, Mrs. Doubtfire, Smokey and the Bandit series, Hooper, Forrest Gump, Absence of Malice;  The Flying Nun, Gidget, The Girl with Something Extra, Alias Smith and Jones)

1949 – Nigel Havers (actor: Lie Down with Lions, The Burning Season, Farewell to the King, The Little Princess, Empire of the Sun, A Passage to India, Chariots of Fire, Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?)

1957 – Lori Singer (actress: Fame, Born Beautiful, Footloose, Summer Heat, Equinox, Short Cuts, Sunset Grill, VR.5; musician: cellist: Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande)

1958 – Trace Beaulieu (actor, puppeteer: Mystery Science Theater 3000)

1960 – Lance Kerwin (actor: James at 15, The Family Holvak, The Loneliest Runner, The Mysterious Stranger, Salem's Lot, The Snow Queen)

1966 – Peter DeLuise (actor: seaQuest DSV, 21 Jump Street, Children of the Night, Rescue Me, The Midnight Hour)

1970 – Ethan Hawke (actor: Search and Destroy, Reality Bites, Alive, Waterland, A Midnight Clear, White Fang, Dead Poets Society, Dad, Explorers)

1972 – Thandie Newton (actress: Mission: Impossible II, Flirting, Interview with the Vampire)

1972 – Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (actress: Just Shoot Me, Dirty Work, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)

1974 – Zoe McLellan (actress: Sliders, Silk Stalkings, Diagnosis Murder, Star Trek: Voyager, The Invisible Man, Dungeons & Dragons)

1978 – Nicole Dubuc (actress: Our House, Major Dad)

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