November 20th Birthdays
If you were born on November 20th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Mark Miller is 96
American screenwriter (A Walk in the Clouds; Savannah Smiles; Ginger in the Morning) and actor of movies & TV (Please Don’t Eat the Daisies; Guestward Ho!; General Hospital; The Name of the Game; Bright Promise; The Inner Flame), born November 20, 1925. (Mark Miller 1966 Photo: NBC Color Television)
Estelle Parsons is 94
Academy Award-winning American singer & actress of stage, TV (Beverly Harris on Roseanne; Today; All in the Family) and movies (Bonnie and Clyde; Rachel, Rachel; Don’t Drink the Water; For Pete’s Sake; I Walk the Line), born November 20, 1927. (Estelle Parsons 1974 The Gun and the Pulpit)
Dick Smothers is 82 (nee Richard Remick Smothers)
American comedian, musician, composer & actor of TV (The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour; My Brother the Angel; The Smothers Brothers Summer Show; Hollywood Squares; Fitz and Bones), movies (Casino; Cannonball Fever), and born November 20, 1939. (Dick Smothers 1975 Photo)
Norman Greenbaum is 79
Jewish-American musician, songwriter, and singer of the best-selling pop and spiritual single Spirit in the Sky (1969), featured in ads, TV series & movies (Apollo 13; Maid to Order), born November 20, 1942. (Norman Greenbaum Photo: Courtesy NormanGreenbaum.com)
Veronica Hamel is 78
American model & actress of TV (Hill Street Blues; Harold Robbins’ 79 Park Avenue; Philly; Kane & Abel; Third Watch; Lost; The Rockford Files) and movies (Cannonball!; Beyond the Poseidon Adventure; Determination of Death), born November 20, 1943. (Veronica Hamel 1980s Photo: NBC Network)
Joe Walsh is 74 (nee Joseph Fidler; “Clown Prince of Rock“)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American musician, singer & songwriter (Rocky Mountain Way; Life’s Been Good; All Night Long) with the Eagles (Hotel California; Life in the Fast Lane; In the City; A Life of Illusion), born November 20, 1947. (Joe Walsh 1970s Photo: ABC / Dunhill Records)
Richard Masur is 73
American actor of TV (One Day at a Time; Rhoda; All My Children; East of Eden; Picket Fences; L.A. Law) and movies (Walker; Who’ll Stop the Rain; Semi-Tough; Hanover Street; The Mean Season; My Science Project; Shoot to Kill; Risky Business), born November 20, 1948. (Richard Masur 1975 Photo: CBS TV)
Bo Derek is 65 (nee Mary Cathleen Collins)
American actress of movies (10; Bolero; Tarzan, the Ape Man; A Change of Seasons; Tommy Boy; Orca; Woman of Desire; Frozen With Fear; Sunstorm) and TV (Maria Gianni on Fashion House; 7th Heaven), born November 20, 1956. (Bo Derek 2010 Photo: © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com)
Sean Young is 62 (nee Mary Sean Young)
American actress of movies (No Way Out; A Kiss Before Dying; Blade Runner; Wall Street; Young Doctors in Love; Ace Ventura: Pet Detective; Dune; Fatal Instinct; The Amati Girls) and TV (Meggie McClaine on The Young and the Restless), born November 20, 1959. (Sean Young 2007 Photo: lukeford.net)
Ming-Na Wen is 58
Macanese-American actress of TV (Melinda May on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Jing-Mei Chen on ER; SGU Stargate Universe; As the World Turns; Eureka; Two and a Half Men) and movies (Mulan; The Joy Luck Club; One Night Stand; Street Fighter), born November 20, 1963. (Ming-Na Wen 2016 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Callie Thorne is 52 (nee Calliope Thorne)
American actress of TV (Sheila Keefe on Rescue Me; Laura Ballard on Homicide: Life on the Street; Dr. Necessary Roughness; The Mysteries of Laura; The Wire; Prison Break; ER; Blue Bloods) and movies (Next Stop Wonderland; Delirious), born November 20, 1969. (Callie Thorne 2008 Photo: David Shankbone)
American comedian, host, writer, and actor of TV (Jeff Winger on Community; The Great Indoors; The Soup; The X-Files) and films (A Merry Friggin’ Christmas; Spy Kids 4-D; Ted; The Happy Time Murders; What’s Your Number?; The Big Year), born November 20, 1971. (Joel McHale 2012 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
(White Horse Photo: Helena Lopes via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 20th!
Remember These November 20th Famous Birthdays
Richard Dawson (nee Colin Lionel Emm)
British-American comedian and actor of TV (Hogan’s Heroes; Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In; The New Dick Van Dyke Show), game show panelist and host (Family Feud; Match Game 73) (born Nov. 20, 1932 – died June 2, 2012; age 79). Richard Dawson died of esophageal cancer complications. (Richard Dawson 1968 Hogan’s Heroes Photo: Maury Foldare and Associates)
Alistair Cooke (nee Alfred Cooke)
British-American writer, journalist, BBC film critic, NBC radio broadcaster (London Letter; American Letter), author, TV broadcaster, commentator and host (Omnibus; Masterpiece Theatre / Masterpiece Classic; Transatlantic Quiz) (born Nov. 20, 1908 – died Mar. 30, 2004; age 95). Alistair Cooke died of lung cancer. (Alistair Cooke 1974 Photo: Marion S. Trikosko)
Evelyn Keyes
American movie actress (The Jolson Story; The Seven Year Itch; Here Comes Mr. Jordan; 99 River Street; Gone With the Wind; Iron Man; Mrs. Mike; The Prowler; Mr. Soft Touch; Enchantment; The Lady in Question; Before I Hang) (born Nov. 20, 1916 – died July 4, 2008; age 91). Evelyn Keyes had Alzheimer’s Disease and died of uterine cancer. (Evelyn Keyes 1948 The Mating of Millie)
Don Durant (nee Donald Alison Durae)
American singer, actor of TV (Johnny Ringo; Sergeant Preston of the Yukon; Perry Mason; The Ray Anthony Show; Zane Grey Theater; Wagon Train; The Twilight Zone; The Virginian; Laramie; Man With a Camera), and movies (She Gods of Shark Reef) (born Nov. 20, 1932 – died Mar. 15, 2005; age 72). Don Durant died after a lung infection. (Don Durant 1960 Johnny Ringo)
Edwin Hubble
Pioneering American astronomer & researcher of extragalactic astronomy (Hubble’s Law of recessional velocity; the Hubble sequence for classifying galaxies), Hubble Telescope namesake, and WWII ballistics researcher (born Nov. 20, 1889 – died Sept. 28, 1953; age 63). Edwin Hubble died of a brain blood clot. (Edwin Hubble 1931 Photo: Johan Hagemeyer)
Emilio Pucci (Don Emilio Pucci, Marchese di Barsento)
Italian WWII bomber pilot, film costumer designer (The Seventh Floor), fashion designer & founder of the Pucci fashion house and brand (swimwear, bright patterned scarves, womenswear, lingerie), known for colorful geometric prints (born Nov. 20, 1914 – died Nov. 29, 1992; age 78). Emilio Pucci’s cause of death is unknown. (Emilio Pucci 1967 What’s My Line?)
Kaye Ballard (nee Catherine Gloria Balotta)
American singer & actress of TV (Kaye Buell on The Mothers-in-Law; What a Dummy; The Doris Day Show; The Hollywood Squares; All My Children) and movies (The Girl Most Likely; Freaky Friday; The Ritz; A House is Not a Home) (born Nov. 20, 1925 – died Jan. 21, 2019; age 93). Kaye Ballard died of kidney cancer. (Kaye Ballard 1950s Photo: Maurice Seymour / MCA)
Reginald Denny (nee Reginald Leigh Dugmore)
English WWI Royal Air Force pilot, inventor (radio drome), actor of classic & silent films (The Iron Trail; Sherlock Holmes; The Kentucky Derby; Sporting Youth; On Your Toes; Rebecca; Private Lives; Of Human Bondage; Red Hot Speed; Kiki; Vagabond Lady; Bulldog Drummond’s Bride) (born Nov. 20, 1891 – died June 16, 1967; age 75). (Reginald Denny 1929 Photo: Universal Weekly)
American screenwriter & actor of TV (Carl Herrick on Waterfront; Perry Mason; 77 Sunset Strip; Hawaiian Eye; Bewitched; Family Affair) and movies (Saigon; Home of the Brave; The Accused; The Red Badge of Courage; The Gambler from Natchez; The Searching Wind; Footsteps in the Night) (born Nov. 20, 1920 – died Dec. 19, 2015; age 95). (Douglas Dick 1948 Rope Trailer)
Bob Einstein (nee Stewart Robert Einstein)
American TV writer, producer, & actor of TV (Super Dave; Bizarre; Curb Your Enthusiasm; Arrested Development; The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour; Pat Paulsen’s Half a Comedy Hour; The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour) and movies (Another Nice Mess) (born Nov. 20, 1942 – died Jan. 2, 2019; age 76). Bob Einstein had cancer when he died. (Bob Einstein 1970 Photo: ABC Television)
Fran Allison (nee Frances Helen Allison)
American comedienne, singer (Peter Cottontail), host, & actress of radio (Aunt Fanny on The Breakfast Club & Ozark Jubilee; Those Websters) and TV (Kukla, Fran and Ollie; CBS Children’s Film Festival; The Fran Allison Show; Prime Time/ Quiz Kids) (born Nov. 20, 1907 – died June 13, 1989; age 81). Fran Allison died of myelodysplasia. (Fran Allison 1950 Photo: Radio and Television Mirror)
Italian film actor (Scar Tissue; It Started in Naples; The Return of Don Camillo; The Wonders of Aladdin; Shades of Zorro; Colossus and the Amazon Queen; Seven Hills of Rome; Mr. Billion; The Secret of Santa Vittoria; Robin Hood and the Pirates) (born Nov. 20, 1920 – died Mar. 20, 1982; age 61). Cause of death for Marco Tulli is unknown. (Marco Tulli 1953 Beat the Devil)
Tony Gaudio (nee Gaetano Antonio Gaudio; aka Antonio Gaudio)
Oscar-winning Italian-American cinematographer of classic & silent films (Anthony Adverse; The Red Pony; Love from a Stranger; Experiment Perilous; The Constant Nymph; Larceny, Inc.; The Letter; High Sierra; Juarez; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Little Caesar; Hell’s Angels; Graustark) (born Nov. 20, 1883 – died Aug. 10, 1951; age 67). (Tony Gaudio 1923: American Cinematographer)
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