November 29th Birthdays
If you were born on November 29th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Diane Ladd (nee Rose Diane Ladner; ex of Bruce Dern)
American actress of movies (Chinatown; Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore; Wild at Heart; Rambling Rose; The Cemetary Club; 28 Days; Father Hood; The Wild Angels), TV (Kitty on The Secret Storm; Alice; Chesapeake Shores), born November 29, 1935. Mother of Laura Dern. (Diane Ladd 1976 Embryo)
Felix Cavaliere
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American musician and singer-songwriter with The Young Rascals (Good Lovin’, How Can I Be Sure; Groovin’; People Got To Be Free; A Beautiful Morning), born November 29, 1942. (Felix Cavaliere 1969 The Rascals Photo: Associated Booking Corporation)
Suzy Chaffee (nee Suzanne Stevia Chaffee; “Suzy Chapstick“)
National Ski Hall of Fame American Ford model (Chapstick; Revlon; Dannon; Seagram), 1968 Olympic downhill ski racer, women’s world freestyle ski champion (1971-1973), & actress (Fire and Ice; Telluride: Time Crosses Over), born November 29, 1946. (Suzy Chaffee 1976: Oregonian)
Peter Hooten (nee John Peter Hooten)
American producer, actor of TV & films (Sunburst; The Inglorious Bastards; Fantasies; Just a Damned Soldier; The Fifth Commandment; Night Killer; A Woman for All Men; 2020 Texas Gladiators; Brothers in Blood; The Student Body; Orca), born November 29, 1950. (Peter Hooten 1971 Dan August)
Joel Coen (brother of Ethan Coen; married Frances McDormand)
Academy Award-winning American producer, screenwriter, & director of TV and movies (Fargo; True Grit; Bridge of Spies; Bad Santa; The Ladykillers; No Country for Old Men; Burn After Reading; O Brother, Where Art Thou?), born November 29, 1954. (Joel Coen 2016 Photo: Glyn Lowe PhotoWorks)
Howie Mandel (nee Howard Michael Mandel)
Canadian TV producer, screenwriter, comedian, character & voice over actor of TV (Dr. Wayne Fiscus on St. Elsewhere; Bobby’s World; Deal or No Deal; America’s Got Talent) and movies (Walk Like a Man; A Fine Mess; Little Monsters), born November 29, 1955. (Howie Mandel 1987 Photo: Alan Light)
Charles Grant (nee Charles Flohe; ex of Kim Delaney)
American actor of TV (John “Preacher” Emerson on The Edge of Night; Connor McCabe on Santa Barbara; Evan Frame on Another World; Grant Chambers on The Bold and the Beautiful; Dallas) & movies (Brothers in Arms), born November 29, 1957. (Charles Flohe 1983 The Edge of Night Promo: ABC)
Howard Johnson (“HoJo“)
American pro baseball player, 2-time MLB All-Star third baseman (Detroit Tigers – 1984 World Series champs; New York Mets – 1986 World Series champs), 2-time Silver Slugger winner (1989 & 1998), and MLB hitting coach, born November 29, 1960. (Howard Johnson 2007 Photo: Wknight94)
Cathy Moriarty (aka Cathy Moriarty-Gentile)
American actress of TV & films (Raging Bull; Neighbors; Soapdish; The Mambo Kings; Matinee; Kindergarten Cop; The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag; Another Stakeout; Forget Paris; Cop Land; Crazy in Alabama; Analyze That; The Bounty Hunter), born November 29, 1960. (Cathy Moriarty 1980: Bernard Gotfryd)
Kim Delaney (ex of Charles Grant, Joseph Cortese)
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Det. Diane Russell on NYPD Blue; Claudia Joy Holden on Army Wives; Jenny Gardner Nelson on All My Children; Tour of Duty; L.A. Law; The O.C.) and movies (Mission to Mars), born November 29, 1961. (Kim Delaney 2011 Photo: Mingle MediaTV)
Andrew McCarthy
American producer, director & actor of stage, TV (Orange is the New Black; The Family; Lipstick Jungle) and movies (Pretty in Pink; Weekend at Bernie’s; Less Than Zero; St. Elmo’s Fire; Class; Year of the Gun), born November 29, 1962. (Andrew McCarthy 2010 Photo: David Shankbone)
Don Cheadle (nee Donald Frank Cheadle Jr.)
American producer & actor of TV (Marty Kaan on House of Lies; Picket Fences; The Golden Palace; ER; Black Monday) and movies (Crash; Hotel Rwanda; Devil in a Blue Dress; Volcano; Traffic; Iron Man 2; Flight; Ocean’s Twelve), born November 29, 1964. (Don Cheadle 2010 Photo: Made in Hollywood)
Jonathan Knight (aka Jonathan Rashleigh Knight-Rodriguez)
American singer with New Kids on the Block (I’ll Be Loving You [Forever]; Step by Step; Hangin’ Tough; Cover Girl; You Got It [The Right Stuff]; Tonight; Please Don’t Go Girl; Didn’t I [Blow Your Mind]; If You Go Away), born November 29, 1968. Brother of Jordan Knight. (Jordan Knight 1990: Alan Light)
Mariano Rivera (“Mo“; “Sandman“)
Baseball Hall of Fame Panamanian-American pro baseball player for the New York Yankees (1995-2013), MLB relief pitcher, 5-time World Series Champ (1996, 1998-2000, 2009) & 1999 World Series MVP, 13-time MLB All-Star, born November 29, 1969. (Mariano Rivera 2009 Photo: Keith Allison)
(Rod La Rocque 1920: Lumiere | Mildred Harris 1914)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 29th!
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Tom Sizemore (nee Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr.)
American actor of TV (The Red Road; China Beach; Crash; Hawaii Five-0) & films (Passenger 57; Where Sleeping Dogs Lie; Striking Distance; Natural Born Killers; Red Planet; Black Hawk Down; True Romance; Pearl Harbor; Saving Private Ryan; Strange Days) (born Nov. 29, 1961 – died Mar. 3, 2023; age 61). Ex of Maeve Quinlan; ex-partner of Heidi Fleiss. (Tom Sizemore 2011: Jayel Aheram)
Vin Scully (nee Vincent Edward Scully)
American sportscaster (CBS Sports; NBC Sports; CBS Radio), MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers play-by-play announcer of regular season, play-offs, and world series games from 1950 to 2016, narrator, host & personality of TV (The Vin Scully Show; It Takes Two and feature films (For Love of the Game) (born Nov. 29, 1927 – died Aug. 2, 2022; age 94). (Vin Scully 1983: NBC)
Louisa May Alcott (aka A.M. Barnard)
National Women’s Hall of Fame American journalist (Atlantic Monthly), writer of romance, detective fiction, & gothic thrillers (Pauline’s Passion and Punishment), and children’s author (Little Women; Little Men; Good Wives; Jo’s Boys; Eight Cousins; Rose in Bloom), suffragist, abolitionist, & Civil War nurse (born Nov. 29, 1832 – died Mar. 6, 1888; age 55). (Louisa May Alcott c. 1850s)
Garry Shandling
American stand-up comedian, producer, screenwriter, voice over & character actor of TV (It’s Garry Shandling’s Show; The Larry Sanders Show) and movies (Love Affair; Mixed Nuts; Zoolander; Town & Country; Iron Man 2; Trust the Man) (born Nov. 29, 1949 – died Mar. 24, 2016; age 66). Garry Shandling died of a pulmonary embolism. (Garry Shandling 1987 Photo: Alan Light)
Denny Doherty (nee Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty)
Canadian singer-songwriter, founding member of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group The Mamas & the Papas (I Saw Her Again; California Dreamin’; Monday, Monday), and TV actor (Pit Pony; Theodore Tugboat) (born Nov. 29, 1940 – died Jan. 19, 2007; age 66). Denny Doherty died of kidney failure after surgery.(Denny Doherty 1967 The Songmakers Photo: ABC TV)
Steve Oliver (nee Stephen Oliver Welzig; ex of Lana Wood)
American actor of TV (Lee Webber on Peyton Place; Bracken’s World; The Streets of San Francisco) and movies (Tom Horn; Motorpsycho!; Angels from Hell; The Naked Zoo; Werewolves on Wheels; Fugitive Lovers; The Van; Malibu Beach (born Nov. 29, 1941 – died Mar. 5, 2008; age 66). Ex-brother-in-law of Natalie Wood. Steve Oliver died of gastric cancer. (Steve Oliver 1966: ABC)
Busby Berkeley (nee Berkeley William Enos)
American choreographer (kaleidoscope dance numbers) & director (Gold Diggers of 1935; Babes in Arms; Million Dollar Mermaid; Whoopee!; Fast and Furious; Babes on Broadway; Romance on the High Seas; Palmy Days) (born Nov. 29, 1895 – died Mar. 14, 1976; age 80). Ex of Merna Kennedy, Esther Muir; ex-fiancé of Carole Landis. (Busby Berkeley 1920s: John de Mirjian)
Madeleine L’Engle (nee Madeleine L’Engle Camp; married Hugh Franklin)
Newbery Medal-winning American writer, poet, and author of young adult and fantasy novels (A Wrinkle in Time; Meet the Austins; A Ring of Endless Light; A Swiftly Tilting Planet) (born Nov. 29, 1918 – died Sept. 6, 2007; age 88). Madeleine L’Engle died of natural causes. (Madeleine L’Engle c. 1940 Photo: Courtesy Special Collections, Buswell Library, Wheaton College IL)
C. S. Lewis (nee Clive Staples Lewis; aka Clive Hamilton)
English poet (Dymer), non-fiction writer, fantasy novelist (The Screwtape Letters; The Dark Tower), author of the Chronicles of Narnia series (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Prince Caspian; The Silver Chair; The Horse and His Boy; The Magician’s Nephew) (born Nov. 29, 1898 – died Nov. 22, 1963; age 64). Married Joy Davidman. (C. S. Lewis 1919 Photo: Levan Ramishvili)
Emmy-winning American playwright, screenwriter, director & actor of stage, TV (Persons Unknown; All My Children) & films (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; 42; Get On Up; Black Panther; Avengers: Endgame; Marshall; Captain America: Civil War) (born Nov. 29, 1976 – died Aug. 28, 2020; age 43). Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer. (Chadwick Boseman 2014: Georges Biard)
Rod La Rocque (nee Roderick Ross LaRocque; married Vilma Bánky)
American actor of stage, classic & silent movies (Let’s Get a Divorce; Jazzmania; A Society Scandal; Forbidden Paradise; The Locked Door; Our Modern Maidens; Night Life of New York; Resurrection; Meet John Doe; The Shadow Strikes; Captain Swagger; A Society Scandal; Bachelor Brides) (born Nov. 29, 1898 – died Oct. 15, 1969; age 70). (Rod La Rocque 1930 Photo: George Hurrell)
Genevieve Tobin (married William Keighley)
American 1930s movie actress (The Gay Diplomat; Dark Hazard; The Ninth Guest; By Your Leave; Easy to Love; Kiss and Make-Up; Goodbye Again; I Loved a Woman; Success at Any Price; The Case of the Lucky Legs; The Woman in Red; Pleasure Cruise; Snowed Under; The Petrified Forest; No Time for Comedy) (born Nov. 29, 1899 – died July 31, 1995; age 95). (Genevieve Tobin 1931)
Yakima Canutt (nee Enos Edward Canutt; ex of Catherine “Kitty” Wilks)
American Rodeo Hall of Fame cowboy (bronc riding; bulldogging; roping), stuntman (drops, fighting, etc.) & movie actor (Stagecoach; Gone With the Wind; Ben-Hur; Zorro Rides Again; El Cid; Rio Bravo), action director, stunt coordinator & safety innovator (“L” stirrup, breakaway harness, etc.) (born Nov. 29, 1895 – died May 24, 1986; age 90). (Yakima Canutt 1925)
Naomi Stevens (aka Naomi Stevens Burns)
American character actress of TV (Vega$; The Doris Day Show; The F.B.I.; The Montefuscos; The Flying Nun; My Three Sons; The Lawless Years; Dr. Kildare; Love, American Style) and movies (The Black Orchid; The Apartment) (born Nov. 29, 1925 – died Jan. 13, 2018; age 92). Cause of death for Naomi Stevens is unknown. (Naomi Stevens 1975 The Montefuscos Photo: NBC TV)
Mildred Harris (married Bill Fleckenstein; ex of Charlie Chaplin)
American actress of stage, classic & silent movies for Oz Films, etc. (Melody of Love; No, No Nanette; Side Street; For Husbands Only; Wolves of the Air; The Girl From Rio; The Show Girl; The Americano; Husband Hunters) (born Nov. 29, 1901 – died July 20, 1944; age 42). Mildred Harris died of pneumonia after an operation. (Mildred Harris 1914: New York Motion Picture Company)
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