November 2nd Birthdays
If you were born on November 2nd, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Rachel Ames (nee Rachel Kay Foulger; married Barry Cahill)
American actress of TV (Audrey Hardy on Port Charles, General Hospital; The Millionaire; Wagon Train; Laramie; Zane Grey Theater; Wanted: Dead or Alive) & films (Gunfighters of Abilene; When World Collide; Oregon Passage), born November 2, 1929. Daughter of Byron Foulger. (Rachel Ames 1954)
Ken Rosewall (nee Kenneth Robert Rosewall)
International Tennis Hall of Fame Australian 1960s World No. 1 tennis player, winner of 8 Grand Slam singles & 9 doubles titles (Australian, French & US Open, Wiimbledon) and the 1963 Pro Grand Slam, born November 2, 1934. (Ken Rosewall c 1954 Photo: State Library of Victoria)
Stephanie Powers (nee Stefanie Zofya Paul / Federkiewicz)
American actress of TV (Hart to Hart; The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.; The Feather and Father Gang; Medical Center; Cannon) & films (Tammy Tell Me True; The New Interns; McLintock!; Herbie Rides Again) born November 2, 1942. Ex of Gary Lockwood; ex-partner of William Holden. (Stephanie Powers 1965 Stagecoach)
Kate Linder
American actress of television (Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless since 1973; Dancing with the Stars) and films (Miss Meadows; Light’s Out; Hysteria; The Gold & the Beautiful; Erased; Dead Love; Better Off Single; Mother’s Day), born November 2, 1947. (Kate Linder 2008 Photo: lukeford.net)
k. d. Lang (nee Kathryn Dawn Lang)
Juno & Grammy-winning Canadian singer-songwriter (Constant Craving; Crying / Roy Orbison; Miss Chatelaine; Full Moon Full of Love; Hallalujah; Summerfling; Tony Bennett duets – Moonglow; La Vie En Rose; What a Wonderful World), born November 2, 1961. (k.d. Lang 2006: Charlie Llewellin)
David Schwimmer (ex-partner of Natalie Imbruglia)
American producer, director, and actor of stage, TV (Ross Geller on Friends; American Crime Story; Band of Brothers; L. A. Law; NYPD Blue; The Wonder Years) and movies (Six Days, Seven Night; Pallbearer; Kissing a Fool; Nothing But the Truth), born November 2, 1966. (David Schwimmer 2007 Photo: toothgap)
Sean Kanan (nee Sean Perelman)
Daytime Emmy-winning American actor of TV (Deacon Sharpe on The Young and the Restless & The Bold and the Beautiful; Richie Kingsly on Youthful Daze; A. J. Quartermaine on General Hospital; Sunset Beach) & films (Gangster Land; The Karate Kid Part III), born November 2, 1966. (Sean Kanan 2019: Greg2600)
(Burt Lancaster 1949 | Alice Brady 1922: J. Knowles Hare)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on November 2nd!
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JD Souther (nee John David Souther)
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame American actor (Nashville; thirtysomething), singer- songwriter solo (You’re Only Lonely), with Souther Hillman Furay, the Eagles & other artists (Heartache Tonight; Best of My Love; Fallin’ in Love; New Kid in Town) (born Nov. 2, 1945 – died Sept. 17, 2024; age 78). Ex-partner of Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks. (JD Souther 1970s Painting: A. Hamilton)
Shere Hite (nee Shirley Diana Gregory)
American-born German feminist, sexuality researcher, educator, and author (The Hite Report on Female Sexuality; The Hite Report on Men and Male Sexuality; The Hite Report on the Family: Growing Up Under Patriarchy; Sexual Honesty, by Women, For Women) (born Nov. 2, 1942 – died Sept. 9, 2020; age 77). (Shere Hite 1977 Photo: Oleaga)
Burt Lancaster (nee Burton Stephen Lancaster)
Academy Award-winning American movie actor (From Here to Eternity; Birdman of Alcatraz; Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; The Rose Tattoo; The Rainmaker; Elmer Gantry; The Hallelujah Trail; The Swimmer; The Cassandra Crossing) (born Nov. 2, 1913 – died Oct. 20, 1994; age 80). Burt Lancaster died of a heart attack. (Burt Lancaster 1963 A Child is Waiting Trailer)
Ray Walston (nee Herman Raymond Walston)
American Tony Award-winning actor of TV (Uncle Martin on My Favorite Martian; Judge Henry Bone on Picket Fences; Santa Barbara), stage & movies (South Pacific; Damn Yankees; Kiss Me, Stupid; Kiss Me, Stupid; Caprice; Tall Story; The Apartment; The Sting) (born Nov. 2, 1914 – died Jan. 1, 2001; age 86). Ray Walston had lupus before he died. Ray Walston 1963 Photo)
Ann Rutherford (nee Therese Ann Rutherford; married William Dozier)
Canadian-American actress of movies (Polly Benedict in Andy Hardy’s Double Life & sequels;Gone With the Wind; Pride and Prejudice; Whistling in Dixie; These Glamor Girls; The Lonely Trail) and TV (Perry Mason; Climax!) (born Nov. 2, 1917 – died June 11, 2012; age 94). Ann Rutherford had heart problems before she died. (Ann Rutherford 1940 Pride and Prejudice Trailer)
Keith Emerson
English keyboardist, music arranger & composer for movie soundtracks (Nighthawks), and founding member of progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Lucky Man; From the Beginning; Nutrocker; Take a Pebble) (born Nov. 2, 1944 – died Mar. 11, 2016; age 71). Keith Emerson died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Keith Emerson 1980s Photo: Michael Kollwitz)
James Dunn (married & divorced Frances Gifford)
Academy Award-winning American actor of vaudeville stages, TV (Earl Morgan on It’s a Great Life) and movies (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Society Girl; Hello, Sister!; The Girl in 419; Bright Eyes; Government Girl; Hold That Girl) (born Nov. 2, 1901 – died Sept. 1, 1967; age 65). James Dunn died of abdominal surgery complications. (James Dunn 1955 Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Father David Bauer
Hockey Hall of Fame Canadian college hockey player and coach (St. Michael’s College School; University of Toronto; University of B.C.), Canadian national team GM and coach (1964, 1968 & 1980 Olympic Games; 1960s world championships) (born Nov. 2, 1924 – died Nov. 9, 1988; age 64). Cause of death for Father David Bauer is unknown. (David Bauer 1944 Photo)
Alice Brady (nee Mary Rose Brady; ex of James L. Crane)
Oscar-winning American actress of silent films (His Bridal Night; The Gilded Cage) & 1930s movies (In Old Chicago; My Man Godfrey; Young Mr. Lincoln; The Gay Divorcee; Mind Your Own Business; One Hundred Men and a Girl; Three Smart Girls; Gold Diggers of 1935; Beauty for Sale) (born Nov. 2, 1892 – died Oct. 28, 1939; age 46). Alice Brady died of cancer. (Alice Brady 1919)
Warren Stevens
American actor of stage, TV (The Richard Boone Show; Bracken’s World; Mission: Impossible; Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers; Bonanza) & movies (Stagecoach to Dancers’ Rock; Black Tuesday; The Barefoot Contessa; Robbers’ Roost) (born Nov. 2, 1919 – died Mar. 27, 2012; age 92). Warren Stevens died of lung disease complications. (Warren Stevens 1967 Iron Horse)
Daniel Boone (brother of Squire Boone)
American hunter, trapper, frontiersman, settler, explorer & pioneer, founder of Boonsborough, Kentucky, Revolutionary War militia officer, Shawnee Indian POW, & politician (Virginia House of Delegates) (born Nov. 2, 1734 – died Sept. 26, 1820; age 65). Father of Jemima Boone, Daniel Morgan Boone. Uncle of Levi Boone, grandfather of Alphonse Boone. (Daniel Boone 1820)
Claire McDowell (nee Claire MacDowell; aka Doris Carlton)
American actress of Broadway & movies (The Big Parade; The Mark of Zorro; Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Almost Human; The Show-Off; The Second Floor Mystery; Redemption; Silks and Saddles; The Unknown Soldier) (born Nov. 2, 1877 – died Oct. 23, 1966; age 88). Married Charles Hill Mailes; niece of Fanny Davenport & Melbourne MacDowell. (Claire McDowell 1916)
Sid Luft (nee Michael Sidney Luft; married Camille Keaton)
American pilot (Royal Canadian Air Force; WWII Douglas Aircraft Company), Hollywood talent manager (Eleanor Powell; Judy Garland), film producer (A Star is Born; French Leave; Kilroy Was Here) (born Nov. 2, 1915 – died Sept, 15, 2005; age 89). Ex of Judy Garland, Lynn Bari; father of Lorna Luft; step-father of Liza Minnelli. (Sid Luft 1943: Photoplay combined with Movie Mirror)
Marie Antoinette (nee Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria)
Daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor & Empress Maria Theresa of Austria; married the Dauphin of France (future King Louis XVI of France and Navarre); last Queen of France (born Nov. 2, 1755 – died Oct. 16, 1793; age 37). Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. (Marie Antoinette 1769: Joseph Ducreux)
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