Born on this day – Laura La Plante:

Laura La Plante

Actress

November 1, 1904 – October 14, 1996

Credits:

A Bottle Baby (1922); A Movie Mixup (1922); A Shaky Family Tree (1922); A Treacherous Rival (1922); Arizona (1931); Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923); Back from the Front (1920); Beware of Widows (1927); Big Town Ideas (1921); Brand of Courage (1921); Burning Words (1923); Butterflies in the Rain (1926); Butterfly (1924); Captain of the Guard (1930); Crooked Alley (1923); Dangerous Innocence (1925); Dead Game (1923); Desperation (1922); 813 (1920); Easy to Cop (1922); Excitement (1924); Fashion News (1930); Father's Close Shave (1920); Fighting Back (1922); Finders Keepers (1928); Gaslight Follies (1945); God's Gift to Women (1931); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1998); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Her Big Night (1926); Her Imaginary Lover (1933); His Four Fathers (1921); His Inheritance Taxi (1922); Hold Your Man (1929); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Home, James (1928); It's a Great Life (1955); Jiggs and the Social Lion (1920); Jiggs in Society (1920); King of Jazz (1930); Little Mister Jim (1946); Lonely Wives (1931); Lost in Limehouse (1933); Man of the Moment (1935); Matching Wits (1922); Meet the Wife (1931); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Old Dynamite (1921); Out of Luck (1923); Perils of the Yukon (1922); Play Square (1921); Poker Faces (1926); Ride for Your Life (1924); Scandal (1929); Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 8 (1931); Shootin' for Love (1923); Should Husbands Do Housework? (1921); Should Watchmen Sleep? (1922); Show Boat (1929); Silk Stockings (1927); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Smouldering Fires (1925); Society Sailors (1922); Sporting Youth (1924); Spring Reunion (1956); Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931); Taking Things Easy (1922); Telephone Time (1956); Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 42nd. Street Special (1933); The Alarm (1921); The Beautiful Cheat (1926); The Big Ranger (1922); The Big Town Round-Up (1921); The Call of Courage (1922); The Call of the Blood (1921); The Cat and the Canary (1927); The Church Mouse (1934); The City of Stars (1924); The Dangerous Blonde (1924); The Deputy's Double Cross (1922); The Fast Worker (1924); The Fatal Plunge (1924); The Girl in Possession (1934); The Great Gamble (1919); The Last Warning (1928); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Love Thrill (1927); The Love Trap (1929); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Midnight Sun (1926); The Minute Man (1922); The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921); The Ramblin' Kid (1923); The Ranger's Reward (1922); The Sea Ghost (1931); The Show Boat Story (1989); The Speed Boy (1922); The Teaser (1925); The Thrill Chaser (1923); The Trail of the Wolf (1922); The Wall Flower (1922); True Gold (1923); Widow's Might (1935); Won't You Worry? (1923); You Bet Your Life (1954); Young Ideas (1924).

Born on this day – Ira Wolfert:

Ira Wolfert

Writer

November 1, 1908 – November 24, 1997

Credits:
 
Books:
 

An epidemic of genius (1957); American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1945); Battle for the Solomons (1943); Torpedo 8: The Story of Swede Larsen's Bomber Squadron (1943); Tucker's people / aka The Underworld (1997).

 

Movies and television:
 
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950); Exercise No. One (1962); Force of Evil (1948).

Born on this day – Betsy Palmer:

Betsy Palmer

Actress

November 1, 1926 – May 29, 2015

Born on this day – Marcel Ophuls:

Marcel Ophuls

Director

Writer

Actor

November 1, 1927 – May 24, 2025

Credits:

Book:

The Sorrow and the Pity (1975).

Movies and television:

A Deal Made in a Turkish Bath (2017); A Sense of Loss (1972); America Revisited (1971); Annie Hall (1977); Arte Journal (2025); Banana Peel (1963); Camera Three (1972–1976); Cinéastes de notre temps (1965); Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (2015); Clavigo (1970); Costa-Gavras Talks with Marcel Ophuls (1976); Darf ich mitspielen? (1958); Das Pflichtmandat (1958); Das schöne irre Judenmädchen (1984); Die Ullrich (1972); Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980); Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965); Festspiele (1982); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); Hôtel Terminus (1988); Inside Story (1990); Journeys Through French Cinema (2017); Kortnergeschichten (1980); La fille au fouet (1952); L'Art de Max Ophuls (2024); Late Night Line-Up (1971); Liberty belle (1983); Lola Montès (1955); Love at Twenty / Segment: Munich (1962); Marcel Ophuls et Jean-Luc Godard, La rencontre de St-Gervais (2011); Marcel Ophuls: A Course in Resistance (1992); Marianne of My Youth (1955); Masterclass: Marcel Ophuls and Kenneth Turan on Disagreeable Truths (2017); Matisse ou Le talent du bonheur (1960); Max par Marcel (2009); Moulin Rouge (1952); Munich ou la paix pour cent ans (1967); November Days (1991); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Harvest of My Lai (1970); The Media Show (1988); The Memory of Justice (1976); The Sorrow and the Pity (1969); Till Eulenspiegel (1967); Un voyageur (2013); Veillées d'armes (1994); Wortwechsel (1989); Yorktown: Le sens d'une Victoire (1982); Zeil um Zehn (1992); Zwei ganze Tage (1970).

Born on this day – Barbara Bosson:

Barbara Bosson

Actress

November 1, 1939 – February 18, 2023

Born on this day – Jim Steinman:

Jim Steinman

Composer

Singer

Musician

Lyricist

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Music credits:

(including collaborations with Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, Billy Squier and Pandora’s Box)

Bad for Good (1981); Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Signs of Life (1984); Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986); Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Bad Attitude (1984); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Braver Than We Are (2016); Original Sin (1989); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Whistle Down the Wind (1996); A Man’s a Man (1967); Baal (1968); The Beard (1968); The Dream Engine (1969); More Than You Deserve (1973); Rhinegold (1974); The Confidence Man (1976); Neverland (1977); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Rude Awakening (1989); Tanz der Vampire (1997); Shrek 2 (2004); Bat Out of Hell The Musical (2017); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); Céline Dion in Céline Dion: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993); Pandora’s Box: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You’s a Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It) (1985); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Surf’s Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Meat Loaf: Read ‘Em and Weep (1982); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 15 Storeys High (2004); 20 to 1 (2009–2011); 45 rpm (2019); 7 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach (2016); 8 päivää ensi-iltaan (2008); 8-Bit Christmas (2021); A Few Best Men (2011); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Acapulco (2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Alibi.com (2016); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015); American Idol (2002–2023); American Loser (2007); America's Got Talent (2019–2025); America's Weekend Headquarters (2022–2025); Anastasia (1997); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2022); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2017); Austenland (2013); Australian Idol (2003); BabyPinkStar Feat. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2007); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Bandits (2001); Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (2025); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beautiful People (2009); Beer and Board Games (2014); Behind the Music (1998); Benidorm (2009); Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (2015); Better Call Saul (2018); Better Man (2024); Big Brother (2013); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2001); Black Cat, White Cat (1998); Bob's Burgers (2018); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Kareen Antonn: Si demain... (Turn Around) (2004); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (1985); Bonnie Tyler in Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) (1986); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Book Club (2018); Borderline (2025); Bottoms (2023); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013–2015); Bullet Train (2022); Camera Café, la película (2022); Canadian Idol (2005); Casualty (1987); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Céline Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Champs-Elysées (1984); Charter (2020); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020); Chuck (2009); Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood (2008); Circumstance (2011); Classic Albums (1999); Claws (2018); Click (2006); Cold Case (2003–2006); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Coronation Street (2014); Cover Up (1984); Criminal Minds (2012); Crystal Swing: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2011); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2012); Dead Ringer (1982); Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014); Delta House (1979); Derry Girls (2022); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dope Thief (2025); Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003); Dumb Money (2023); EastEnders (2004–2014); Ed (1996); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Eufòria (2023); Euphoria (2022); Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 (2006); Fame (1984); Family Switch (2023); Fingernails (2023); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Footloose (1984 / 2011); Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2010); Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009); Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2019); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2007); Futurama (2001); Future Man (2017); Get Shorty (2017); Ghost Graduation (2012); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Glee (2010–2012); Glee Encore (2011); Gloria Bell (2018); Good Morning Britain (2018–2019); Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 (2013); Great Performances (1998); Grey's Anatomy (2013–2014); Grown Ups 2 (2013); Half Brothers (2015); Happily (2021); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Heads of State (2025); Henry Danger (2020); Heroes Wanted (2016); Hittimittari (1984–1985); Holland (2025); Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–1986); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); Idol (2002–2005); Idols (2004–2008); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2017); In Plain Sight (2008); It Takes Two (2008); J.J. de Bom voorheen: 'De kindervriend' (1979); Jan Wayne & Lena: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2001); JonTron (2012); JonTron's StarCade (2015); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); La chanson de l'année (2004); La Marató 2015 (2015); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Le trip à trois (2017); Leap of Faith (1992); Legendy Retro FM (2012); Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024); Life in Pieces (2015); Like Father (2018); Linzer Eiszauber (2018); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Live from Studio Five (2009); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Loki (2021); Loose Women (2010); Lost Islands (2008); Love Again (2023); Love Hard (2021); L'última nit del karaoke (2021); Mad for It (1998); Máme rádi Cesko (2017); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021); Meat Loaf & Cher: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues - Lyric Video (2016); MEAT LOAF: A Celebration of Life (2022); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way - Lyric Video (2016); Meat Loaf: Hits Out of Hell (1991); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell (2015); Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004); Meat Loaf: London Meltdown Concert (1987); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); Meat Loaf: Read 'Em and Weep (1982); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meet Dave (2008); Men Behaving Badly (1998); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2015); Milkshake (1994); Mindhunter (2017); Minecraft Adventure Maps (2012); Modern Family (2017); Mom (2016); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2021); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); My Date with Drew (2004); My Mad Fat Diary (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2018–2022); #NoFilter (2023); NCIS: Hawai'i (2021); New British Canon (2020); New Year's Eve (2011); Night of the Coconut (2022); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody (2009); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Notting Hill (1999); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Old School (2003); One Day at a Time (2017); Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023); Opening Night (2016); Operación triunfo (2002–2008); Orphan Black: Echoes (2023); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Party Monster (2003); Pasapalabra (2017); Passo a due (2005); Phoenix Nights (2001–2002); Ping-pongkingen (2008); Planeta Singli 2 (2018); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1999); Private Desert (2021); Programa Livre (1991); Q-Force (2021); Queen Stars (2022); Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024); Regular Show (2012); Reunion (2005); Rex Viper: The Hero of Time (2025); Rise 'n Shine Og (2009); Rivals (2024); Riverdale (2021); Rockpalast (1978); Rosaline (2022); Roswell (2002); Rude Awakening (1989); Rude Tube (2010); RuPaul's Drag Race (2017–2023); Sarah Brightman in Concert (1998); Saturday Night Live (1978–2022); Saturday Night's Main Event (1985); Sausage Party (2016); School Wars (1984); Scream Queens (2016); Scrubs (2004); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Shrek 2 (2004); Singapore Idol (2004); Single Parents (2019); Sisters of Mercy: Shot Rev 2.0 (1993); Skins (2007); Smallville (2009); Smoke (2025); So You Think You Can Dance (2007–2011); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Somewhere Over the Flagpole: A Nintendo Movie (2008); Stage Mother (2020); Stars in Their Eyes (1993–2000); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Stranger Things (2019); Streets of Fire (1984); Strictly Come Dancing (2014–2016); Super Powers (2006); SuperStar KZ (2003–2004); Superstore (2020); Superwho? (2021); Sweetpea (2024); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Tähdet, tähdet (2024); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Tetris (2023); That '70s Show (1999); That's My Boy (2012); The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022); The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019); The Bachelor (2019); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Breaker Upperers (2018); The Brit Awards 1994 (1994); The Challenge: All Stars (2025); The Charismatic Voice (2025); The Clash (2018–2021); The Crowded Room (2023); The Devil's Hour (2022); The Disco Ball (2003); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Film from Lot 15 (2018); The Five Devils (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2017); The Greatest (2000); The Last Showgirl (2024); The Lost Boy (2019); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Marco Effect (2021); The Mask of Zorro (1998); The Masked Singer (2024); The Masked Singer Australia (2020–2021); The Nanny (1997); The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (2009); The Other Side of the Tracks (1984); The Paul O'Grady Show (2009); The Penguin (2024); The Power of Parker (2023); The Project (2023–2024); The Racer (2020); The Shadow (1994); The Shiny Shrimps (2019); The Sing-Off (2013); The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018); The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Uncovering (2018); The Vicar of Dibley (1999); The Voice (2016); The Voice Generations (2023); The Voice Kids Philippines (2024); The Voice of the Philippines (2013); The Voice UK (2013); The Vow (2012); The Way Way Back (2013); The X Factor UK (2005–2015); The Z-Suite (2025); This Is 40 (2012); This Is My Moment (2001); This Morning (2009); Tina Arena and Marc Anthony: I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (1998); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); To Die Like a Man (2009); Top of the Pops (1979–1998); Totally Frank (2005); Trolls (2016); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena (2013–2018); Ultimate Albums (2002); Urban Legend (1998); VH1 Storytellers (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022); We Dem Arby's BoyZ (2020); Whiskey Cavalier (2019); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989); With Love (2021); Wuthering Heights (2003); Yperoha plasmata (2007–2008); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2009); Zoe Ball on ... (2018); Zookeeper (2011).

Born on this day – Kevin Brophy:

Kevin Brophy

Actor

November 1, 1953 – May 11, 2024

Credits:

AfterMASH (1983); Book of 1000 Deaths (2012); Civil Wars (1992); Code Name Vengeance (1987); Easy Wheels (1989); Fatal Charm (1990); Fearless (1993); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Goodfellas (1990); Growing Pains (1989); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hell Night (1981); I'm Losing You (1998); JAG (1996); Just the Ten of Us (1990); Kevin Brophy and Jenny Neumann In Conversation (2017); Lucan (1977–1978); M*A*S*H (1979); Matt Houston (1983–1984); New Love, American Style (1986); Partners in Crime (1984); Remembering 'The Seduction' (2006); Shattered Image (1994); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); Strange Inheritance (2015); Strike Force (1982); The Clown Statue (2022); The Delos Adventure (1986); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Long Riders (1980); The Love Boat (1982); The Magic of the Golden Bear: Goldy III (1994); The Seduction (1982); The Yeagers (1980); Time Walker (1982); Time Walker with Actor Kevin Brophy (2011); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1983); Trouble in High Timber Country (1980); White Dwarf (1995); Zorro (1992).