Monday, November 2, 2026

Born on this day – Jack Starrett:


Jack Starrett


Actor

Director

November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989

Credits:

A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Small Town in Texas (1976); Angels from Hell (1968); Beyond Westworld (1980); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Blazing Saddles (1974); Blazing Saddles: Back in the Saddle (2001); Brothers in Arms (1988); Cade's County (1971); Cleopatra Jones (1973); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Death Chase (1988); Eischied (1980); Family Reunion (1989); Fan des années 80 (2012); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); First Blood (1982); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Hells Angels on Wheels (1967); Hell's Bloody Devils (1970); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Hollywood Man (1976); House of Zodiac (1969); Hunter (1985); Kid Blue (1973); Kiss My Grits (1982); Knight Rider (1983); Like Father, Like Son (1987); Mondo Mod (1967); Mr. Horn (1979); Night Chase (1970); Nightwish (1989); Nowhere to Hide (1977); Paris (1979); Planet of the Apes (1974); Race with the Devil (1975); Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Slaughter (1972); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Survival of Dana (1979); Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978); The A-Team (1986); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Born Losers (1967); The Dion Brothers (1974); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The Gay Deceivers (1969); The Girls from Thunder Strip (1970); The Gun Runner (1969); The Losers (1970); The Making of 'First Blood' (1982); The Making of 'Up the Creek' (1984); The New Spartans (1975); The River (1984); The Rose (1979); The Rousters (1983); The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie (1972); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Lyn Thomas:


Lyn Thomas


Actress

November 2, 1929 – August 26, 2004

Credits:

26 Men (1957); Adventures of Superman (1953); Alaska Passage (1959); Arson for Hire (1959); Big Timber (1950); Black Midnight (1949); Border Patrol (1959); Call It Free (1955); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Checkmate (1961); City Detective (1955); Colt .45 (1957); Covered Wagon Raid (1950); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); Death Valley Days (1953); Dragnet (1957); Front Page Detective (1951); Frontier Gun (1958); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1957); Here Come the Jets (1959); Home in San Antone (1949); It's a Great Life (1955); Jefferson Drum (1958); Kill the Umpire (1950); My Little Margie (1955); Noah's Ark (1956); Noose for a Gunman (1960); Not for Hire (1960); Pantomime Quiz (1949); Red River Shore (1953); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956); Space Master X-7 (1958); Stage Struck (1948); Strop, Look and Listen (1952); Studio 57 (1955); That's My Boy (1951); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The Accused (1949); The Betty Hutton Show (1959); The Cisco Kid (1951); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Lineup (1955); The Magnavox Theater (1950); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Millionaire (1955); The Missourians (1950); The Petty Girl (1950); The Pride of the Family (1953); The Star and the Story (1956); Three Came to Kill (1960); Triple Trouble (1950); Wagon Train (1959); Wedding Yells (1951); Whispering Smith (1961); Witness to Murder (1954).

Born on this day – Wanda Półtawska:


Wanda Półtawska


Physician

Writer

Holocaust Survivor

November 2, 1921 – October 24, 2023

Book:


And I Am Afraid of My Dreams

By Wanda Półtawska.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
First published 1961.
ISBN-10: 0340409274
ISBN-13: 978-0340409275

Description:

In February 1941, Wanda Półtawska was arrested by the Gestapo. She was nineteen years old. Charged with aiding and abetting the resistance movement a heinous crime in Nazi-occupied Poland she was sent to the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp. And I Am Afraid of My Dreams is Półtawska's account of the four years spent in the camp, where the prospect of death, whether from starvation, exhaustion, or summary execution, was a daily reality. Wanda was used as one of the camps guinea pigs and became a victim of cruel medical experimentation by Nazi doctors. Many of her friends died or were left with horrific physical and psychological injuries as a result of these experiments. Wanda bravely faced each day and pledged to become a doctor if she ever got out alive. Originally written nearly fifty years ago, this powerful story is an enduring testament to the courage of the human spirit.

Television:

Television Theater (2021).

Born on this day – Ann Rutherford:


Ann Rutherford


Actress

November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012

Credits:

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 20 Questions (1952); A Christmas Carol (1938); ABC Late Night (1974); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics - And Other Things (1940); Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Angel of Mercy (1939); Annie Laurie (1936); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Bedside Manner (1945); Bermuda Mystery (1944); Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time (2011); Bill Slater Show (1950); California's Gold (2012); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Carnival in Paris (1937); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Climax! (1955–1958); Comin' 'Round the Mountain (1936); Corazón de... (2006); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Danger (1953); Doughnuts and Society (1936); Down to the Sea (1936); Dramatic School (1938); Easter Parade in New York (1953); Easter Parade of Stars Auto Show (1954); Espionage (1937); Flag of Mercy (1942); Four Girls in White (1939); Gene Autry, Melody of the West (1994); General Electric Theater (1953); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On (2009); Good Morning America (1983); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Happy Land (1943); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (1979); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Inside Job (1946); I've Got a Secret (1953); Judge Hardy and Son (1939); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Keeping Company (1940); Kraft Theatre (1957); Land of Liberty (1939); Leave It to the Girls (1949); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Love Find Andy Hardy Intro (2004); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Impossible Gift / Love and the Positive Man (1969–1973); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Melody Trail (1935); MGM Parade (1955); Murder in the Music Hall (1946); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Of Human Hearts (1938); Operation Haylift (1950); Orchestra Wives (1942); Out West with the Hardys (1938); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1959–1964); Place the Face (1955); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937); Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook (1981); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Show-Business at War (1943); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Student Tour (1934); Suspense (1953); Take It or Leave It (1944); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); The 12th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1993); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Devil Is Driving (1937); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Fighting Marines (1935); The Ghost Comes Home (1940); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Harvester (1936); The James Melton Show (1951); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Lawless Nineties (1936); The Linkletter Show (1952); The Lonely Trail (1936); The Madonna's Secret (1946); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Oregon Trail (1936); The Red Skelton Hour (1958); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Singing Vagabond (1935); These Glamour Girls (1939); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); This Is Your Life (1984 / 1988); This Time for Keeps (1942); Two O'Clock Courage (1945); U.S. Marshal (1959); Unusual Occupations (1947); Visiting... with Huell Howser (2010); Washington Melodrama (1941); Waterfront Lady (1935); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Whistling in Dixie (1942); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Wyoming (1940); You're Only Young Once (1937).

Born on this day – Burt Lancaster:


Burt Lancaster


Actor

Producer

November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1900 (1976); 20 to 1 (2007); 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1989); A Century of Science Fiction (1996); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Conversation with Dinah (1990); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); Airport (1970); Ali the Fighter (1973); Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible (2000); All About People (1967); All My Sons (1948); AMC Salutes the States (1989); America 2-Night (1978); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2000); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Apache (1954); Arena (1990–2002); Arte Journal (2023–2024); Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979); At This Very Moment (1962); Atlantic City (1980); Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017); Australian Story (2021); ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Barnum (1986); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990); Bertolucci Shoots '1900' (1976); Beverly and Friends (1978); Biography (1996–2000); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2016–2020); Brute Force (1947); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Ca détourne (1992); Castle Keep (1969); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlton Heston, la démesure d'un géant (2023); Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007); Ciné regards (1980); Cinema (1972); Circus of the Stars #10 (1985); Classified X (2007); Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019); Claudia Cardinale, la femme rêvée... (2024); Come Back, Little Sheba (1952); Compression (2023); Control (1987); Conversation Piece (1974); Cops (1989); Corazón de... (2006); Criss Cross (1949); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Dawn's Early Light: Ralph McGill and the Segregated South (1988); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Deceit. Visconti's Conversation Piece (2013); Desert Fury (1947); Die Enkel (1986); Die großen Seebäder (2012); Elmer Gantry (1960); Et mon amie la rose (1996); Executive Action (1973); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Field of Dreams (1989); 'Field of Dreams': A Scrapbook (1998); Fight of the Century (1971); Film Time (1955); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Freedom Spectacular (1964); From Here to Eternity (1953); Getaway (2005); Go Tell the Spartans (1978); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Handle with Care (1965); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harry Belafonte - Zwischen Calypso und Gerechtigkeit (2022); Heart of the Festival (2002); Helmut Berger - Gewaltige Leidenschaft (2006); Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009); His Majesty O'Keefe (1954); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); Hollywood Greats (2002); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood Rivals (2001); Hollywood sul Tevere (2009); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); House of Boys (2009); Howard Hughes: The Inside Story (1983); Hunting Season (1988); I Love Liberty (1982); I Walk Alone (1947); International Pro-Celebrity Golf (1977); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Jenny Is a Good Thing (1969); Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951); Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning (2025); John le Carré (2008); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Kirk Douglas: Video Scrapbook (1994); Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); La classe américaine (1993); La passione di Anna Magnani (2019); Lawman (1971); Le vie della Recherche - Luchino Visconti (2006); Lee Phillip's Chicago (1965–1986); Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); Little Treasure (1985); Local Hero (1983); Luchino Visconti (1999); Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016); L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986); Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997); Marco Polo (1982); Martin Luther King by Trevor McDonald (2018); Marty (1955); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Michael Schanze: Sonne, Wind und weiße Segel (1979); Mister 880 (1950); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Movie Tough Guys (1991); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Muhammad Ali: The Greatest (2016); Mystères d'archives (2017); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Nova (1982); November 22, 1963: In Search of an Answer (1973); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Olympic Gala (1984); On Wings of Eagles (1986); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Our Century (1988); Pariser Journal (1963); Pulp Cinema (2001); Race to Oblivion (1982); Red Skelton Revue (1954); Reflets de Cannes (1963); Restless: Being Paul Newman (2023); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Rocket Gibraltar (1988); Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane (1998); Rope of Sand (1949); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Scandal Sheet (1985); Schaukelstuhl (1979); Scorpio (1973); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 8: Playtime in Hollywood (1956); Separate But Equal (1991); Separate Tables (1958); Separate Tables (1958); Sesame Street (1969–1973); Seven Days in May (1964); Sherrill Milnes: An All Star Gala (1985); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sophia Loren (2019); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); South Sea Woman (1953); Starman (1984); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Système 2 (1976); Take a Giant Step (1959); Talking Pictures (2016); Telecinema (1976); Ten Tall Men (1951); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1977); The 1st Annual Commitment to Life Awards (1985); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 2th Annual Genie Awards (1981); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 35th Bafta Awards (1982); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The 5th Annual Academy of Television and Radio Awards (1989); The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995); The 7th Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (1982); The 8th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1990); The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Annual Tribute: A Salute to Kirk Douglas (1987); The Bachelor Party (1957); The Best of Hollywood (2016); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Betrothed (1989); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The City of Gods (1968); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Crimson Pirate (1952); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (2002); The Devil's Disciple (1959); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1968); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1965); The Flame and the Arrow (1950); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Heart of Show Business (1957); The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Jeweller's Shop (1988); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The John Player Lecture with Burt Lancaster (1972); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1983); The Kentuckian (1955); The Killers (1946); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Leopard (1963); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Lords of Flatbush (1974); The March (2013); The March in Washington (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Midnight Man (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1975); The Name's the Same (1953); The New Bike (2009); The New Steve Allen Show (1963–1964); The New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1982); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Phantom of the Opera (1990); The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (1988); The Professionals (1966); The Rainmaker (1956); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1994); The Rose Tattoo (1955); The Scalphunters (1968); The Screen Director (1951); The Skin (1981); The Sky Divers (1969); The South Bank Show (1983); The Swimmer (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1971); The Train (1964); The Unforgiven (1960); The Unknown War (1978); The Young Savages (1961); This Is Your Life (1977–1987); Three Sailors and a Girl (1953); Thrilla in Manila (2008); Tough Guys (1986); Trapeze (1956); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Twilight's Last Gleaming: The Dynamics of Controversy (1977); U.S. Water Polo (1968); Ulzana's Raid (1972); Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975); V.O.S.: Lo que NO te cuentan (2021); Valdez Is Coming (1971); Variety Girl (1947); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vengeance Valley (1951); Vera Cruz (1954); Verdi (1982); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990); War Movie Blockbusters (2015); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); Welcome to the Basement (2014); ... y otras mujeres de armas tomar (1998); Zulu Dawn (1979).

Born on this day – Alice Brady:


Alice Brady


Actress

November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939

Credits:

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Zenobia (1939); Joy of Living (1938); Goodbye Broadway (1938); In Old Chicago (1938); Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937); One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937); Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Mama Steps Out (1937); Three Smart Girls (1936); Mind Your Own Business (1936); Go West Young Man (1936); My Man Godfrey (1936); The Harvester (1936); Metropolitan (1935); Lady Tubbs (1935); Let 'em Have It (1935); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); The Gay Divorcee (1934); Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934); Should Ladies Behave (1933); Stage Mother (1933); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Beauty for Sale (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); The Snow Bride (1923); The Leopardess (1923); Anna Ascends (1922); Missing Millions (1922); Hush Money (1921); Dawn of the East (1921); Little Italy (1921); The Land of Hope (1921); Out of the Chorus (1921); The New York Idea (1920); A Dark Lantern (1920); Sinners (1920); The Fear Market (1920); His Bridal Night (1919); The Redhead (1919); Marie, Ltd. (1919); The World to Live In (1919); The End of the Road (1919); The Indestructible Wife (1919); In the Hollow of Her Hand (1918); Her Great Chance (1918); The Better Half (1918); The Death Dance (1918); The Whirlpool (1918); The Ordeal of Rosetta (1918); At the Mercy of Men (1918); The Trap (1918); The Spurs of Sybil (1918); The Knife (1918); Woman and Wife (1918); Her Silent Sacrifice (1917); A Maid of Belgium (1917); Betsy Ross (1917); A Self-Made Widow (1917); The Divorce Game (1917); Maternity (1917); The Dancer's Peril (1917); A Hungry Heart (1917); A Woman Alone (1917); The Rack (1916); Bought and Paid For (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); Miss Petticoats (1916); La vie de Bohème (1916); Tangled Fates (1916); Then I'll Come Back to You (1916); The Woman in 47 (1916); The Ballet Girl (1916); The Lure of Woman (1915); The Cup of Chance (1915); The Boss (1915); As Ye Sow (1914).

Born on this day – Moa Martinson:


Moa Martinson


Writer

November 2, 1890 – August 5, 1964

Books:

Armén vid horisonten (The Army on the Horizon) essays and short stories (1942); Bakom svenskvallen (Behind the Swedish Wall) memoirs (1944); Brandliljor (Fire Lilies) historical novel (1941); Den osynliga älskaren (The Invisible Lover) Betty series (1943); Drottning Grågyllen (Queen Graygold) historical novel (1937); Du är den enda (You are The One) Betty series (1952); Hemligheten (The Secret) Betty series (1959); Jag möter en diktare (I Meet a Poet) memoirs (1950); Kärlek mellan krigen (Love Between Wars) memoirs (1947); Klockor vid sidenvägen (Bells at the Silk Road) Betty series (1957); Kungens rosor (The King's Roses) novel, Mia series (1939); Kvinnor och äppelträd (Women and Apple Trees) novel (1933); Kvinnorna på Kummelsjö (The Women at Kummelsjö) historical novel (1955); Kyrkbröllop (Church Wedding) novel, Mia series (1938); Livets fest (Life's Feast) historical novel (1949); Mor gifter sig (My Mother Gets Married) novel, Mia series (1936); Motsols (Counterclockwise) poems (1937); Pigmamma (Maid Mother) serial (1928–29); Rågvakt (Rye Guard) novel (1935); Sallys söner (Sally's Sons) novel (1934); Vägen under stjärnorna (The Road Under The Stars) historical novel (1940).

Movies and television:

Mitt i veckan (1958); Moa Martinson - Landsmodern (2019); Mor gifter sig (1979–1980); Rågvakt (1974).