Thanksgiving's Babies
by dan_dassow | created - 25 Dec 2020 | updated - 21 Nov 2021 | PublicThanksgiving Day in the United States is a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. This holiday can occur from November 22 to November 28.
Which of these celebrities born on Thanksgiving Day is your favorite?
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1. Scarlett Johansson
Actress | Lost in Translation
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Her mother, Melanie Sloan is from a Jewish family from the Bronx and her father, Karsten Johansson is a Danish-born architect from Copenhagen. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson, who is also an actress, ...
Born Thursday 22 November 1984
2. Christina Applegate
Actress | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Christina Applegate was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to record producer/executive Robert Applegate and singer-actress Nancy Priddy. Her parents split-up shortly after her birth. She has two half-siblings from her father's re-marriage - Alisa (b. October 10, 1977) and Kyle (b. July 15...
Born Thursday 25 November 1971
3. Richard Kind
Actor | Argo
Richard Kind, a Drama Desk Award winner and Tony nominee for the Broadway hit The Big Knife, is an accomplished stage, screen and television actor who continues to redefine the term character actor. Kind is starring as Sam Meyers in the Amazon Original Series Red Oaks (2014). He appeared in the ...
Born Thursday 22 November 1956
4. Elizabeth Marvel
Actress | True Grit
Elizabeth Marvel is an American actress. Her most prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on The District, Solicitor General Heather Dunbar on House of Cards, and President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland. Film roles include Burn After Reading; Synecdoche, New York; True Grit; Lincoln (alongside ...
Born Thursday 27 November 1969
5. Colin Hanks
Actor | King Kong
Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor. He was born in Sacramento, California, to actors Samantha Lewes and Tom Hanks. Colin is best-known for his work as "Jack Bailey" in the series, The Good Guys (2010) and as "Alex Whitman" in Roswell (1999). Hanks' best-known film role may be in the teen movie, ...
Born Thursday 24 November 1977
6. Dougray Scott
Actor | Ever After
Born in Scotland, trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where he was named most promising drama student. Scott's early work was in Scottish national theatre and television, first appearing in the series Soldier Soldier as well as on the stage in the Tim Fleming directed production ...
Born Thursday 25 November 1965
7. Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Actress | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Salli Richardson-Whitfield is a 30-year industry veteran. She has been featured in 20+ major motion pictures and has starred opposite a number of Hollywood's top actors, including Samuel L. Jackson in 'The Great White Hype', Denzel Washington in 'Antwone Fisher', and Will Smith in 'I Am Legend'. On...
Born Thursday 23 November 1967
8. Jeffrey Hunter
Actor | The Searchers
Jeffrey Hunter was born Henry Herman McKinnies Jr. on November 25, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana, an only child. His parents met at the University of Arkansas, and when he was almost four his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In his teens, he acted in productions of the North Shore Children's ...
Born Thursday 25 November 1926
9. Kayvan Novak
Actor | Four Lions
Kayvan Novak was born on November 23, 1978 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Four Lions (2010), Fonejacker (2007) and Facejacker (2010).
Born Thursday 23 November 1978
10. Chin Han
Actor | The Dark Knight
Named one of Asia's 25 greatest actors of all-time by CNNGo (a division of CNN) alongside stars like Japan's Toshiro Mifune and India's Amitabh Bachchan and nominated for Variety's Asian Star of the Year Award in 2013, Chin Han's 20 year career has spanned many international theater, television and...
Born Thursday 27 November 1969
11. Gwilym Lee
Actor | Bohemian Rhapsody
Gwilym Lee was born on November 24, 1983 in Bristol, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), The Great (2020) and Fresh Meat (2011).
Born Thursday 24 November 1983
12. Ricardo Montalban
Actor | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Legendary actor Ricardo Montalban was the epitome of Latin elegance, charm and grace on film and television and in the late 1940s and early 1950s reinvigorated the Rudolph Valentino / Ramon Novarro "Latin Lover" style in Hollywood without achieving top screen stardom. Moreover, unlike most minority...
Born Thursday 25 November 1920
13. Terry Kilburn
Actor | Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Terry Kilburn was born on November 25, 1926 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), Lolita (1962) and Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947).
Born Thursday 25 November 1926
14. Joe Dante
Director | Innerspace
Joe Dante is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. After a stint as a film reviewer, he began his filmmaking apprenticeship in 1974 as trailer editor for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his directorial debut in 1976 with Hollywood Boulevard (1976) (co-directed with Allan Arkush)...
Born Thursday 28 November 1946
15. Karine Vanasse
Actress | Polytechnique
Award-winning Canadian actress Karine Vanasse is internationally recognized for her dazzling performances in both English and French.
Vanasse stars as Detective Lise Delorme in the critically acclaimed CTV series Cardinal for which she received a 2019 Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress. ...
Born Thursday 24 November 1983
16. Natalia Cordova-Buckley
Actress | The Mosquito Coast
Natalia Cordova-Buckley was born on November 25, 1982 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She is an actress and producer, known for The Mosquito Coast (2021), Coco (2017) and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022). She has been married to Brian Buckley since November 11, 2011.
Born Thursday 25 November 1982
17. Josh Cooke
Actor | Dexter
Josh Cooke was born on November 22, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dexter (2006), Committed (2005) and I Love You, Man (2009). He has been married to Eleisha Eagle since April 26, 2011. They have one child.
Born Thursday 22 November 1979
18. Amanda Wyss
Actress | The Id
Born and raised in Manhattan Beach, California, Amanda Wyss, was discovered playing the titular character (Rhoda Penmark) in a production of "The Bad Seed" at an LA theater. She quickly found work in commercials before landing a guest starring role in television's science fiction hit Buck Rogers in...
Born Thursday 24 November 1960
19. Lia Williams
Actress | The Foreigner
Lia Williams was born on November 26, 1964 in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Foreigner (2017), Archive (2020) and Living (2022). She is married to Guy Hibbert.
Born Thursday 26 November 1964
20. Leeanna Walsman
Actress | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Leeanna Walsman was born in Sydney, Australia, to Bob and Elaine Walsman. She has an older brother David. She quit school at the age of 16 to become an actress. She has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows . One of the most famous is Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), where ...
Born Thursday 22 November 1979
21. Michael Gough
Actor | Batman Forever
Tony Award-winning English actor Michael Gough, best known for playing the butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first four Batman (1989, 1992, 1995 & 1997) movies and for playing the arch-criminal Dr. Clement Armstrong in The Avengers (1961) episode "The Cybernauts", was an accomplished performer on ...
Born Thursday 23 November 1916
22. Cameron Moulène
Actor | Foursome
Cameron Moulène was born in Paris, France, to a French father and American mother, and grew up in Los Angeles, CA. He lives in LA when he isn't working and is very close with his 4 siblings (3 of which were adopted from Asia).
Cameron attended Beverly Hills High School, and was the first Freshman ...
Born Thursday 25 November 1993
23. Andrew Knott
Actor | The Secret Garden
Andrew Knott was born on the 22nd of November 1979 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. He started acting at a young age appearing in various British TV and radio programs. Throughout his younger years he trained at The Oldham Theater Workshop. His first big screen appearance was in The Secret ...
Born Thursday 22 November 1979
24. Armando Iannucci
Writer | The Death of Stalin
Armando Iannucci was born on November 28, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Death of Stalin (2017), In the Loop (2009) and Veep (2012). He has been married to Rachel Jones since August 25, 1990. They have two children.
Born Thursday 28 November 1963
25. Noel Neill
Actress | Superman Returns
Minnesota-born Noel Neill's ambition was to be a journalist like her father, the editor of a Minneapolis newspaper. However, she was hired by Bing Crosby to sing at the Turf Club at the race track in Del Mar, California (Crosby was one of the owners). Shortly thereafter, in 1941, she was signed to ...
Born Thursday 25 November 1920
26. Jamie Rose
Actress | Falcon Crest
Jamie Rose started acting professionally at the age of six. Her first role was as a kid go-go dancer on a Kool-Aid commercial.
She has starred in multiple Television Series and Films, including Falcon Crest (1981) and Lady Blue (1985) and the cult classic Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989) where ...
Born Thursday 26 November 1959
27. Destin Daniel Cretton
Director | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Destin Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker, writer and producer from Haiku, Hawaii. He is known for directing The Glass Castle, I Am Not a Hipster, Short Term 12, Just Mercy and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He is the second Asian-American filmmaker to direct a Marvel film ...
Born Thursday 23 November 1978
28. Alison Mosshart
Soundtrack | Children of Men
Alison Mosshart was born on November 23, 1978 in Vero Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Children of Men (2006), Push (2009) and The Losers (2010).
Born Thursday 23 November 1978
29. Ryan Sampson
Actor | The Frankenstein Chronicles
Ryan Sampson was born on November 28, 1985 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015), Doctor Who (2005) and Wire in the Blood (2002).
Born Thursday 28 November 1985
30. Beverly Washburn
Actress | Old Yeller
Beverly Washburn was born on November 25, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Old Yeller (1957), Star Trek (1966) and When the World Came to San Francisco (2015). She is married to Michael Radell.
Born Thursday 25 November 1943
31. Julien Temple
Director | Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Julien Temple was born on November 26, 1953 in London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020), Vigo (1998) and Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).
Born Thursday 26 November 1953
32. James Toback
Writer | Bugsy
James Toback, screenwriter and the director of nine films, was born on November 23, 1944 in New York City to a successful garment manufacturer. A 1966 graduate of Harvard College, Toback later taught creative writing at City College of New York in the early 1970s. He suffered from a gambling ...
Born Thursday 23 November 1944
33. Shelagh Fraser
Actress | Star Wars
Shelagh Fraser was born on November 25, 1920 in Purley, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), The History of Mr. Polly (1949) and Doomwatch (1970). She was married to Anthony Squire. She died on August 29, 2000 in London, England, UK.
Born Thursday 25 November 1920
34. Stephen Lobo
Actor | Continuum
Born in Toronto Stephen Lobo is a Vancouver based actor and a graduate of the UK's Drama Centre London. Over the years Stephen has received multiple awards and nominations for his work. He is best known for Snowpiercer (2020), Van Helsing (2021), Arrow (2020), The Flash (2021), Travelers (2018), ...
Born Thursday 22 November 1973
35. Joe Eszterhas
Writer | Basic Instinct
Joe Eszterhas was born on November 23, 1944 in Csakanydoroszlo, Hungary. He is a writer and producer, known for Basic Instinct (1992), Showgirls (1995) and Sliver (1993). He has been married to Naomi Baka since July 30, 1994. They have four children. He was previously married to Geraldine Javer.
Born Thursday 23 November 1944
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