Born on this day – Irish McCalla:

Irish McCalla

Actress

Artist

December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hands of a Stranger (1962); Five Bold Women (1960); Five Gates to Hell (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); She Demons (1958); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956).

Born on this day – Dick Miller:

Dick Miller

Actor

December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019

Born on this day – Maritta M. Wolff:

Maritta M. Wolff

Writer

December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002

Credits:

Books:

Whistle Stop (1941); Night shift (1942); About Lyddy Thomas (1947); Back of Town (1953); Buttonwood (1962); The Big Nickelodeon (1963); Sudden Rain (2005).

Movies and television:

The Man I Love (1946); Whistle Stop (1946).

Born on this day – Helen Twelvetrees:

Helen Twelvetrees

Actress

December 25, 1908 – February 13, 1958

Credits:

A Bedtime Story (1933); A Woman of Experience (1931); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Bad Company (1931); Blue Skies (1929); Boo! (1932); Century of Cinema (1996); Complicated Women (2003); Disgraced (1933); Don't Call Me Girlie (1985); Frisco Waterfront (1935); Her Man (1930); Hollywood Round-Up (1937); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Is My Face Red? (1932); King for a Night (1933); Millie (1931); My Woman (1933); Now I'll Tell (1934); One Hour Late (1934); Panama Flo (1932); Persons in Hiding (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); She Gets Her Man (1935); She Was a Lady (1934); State's Attorney (1932); Swing High (1930); The Cat Creeps (1930); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Ghost Talks (1929); The Grand Parade (1930); The Painted Desert (1931); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935); Thoroughbred (1936); Times Square Lady (1935); Unashamed (1932); Unmarried (1939); Words and Music (1929); Young Bride (1932).

Born on this day – Lewis Allen:

Lewis Allen

Director

December 25, 1905 – May 3, 2000

Born on this day – Gladys Swarthout:

Gladys Swarthout

Opera singer

Mezzo-soprano

Actress

Writer

December 25, 1900 – July 8, 1969

Credits:

Book:

Come Soon, Tomorrow: The Story of a Young Singer (1943).

Albums:

Gladys Swarthout Favorites from Musical Theatre; Gladys Swarthout Musical Show Hits; Gladys Swarthout Sings Your Favorites; Gladys Swarthout; Legendary Voices; My Song Goes On; Poem Of Love and The Sea; Songs of the Auvergne; The Art Of Gladys Swarthout.

Movies and television:

A Dream Comes True (1935); Ambush (1939); Cavalcade of Stars (1949); Celebrity Time (1951); Champagne Waltz (1937); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Frontiers of Faith (1954); Give Us This Night (1936); Lucky Stars (1935); Opera Television Theatre (1950); Person to Person (1957); Romance in the Dark (1938); Rose of the Rancho (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); The Milton Berle Show (1951); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Voice of Firestone (1951–1952); This Is Show Business (1950); Treasury Bond Drive (1950); What's My Line? (1951); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951).

Born on this day – Humphrey Bogart:

Humphrey Bogart

Actor

December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957

Credits:

The Harder They Fall (1956); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Left Hand of God (1955); We're No Angels (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); Sabrina (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Beat the Devil (1953); The Jack Benny Program (1953); Battle Circus (1953); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); The African Queen (1951); Sirocco (1951); The Enforcer (1951); In a Lonely Place (1950); Chain Lightning (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); Tokyo Joe (1949); Knock on Any Door (1949); Key Largo (1948); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); Always Together (1947); Dark Passage (1947); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); Dead Reckoning (1946); Never Say Goodbye (1946); The Big Sleep (1946); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Conflict (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Passage to Marseille (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Sahara (1943); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Casablanca (1942); Across the Pacific (1942); The Big Shot (1942); All Through the Night (1942); The Maltese Falcon (1941); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); High Sierra (1940); They Drive by Night (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); It All Came True (1940); Virginia City (1940); Invisible Stripes (1939); The Return of Doctor X (1939); The Roaring Twenties (1939); Dark Victory (1939); You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Swingtime in the Movies (1938); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Racket Busters (1938); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Crime School (1938); Swing Your Lady (1938); Stand-In (1937); Dead End (1937); Kid Galahad (1937); San Quentin (1937); Marked Woman (1937); The Great O'Malley (1937); Black Legion (1937); Isle of Fury (1936); China Clipper (1936); Bullets or Ballots (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Two Against the World (1936); Midnight (1934); Three on a Match (1932); Big City Blues (1932); Love Affair (1932); A Holy Terror (1931); Women of All Nations (1931); Bad Sister (1931); Body and Soul (1931); A Devil with Women (1930); Up the River (1930); Broadway's Like That (1930); The Dancing Town (1928).