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).

Born on this day – Nathaniel Shilkret:

Nathaniel Shilkret

Composer

Actor

December 25, 1889 – February 18, 1982

Born on this day – Eugenie Besserer:

Eugenie Besserer

Actress

December 25, 1868 – May 28, 1934

Credits:

To the Last Man (1933); 6 Hours to Live (1932); Scarface (1932); Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930); In Gay Madrid (1930); A Royal Romance (1930); Seven Faces (1929); Mister Antonio (1929); Illusion (1929); Fast Company (1929); Speedway (1929); Whispering Winds (1929); Madame X (1929); Thunderbolt (1929); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929); A Lady of Chance (1928); Lilac Time (1928); Yellow Lily (1928); Two Lovers (1928); Drums of Love (1928); The Jazz Singer (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Captain Salvation (1927); When a Man Loves (1927); The Night of Love (1927); Wandering Girls (1927); Flesh and the Devil (1926); The Fire Brigade (1926); The Millionaire Policeman (1926); Winning the Futurity (1926); Kiki (1926); The Skyrocket (1926); Bright Lights (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); The Circle (1925); The Coast of Folly (1925); Confessions of a Queen (1925); Friendly Enemies (1925); A Fool and His Money (1925); The Price She Paid (1924); Bread (1924); Enemies of Children (1923); Anna Christie (1923); The Rendezvous (1923); Her Reputation (1923); The Lonely Road (1923); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); June Madness (1922); The Hands of Nara (1922); Kindred of the Dust (1922); Penrod (1922); The Rosary (1922); Molly O' (1921); The Light in the Clearing (1921); The Sin of Martha Queed (1921); Good Women (1921); The Breaking Point (1921); What Happened to Rosa (1920); The Scoffer (1920); 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920); Seeds of Vengeance (1920); Fickle Women (1920); The Brand of Lopez (1920); For the Soul of Rafael (1920); The Gift Supreme (1920); The Fighting Shepherdess (1920); The Greatest Question (1919); Scarlet Days (1919); Turning the Tables (1919); Auction of Souls (1919); Little Orphant Annie (1918); The Sea Flower (1918); The Road Through the Dark (1918); The Eyes of Julia Deep (1918); A Hoosier Romance (1918); The Still Alarm (1918); The City of Purple Dreams (1918); In After Years (1917); Who Shall Take My Life? (1917); The Curse of Eve (1917); The Witness for the State (1917); Her Salvation (1917); Through the Eyes of the World (1917); The Friendship of Beaupere (1917); Little Lost Sister (1917); Beware of Strangers (1917); Twisted Trails (1916); The Crisis (1916); In the House of the Chief (1916); His Brother's Keeper (1916); The Old Man Who Tried to Grow Young (1916); The Sacrifice (1916); The Temptation of Adam (1916); The Woman Who Did Not Care (1916); A Social Deception (1916); The Grinning Skull (1916); Thou Shalt Not Covet (1916); The Devil-in-Chief (1916); I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier (1915); Just as I Am (1915); The Bridge of Time (1915); The Circular Staircase (1915); The Way of a Woman's Heart (1915); The Melody of Doom (1915); The Smouldering (1915); The Rosary (1915); The Fortunes of Mariana (1915); Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (1915); The Black Diamond (1915); The Passer-by (1915); The Vision of the Shepherd (1915); The Story of the Blood Red Rose (1914); The Tragedy That Lived (1914); Her Victory Eternal (1914); Hearts and Masks (1914); A Just Punishment (1914); Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (1914); The Man in Black (1914); What Became of Jane? (1914); When a Woman's 40 (1914); The Reporter on the Case (1914); His Fight (1914); Me an' Bill (1914); When the Night Call Came (1914); Judge Dunn's Decision (1914); The Schooling of Mary Ann (1914); The Game of Life (1914); The Fire Jugglers (1914); The Salvation of Nance O'Shaughnessy (1914); Elizabeth's Prayer (1914); Memories (1914); A Splendid Sacrifice (1914); The Mysterious Way (1913); The Master of the Garden (1913); A Cure for Carelessness (1913); Phantoms (1913); The Probationer (1913); Destiny of the Sea (1913); Only Five Years Old (1913); Sissybelle (1913); Fate Fashions a Letter (1913); The Acid Test (1913); The Unseen Defense (1913); The Ne'er to Return Road (1913); In God We Trust (1913); The Fighting Lieutenant (1913); Woman: Past and Present (1913); A Flag of Two Wars (1913); The Girl and the Judge (1913); Wamba, a Child of the Jungle (1913); Indian Summer (1913); The Tattle Battle (1913); Lieutenant Jones (1913); In the Days of Witchcraft (1913); Dollar Down, Dollar a Week (1913); Love Before Ten (1913); Diverging Paths (1913); The Spanish Parrot Girl (1913); The Governor's Daughter (1913); The Miner's Justice (1913); A Plain Girl's Love (1913); Greater Wealth (1913); The Last of Her Tribe (1912); Sammy Orpheus; or, the Pied Piper of the Jungle (1912); The Millionaire Vagabonds (1912); Opitsah: Apache for Sweetheart (1912); The Vintage of Fate (1912); Old Songs and Memories (1912); His Wedding Eve (1912); Monte Cristo (1912); The Pity of It (1912); Partners (1912); The Substitute Model (1912); The Indelible Stain (1912); Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (1912); The Little Indian Martyr (1912); In the Tents of the Asra (1912); His Masterpiece (1912); The Lake of Dreams (1912); In Exile (1912); The Captain of the 'Nancy Lee' (1912); A Child of the Wilderness (1912); The Hand of Fate (1912); The End of the Romance (1912); Me an' Bill (1912); The Junior Officer (1912); As Told by Princess Bess (1912); The Danites (1912); Disillusioned (1912); Bunkie (1912); The Peacemaker (1912); The Other Fellow (1912); The Cowboy's Adopted Child (1912); George Warrington's Escape (1911); An Evil Power (1911); The Bootlegger (1911); Old Billy (1911); In the Shadow of the Pines (1911); The Blacksmith's Love (1911); The Regeneration of Apache Kid (1911); Their Only Son (1911); Slick's Romance (1911); The Profligate (1911); It Happened in the West (1911); The Craven Heart (1911); A Sacrifice to Civilization (1911); One of Nature's Noblemen (1911); Stability vs. Nobility (1911); The Still Alarm (1911); The Mother (1911); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910).

Anna Quindlen, on reading:

We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming,

our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

- Anna Quindlen.

Merry Christmas:

Merry Christmas.
Happy Holidays.
Happy Hanukkah.
Happy Kwanzaa.
However you celebrate, I wish you all well.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Discovery (2020)

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 3. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Su’Kal.

Released December 24, 2020.

Directed by Norma Bailey.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Anne Cofell Saunders, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Ian Alexander, Blu del Barrio, Bill Irwin, Janet Kidder, Tig Notaro, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Avaah Blackwell, Raven Dauda, Nelu Handa, Andrew Hinkson, Jinny Jacinto, Fabio Tassone, Robert Verlaque, Danny Waugh, Shelley Owens.