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Actors Born on December 25

  • 1863 Charles Pathé, French pioneer of film and record industries (Pathé Brothers, 1896), born in Paris, France (d. 1957)
  • 1868 Eugenie Besserer, American actress (Jazz Singer), born in Watertown, New York (d. 1934)
  • 1874 Lina Cavalieri, Italian dramatic soprano, and silent film actress, born in Viterbo, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1944)
  • 1884 [Florence] Evelyn Nesbit, American actress, born in Tarentum, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
  • 1887 John Davidson, American actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc, Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat), born in New York City (d. 1968)
  • 1891 Earle Foxe, American actor (Dance Fools Dance), born in Oxford, Ohio (d. 1973)
  • 1893 Bert Bertram, Australian actor (How to Steal a Million, Shamus), born in Peterborough, Australia (d. 1991)
  • 1893 Fred Hillebrand, American actor (Martin Kane, Moon Over Manhattan), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1963)

Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)

American actor (Casablanca - "Here's looking at you, kid"), born in New York City

  • 1902 Barton Maclane, American actor (The Quarterback, I Dream of Jeannie), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 1969)
  • 1903 Corry Lievens [Isabella MJ Adriaens], Flemish actress (Blue Bird), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1968)
  • 1903 J Edward Bromberg, Hungarian actor (The Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags), born in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)
  • 1906 Frank Ferguson, American character actor (My Friend Flicka - "Gus"; Peyton Place - "Eli Carson"), born in Ferndale, California (d. 1978) [note some sources give year as 1899]
  • 1906 Lew Grade, British TV mogul (ATV), movie producer (Boys from Brazil), born in Tokmak, Uyezd, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1998)

Cab Calloway (1907-1994)

American singer, bandleader ("Minnie the Moocher"; "The Jumpin' Jive"), writer, radio host, and actor (The Blues Brothers), born in Rochester, New York

  • 1907 Mike Mazurki, Austrian-American actor and professional wrestler (Some Like It Hot, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World), born in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1990)
  • 1908 Helen Twelvetrees, American actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1958)
  • 1911 Burne Hogarth, American strip-cartoon artist (Tarzan), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
  • 1912 Leighton Noble [Faye Leighton Jepson], American big band singer, bandleader, and TV host, born in Pasadena, California (d. 1994)
  • 1913 Jonathan "Candy" Candido, American actor and radio performer (Peter Pan; The Great Mouse Detective), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1999)
  • 1915 Nora Dunfee, American actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil), born in Belmont, Ohio (d. 1994)
  • 1919 Naushad Ali, Indian composer, and Hindi film music director, born in Lucknow, British India (d. 2006)
  • 1919 Noele Gordon, British actress (Crossroads), born in East Ham, London (d. 1985)
  • 1924 Rod Serling, American screenwriter and TV host (The Twilight Zone; Night Gallery), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 1975)
  • 1928 Irish McCalla, American actress and artist (Sheena Queen of Jungle), born in Pawnee City, Nebraska (d. 2002)
  • 1929 China Machado, Chinese-born model, 1st non-Caucasian super model, born in Shanghai (d. 2016)
  • 1929 Stuart Hall, British radio and television presenter
  • 1934 John Ashley, actor (Clipper-Straightaway), born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1936 Ismail Merchant, film producer (Merchant Ivory - Remains of the Day), born in Mumbai, India
  • 1938 Wibo van de Linde, Dutch TV host, director, and screenwriter (Avro), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2018)
  • 1943 Hanna Schygulla, Katowice Silesia, actress (Love is Colder than Death)
  • 1944 Kenny Everett [Maurice James Christopher Cole], British DJ and TV personality (Kenny Everett Show), born in Seaforth, Lancashire, England (d. 1995)
  • 1945 Gary Sandy, American stage and screen actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Andy"), born in Dayton, Ohio
  • 1945 Rick Berman [Richard], American television producer (Star Trek Generations), born in New York

Barbara Mandrell (75 years old)

1948 American country singer and TV host (Mandrell Sisters), born in Houston, Texas

  • 1948 Merry Clayton, American soul, gospel, and session singer (Ray Charles; Rolling Stones - "Gimme Shelter"; Ringo Starr - "Oh My My"), and documentary subject (20 Feet From Stardom), born in Gert Town, New Orleans, Louisiana

Sissy Spacek (74 years old)

1949 American Actress (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter), born in Quitman, Texas

  • 1952 CCH Pounder, Guyanese-American actress (ER. The Shield), born in Georgetown, British Guiana
  • 1955 Claus Strigel, German filmmaker and director (Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God), born in Munich, West Germany
  • 1955 William Andrews, actor (Sealed Cargo)
  • 1957 Jillie Mack, American actress (Magnum P.I.), and wife of Tom Selleck, born in the USA
  • 1958 Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (Rockinghorse, Black Velvet), born in Toronto, Ontario
  • 1960 Ron Bottitta, British actor
  • 1962 Dean Cameron, Morrison Ill, actor (Herbie-Spencer)
  • 1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor (Darling How Could You)
  • 1966 Sandy Corn, model/Penthouse Pet (March, 1991)
  • 1968 Helena Christensen, Danish model & photographer (Inferno), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1972 Fantasia [Tonya Manley], American dancer and actress (Pump it Up), born in Detroit, Michigan
  • 1974 Nagma [Nandita Arvind Morarji], Indian actress, born in Mumbai
  • 1977 Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress, born in Daegu, South Korea
  • 1978 Jeremy Strong, American actor (Succession), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1980 Laura Sadler, British actress, born in Ascot, United Kingdom (d. 2003)
  • 1980 Reika Hashimoto, Japanese actress, born in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1981 Katie Wright, American actress, born in Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1984 Georgia Moffett, British actress, born in London
  • 1984 Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas), born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
  • 1984 Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (The Veronicas), born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
  • 1985 Perdita Weeks, British actress, born in Cardiff, United Kingdom

Adut Akech (24 years old)

1999 South Sudanese-Australian model, born in Sudan