World-famous celebrities who were born at Christmas time!

According to astrology, the most important elements of Capricorn horoscope (22^nd December to 20^th January) are time and responsibility; its representatives are mainly characterised by seriousness and purposefulness. But what about the most special day of the year?! People who were born on 24^th December are characterised by optimism and loyalty. Thanks to their in-depth thinking and sensibility, they can easily adapt to new situations and circumstances. Let’s see which world-famous celebrities are included in this special category!

Humphrey Bogart (25^th December 1899 – 1957)

The world-famous Hollywood actor has become famous with the 1941’s thriller, High Sierra. Humphrey Bogart starred in more than thirty films; he played mostly bad-boy characters, gangsters, or homicide figures. His dark side was switched to a “good boy” character – starring as a private investigator in John Huston’s exciting thriller The Maltese Falcon.

His most significant success started as a small-budget romance; however, the film became the most-watched classic story of all times – in 1942, Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca converted the character of Bogart into a male idol.

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As eletstilusmagazin.hu reports, with Ingrid Bergman they created a perfect duo on the screen, while the Hollywood celebrities did not like each other in the civilian life.

After three divorces, the actor fell in love – while filming The Big Sleep – with the twenty-five years younger Laureen Bacall. The womaniser, alcoholic, chain smoker Bogey continued his adventures on the screen; as a result, he was awarded as the Best Male Actor at Oscar Awards for The African Queen. In private life, he lived in harmony with his fourth wife, Bacall and their two children. After more than eighty films, his career was interrupted by his illness: he was diagnosed with throat cancer. He passed away at the age of 57.

Howard Hughes (24^th December 1905 – 1976)

As varosikurir.hu reports, the Hollywood celebrity lived an extremely colourful life – he was an American film producer, film director, engineer, a pilot in one person. He inherited a productive machine tool factory from his father, which provided a stable background for his costly film and aerospace enterprises. Besides numerous war and western movies, he was the designer of two famous aeroplane models and also set up several world aviation records.

Ava Gardner (24^th December 1922 – 1990)

Thanks to her exotic beauty, the American actress was one of the biggest stars of her age. She grew up on a tobacco plantation, being the youngest among the parents’ seven children. Her brother-in-law had a photography studio; Gardner’s photo was put in the shop-window that attracted the attention of a theatre professional. He suggested sending some pictures of Ava to MGM. The beautiful and talented actress played in many films; she was also nominated for Oscar Award (with the film Mogambo), but the prize was eventually won by Audrey Hepburn (1953) with Roman Holiday.