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Lauren Bacall

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1924-09-16

Deathday: 2014-08-12 (89 years old)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks. She began her career as a model. She first appeared as a leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have and Have Not (1944) and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in Bogart movies The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), as well as comedic roles in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. Bacall worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. Her performance in the movie The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination.

In 1999, Bacall was ranked 20th out of the 25 actresses on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list by the American Film Institute. In 2009, she was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures."

Bacall died on August 12, 2014, at the age of 89. According to her grandson Jamie Bogart, the actress died after suffering from a stroke.

Filmography

all 186

Movies 144

self 106

TV Shows 42

Voice 3

Narrator 2

Self (archive footage)

Lauren Bacall

Biography

Filmography

all 186

Movies 144

self 106

TV Shows 42

Voice 3

Narrator 2

Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024)

Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023)

Call Me Kate (2023)

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)

Rat Pack (2022)

John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul (2021)

The Capote Tapes (2021)

Parkinson at 50 (2021)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017)

The Untameable Kirk Douglas (2017)

Iconic Couples (2015)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

Talking Pictures (2013)

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)

Wide Blue Yonder (2012)

The Forger (2011)

Reagan (2011)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009)

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)

Eve (2008)

Empire State Building Murders (2008)

The Unseen Alistair Cooke (2008)

The Walker (2007)

These Foolish Things (2006)

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin ! (2005)

Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall (2005)

Manderlay (2005)

The Limit (2004)

Birth (2004)

Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)

Dogville Confessions (2004)

Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' (2003)

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' (2003)

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)

Dogville (2003)

New York at the Movies (2002)

V Graham Norton (2002)

Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (2001)

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On (2001)

Pulp Cinema (2001)

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)

Presence of Mind (2000)

Amália Traída (2000)

Diamonds (1999)

Smoke and Mirrors: A History of Denial (1999)

The Early Show (1999)

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club (1999)

A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)

The Venice Project (1999)

Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999)

The Rat Pack (1999)

Family Guy (1999)

The Sopranos (1999)

The Best of Film Noir (1999)

Get Bruce! (1999)

Doris Day: It's Magic (1998)

Vivement dimanche (1998)

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle (1997)

The View (1997)

Scene by Scene (1997)

The Living Edens (1997)

Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)

Day and Night (1997)

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (1997)