Lauren Bacall profile
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Lauren Bacall

16th September 1924 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

119 Movies 43 TV Shows 180 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Rat Pack poster
Rat Pack 11th January 2022 as Self (archive footage)
Eve poster
Eve 27th August 2008 as Grandma
Birth poster
Birth 29th October 2004 as Eleanor
Kisses poster
Kisses 1st January 1991 as Herself - Presenter
Misery poster
Misery 30th November 1990 as Marcia Sindell
HealtH poster
HealtH 12th September 1980 as Esther Brill
Harper poster
Harper 22nd February 1966 as Elaine Sampson
Marilyn poster
Marilyn 18th April 1963 as archive footage
Tony Awards poster
Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Co-Hostess / Performer