Lauren Bacall
- Acting
- September 16, 1924 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- August 12, 2014
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood · Self
- Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes · Self
- Paul Newman: The Restless · Self
- Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story · Self
- Reframed: Marilyn Monroe · archive footage
- Rat Pack · Self
- The Capote Tapes · Self
- Parkinson at 50 · Self
- Beautiful Like a Poem · Self
- Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood · Self
- Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière · Self
- The Untameable Kirk Douglas · Self
- Iconic Couples of Hollywood · Self
- Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored · Self
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel · Self
- Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
- All at Sea · May
- Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe · Self
- Marilyn at the Movies · Self
- The Forger · Anne-Marie
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · Self
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen · Self
- Hollywood sul Tevere
- Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King · The Grand Witch (Voice)
- Marilyn, dernières séances · Self
- Eve · Grandma
- The Walker · Natalie Van Miter
- These Foolish Things · Dame Lydia
- The Road to Manderlay · Self
- Manderlay · Mam
- The Limit · May Markham
- Birth · Eleanor
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II · Host
- Parkinson · Self
- Dogville Confessions · Self
- Judy Garland: By Myself · Self
- A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' · Self
- Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage' · Self
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' · Various Roles (archive footage)
- Dogville · Ma Ginger
- New York at the Movies · Self
- V Graham Norton · Self
- Heart of the Festival · Self
- Greta Garbo: A Lone Star · Self
- The Shootist: The Legend Lives On · Self
- Pulp Cinema · Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand · Self
- Marilyn on Marilyn · Self
- Presence of Mind · Mado Remei
- Amália Traída · TV Announcer
- Diamonds · Sin-Dee
- The Early Show · Self
- A Conversation with Gregory Peck · Self
- The Venice Project · Countess Camilla Volta
- Madeline: Lost in Paris · Madame LaCroque (Voice)
- Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke · Doris Duke (elderly)
- Family Guy · Evelyn (Voice)
- Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall · Self
- The Sopranos · Lauren Bacall
- Get Bruce! · Self
- Doris Day: It's Magic · Self
- Vivement dimanche · Self
- Hollywood Hall Of Fame - Marilyn Monroe
- The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle · Self
- The View · Self
- Scene by Scene · Self
- Sports on the Silver Screen · Self
- Day and Night · Sonia
- Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid · Self
- Bogart: The Untold Story · Self
- Howard Hawks: American Artist · Self
- My Fellow Americans · Margaret Kramer
- A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury · Self
- The Mirror Has Two Faces · Hannah Morgan
- The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story · Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler · Mrs. Basil E. Frankkweiler
- Marilyn Monroe: Portrait of a Legend...Suicide Or Murder?
- Prêt-à-Porter · Slim Chrysler