Lauren Bacall
Acting
- Born:
- 1924-09-16
- Died:
- 2014-08-12
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Wasington
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
Paul Newman: The Restless
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Rat Pack
The Capote Tapes
Parkinson at 50
Beautiful Like a Poem
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Talking Pictures
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies
All at Sea
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn at the Movies
The Forger
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Hollywood sul Tevere
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
Marilyn, dernières séances
Eve
The Walker
These Foolish Things
The Road to Manderlay
Manderlay
The Limit
Birth
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Parkinson
Dogville Confessions
Judy Garland: By Myself
A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Dogville
New York at the Movies
V Graham Norton
Heart of the Festival
Greta Garbo: A Lone Star
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Pulp Cinema
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
Marilyn on Marilyn
Presence of Mind
Amália Traída
Diamonds
The Early Show
A Conversation with Gregory Peck
The Venice Project
Madeline: Lost in Paris
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Family Guy
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall