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Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall

Birthday: 1924-09-16 | Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

as    Self (archive footage)

2011
The Forger

as    Anne-Marie

2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as    Self – Interviewee

2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

as    The Grand Witch (voice)

2007
The Walker

as    Natalie Van Miter

2006
These Foolish Things

as    Dame Lydia

2005
Manderlay

as    Mam

2004
Birth

as    Eleanor

2004
2004
Dogville

as    Ma Ginger

2004
Gone Dark

as    May Markham

2000
Presence of Mind

as    Mado Remei

1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris

as    Madame LaCroque (voice)

1999
Diamonds

as    Sin-Dee

1997
Bogart: The Untold Story

as    Self

1997
1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces

as    Hannah Morgan

1996
My Fellow Americans

as    Margaret Kramer

1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

as    Mrs. Basil E. Frankkweiler

1993
The Portrait

as    Fanny Church

1991
All I Want for Christmas

as    Lillian Brooks

1990
Misery

as    Marcia Sindell

1988
Appointment with Death

as    Lady Westholme

1988
Mr. North

as    Mrs. Cranston

1981
The Fan

as    Sally Ross

1976
The Shootist

as    Bond Rogers