Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1924-09-16
Day of Death
2014-08-12
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Lauren Bacall
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 (128)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
2024
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022
Rat Pack
2022
The Capote Tapes
2021
Parkinson at 50
2021
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière
2017
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
2012
