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Lauren Bacall ( /ˌlɔrən bəˈkɔːl/; born Betty Joan Perske, September 16, 1924) is an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.
She first emerged as 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) and Dark Passage (1947), as well as a comedienne in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. Bacall has also worked on Broadway in musicals, gaining 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 #20 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."
Lauren Bacall: I was playing a game
Lauren's Best Lines
Lauren Bacall -- (TCM Original) Kelsey Grammer
Lauren Bacall's Honorary Oscar: 2009 Governors Awards
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
lauren bacall: to have and have not "how little we know"
Lauren Bacall interview - 1994 (FULL)
Lauren Bacall / Barbara Walters Interview 1997
Lauren Bacall : A Retrospective
What's My Line? - Lauren Bacall (Nov 8, 1953) [CORRECTED]
What's My Line? - Lauren Bacall; Durward Kirby & Phyllis Newman [panel] (Dec 19, 1965)
Glenn Close visits with Lauren Bacall and her Papillion, Sophie
BBC - The Late Show - Face to Face: Lauren Bacall (20/3/95)
Lauren Bacall Scene By Scene
Actors: Emilia Fox (actress), Olivia Williams (actress), James Corden (actor), Benedict Cumberbatch (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Tom Hollander (actor), Kant Pan (editor), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Alexander Armstrong (actor), Rafe Spall (actor), Gemma Arterton (actress), Michael McIntyre (actor), Natalie Dormer (actress), Peter Boothby (producer), Marcel Grant (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: E. Charlton-Trujillo (miscellaneous crew), E. Charlton-Trujillo (producer), E. Charlton-Trujillo (writer), E. Charlton-Trujillo (writer), E. Charlton-Trujillo (director), E. Charlton-Trujillo (editor), Andrew J. Brown (composer), Glenn Schaich (actor), Billy Peck (actor), Colette Thomas (actress), Colette Thomas (director), J.J. Painter (editor), Emily Joy (actress), James Bailey (composer), Michele A. Fink (actress),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Arthur Franz (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Charles Bernstein (composer), Charles W. Fries (producer), Vincent Sherman (director), William Phipps (actor), Ross Elliott (actor), Patricia Barry (actress), Drew Barrymore (actress), Ann Wedgeworth (actress), John Colton (actor), Norman Burton (actor), Orin Kennedy (miscellaneous crew), Orin Kennedy (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: This TV movie focuses on the life of actor Humphrey Bogart, particularly the part of his life when his marriage to actress Mayo Methot was breaking up and his relationship with future wife Lauren Bacall was just beginning.
Keywords: acting, actor, actress, based-on-novel, filmmaking, hollywood, stardom