Lauren Bacall

Known for ActingBorn 1924-09-16Died 2014-08-12The 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Parkinson at 50

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

Marilyn on Marilyn

Rat Pack

New York at the Movies

Pulp Cinema

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

Sports on the Silver Screen

The Real Story of the Three Little Kittens

The Sopranos

Judy Garland: By Myself

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Apostrophes

Iconic Couples of Hollywood

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

Amália Traída

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière

A Little Piece of Sunshine

Tree of Hands

Frederick Forsyth Presents

Dogville

Paul Newman: The Restless

Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King

Misery

Mr. Broadway

A Conversation with Gregory Peck

Blithe Spirit

A Star Is Born World Premiere

La Classe américaine

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Family Guy

The Rockford Files

Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

Marilyn

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Marilyn Monroe: In The Movies

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Chicago Hope

Screen One

Marilyn, dernières séances

The Big Sleep