Lauren Bacall

Acting · Born 1924-09-16 in 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…

Filmography

• The Big Sleep as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
• Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self
• Dogville as Ma Ginger
• Misery as Marcia Sindell
• A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not' as Self (archive footage)
• How to Marry a Millionaire as Schatze Page
• Prêt-à-Porter as Slim Chrysler
• Birth as Eleanor
• Murder on the Orient Express as Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard
• Appointment with Death as Lady Westholme