Lauren Bacall
Acting
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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.
Known For
Family Guy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Sopranos
The View
Chicago Hope
The Rockford Files
The Oscars
Misery
Murder on the Orient Express
Manderlay
Dogville
Birth
Harper
The Shootist
The Big Sleep
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Sex and the Single Girl
Inside the Actors Studio
Prêt-à-Porter
Key Largo
Appointment with Death
The Forger
La Classe américaine
My Fellow Americans
How to Marry a Millionaire
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
To Have and Have Not
Designing Woman
Dark Passage
Written on the Wind
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