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Lauren Bacall
Actor
Died August 12, 2014 (89 years)
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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.
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
| 2012 | The Forger · as Anne-Marie |
| 2012 | Ernest & Celestine · as The Grey One |
| 2010 | All at Sea · as May |
| 2008 | Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King · as The Grand Witch (voice) |
| 2008 | Hollywood contra Franco · as Rose Cullen |
| 2007 | The Walker · as Natalie Van Miter |
| 2006 | These Foolish Things · as Dame Lydia |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Mam |
| 2004 | Howl's Moving Castle · as Witch of the Waste |
| 2004 | The Limit · as May Markham |
| 2004 | Birth · as Eleanor |
| 2003 | Dogville · as Ma Ginger |
| 1999 | Presence of Mind · as Mado Remei |
| 1999 | Madeline: Lost in Paris · as Madame LaCroque (voice) |
| 1999 | Diamonds · as Sin-Dee |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (TV Series) · as Doris Duke (elderly) |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Lauren Bacall |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Evelyn (voice) |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Day and Night · as Sonia |
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces · as Hannah Morgan |
| 1996 | The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story · as Unknown |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans · as Margaret Kramer |
| 1995 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler · as Mrs. Basil E. Frankkweiler |
| 1994 | Ready to Wear · as Slim Chrysler |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine · as Christelle (archive footage) |
| 1993 | The Portrait · as Fanny Church |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field · as Lisa |
| 1992 | You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' · as Narrator |
| 1991 | All I Want for Christmas · as Lillian Brooks |
| 1991 | A Star for Two · as Unknown |
| 1990 | Misery · as Marcia Sindell |
| 1990 | A Little Piece of Sunshine · as Beatrix Coltrane |
| 1989 | Innocent Victim · as Marsha Archdale |
| 1989 | Dinner at Eight · as Carlotta Vance |
| 1988 | Appointment with Death · as Lady Westholme |
| 1988 | Mr. North · as Mrs. Cranston |
| 1981 | The Fan · as Sally Ross |
| 1980 | HealtH · as Esther Brill |
| 1978 | Perfect Gentlemen · as Ms. Lizzie Martin |
| 1976 | The Shootist · as Bond Rogers |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Kendall Warren |
| 1966 | Harper · as Mrs. Sampson |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl · as Sylvia Broderick |
| 1964 | Shock Treatment · as Dr. Edwina Beighley |
| 1963 | Marilyn · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Irene Jansen |
| 1959 | North West Frontier · as Catherine Wyatt |
| 1957 | Designing Woman · as Marilla Brown Hagen |
| 1956 | Written on the Wind · as Lucy Moore Hadley |
| 1955 | Blood Alley · as Cathy Grainger |
| 1955 | The Cobweb · as Meg Faversen Rinehart |
| 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire · as Schatze Page |
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn · as Amy North |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf · as Sonia Kovac |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1948 | Key Largo · as Nora Temple |
| 1947 | Dark Passage · as Irene Jansen |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep · as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge |
| 1945 | Confidential Agent · as Rose Cullen |
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not · as Marie Browning |