People
Lauren Bacall
Acting · follow into films and chains
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 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.
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Shootist
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Misery
As Marcia Sindell
The Big Sleep
As Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
To Have and Have Not
As Marie Browning
How to Marry a Millionaire
As Schatze Page
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
As The Grand Witch (voice)
Key Largo
As Nora Temple
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
As Self – Interviewee
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Related people
Collaborators & neighbours
Acted
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 · Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self – Interviewee
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
2008 · The Grand Witch (voice)
Misery
1990 · Marcia Sindell
The Shootist
1976 · Bond Rogers
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 · Schatze Page
Key Largo
1948 · Nora Temple
The Big Sleep
1946 · Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
To Have and Have Not
1945 · Marie Browning