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Lauren Bacall was an American actress who became a Hollywood star in the 1940s and continued performing in film and theater for over seven decades. She is remembered as one of the most iconic and influential actresses in cinema history, known for her distinctive voice, glamorous style, and memorable roles in classic films.
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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…
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- Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2025
- Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes — Self (archive footage)2024
- Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story — Self (archive footage)2023
- Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
- Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe2022
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Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), known professionally as Lauren Bacall (/bəˈkɔːl/), was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. She received an Academy Honorary Award in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures.
Bacall began a career as a model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency before making her film debut at the age of nineteen in To Have and Have Not (1944) as the leading lady opposite Humphrey Bogart, whom she later married. She continued in the film noir genre with appearances alongside Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947) and Key Largo (1948) and she starred in the romantic comedies How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and Designing Woman (1957). She portrayed the female lead in Written on the Wind (1956), which is considered one of Douglas Sirk's seminal films. She later acted in Harper (1966), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Shootist (1976).
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