Lauren Bacall
Born Betty Joan Perske on
Sept. 16, 1924
in New York, NY
Lauren Bacall, the smoky-voiced movie legend who taught Humphrey Bogart how to whistle in "To Have and Have Not," launched her career with the 1944 film that turned "Bogie and Bacall" into one of Hollywood's legendary couples on screen and off. She was a fledgling New York stage actress and a model whose pictures in Harper's Bazaar came to the attention of director Howard Hawks, who placed her under contract and cast her opposite Bogart in the wartime drama "To Have and Have Not." Bogart and Bacall were teamed up in three more Warner Bros. movies, "The Big Sleep," "Dark Passage" and "Key Largo." Bacall also costarred in "Young Man With a Horn" with Kirk Douglas, "Bright Leaf" with Gary Cooper, "How to Marry a Millionaire with Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe, "Blood Alley with John Wayne, "Written on the Wind" with Rock Hudson and "Designing Woman" with Gregory Peck. Bacall returned to Broadway to appear in the 1959-60 comedy "Goodbye Charlie," the 1965-68 comedy "Cactus Flower" and the 1970-72 musical "Applause," which earned her her first Tony Award. In 1996 Bacall appeared as the meddling mother to Barbra Streisand in "The Mirror Has Two Faces," a role that for which Bacall received her only Academy Award nomination as supporting actress.
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| Year | Category | Work | |
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| 1996 | Best Supporting Actress | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Nomination |
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I had the thrill of meeting Miss Lauren Bacall on many occasions in New York City over the last 34 years. She graciously posed for a photo with me and autographed several items for me including her autobiography entitled By Myself and her second book entitled Now. Additionally, she autographed the Playbill from her Broadway play entitled Woman of the Year which was a fabulous show. I also saw Miss Bacall when she starred in Wonderful Town. These are just a few of the times I was fortunate to have seen her, as she is one of my very favorite actresses. Miss Bacall most certainly deserves a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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