American actress Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) had an extensive career in films, television shows, and plays. She was one of the leading ladies during the Golden Age of Hollywood along with actresses such as Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth. Bacall started her career as a teenage fashion model when she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar and was discovered by Howard Hawks' wife Nancy. As she naturally had a high-pitched and nasal voice, she received lessons to help deepen it and was required to shout verses by Shakespeare for hours every day as part of her training.
Bacall's first film appearance was with Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 film To Have and Have Not. The following year she married Bogart and went on to appear with him in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948). She also starred in comedies such as How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe, Designing Woman in 1957 with Gregory Peck, and Sex and the Single Girl in 1964 with Natalie Wood. Bacall also appeared in Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Shootist (1976).
In Bacall's later years, she appeared in the films All I Want for Christmas (1991), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), My Fellow Americans (1996), Diamonds (1999), Dogville (2003), Eve (2008) Wide Blue Yonder (2010) and The Forger (2012). For her role as Hannah Morgan in The Mirror Has Two Faces, Bacall won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award. Her television work included appearances on Mr. Broadway (1964), Chicago Hope (1998), and The Rockford Files (1979), as well as providing the voice of Evelyn on the animated series Family Guy (2014).
Bacall also performed on Broadway in the plays Cactus Flower in 1965 and The Visit in 1995 and musicals such as Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. For her roles in Applause and Woman of the Year, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 1944-10-111944 To Have and Have Not 1945-11-021945 Confidential Agent 1946-07-261946 Two Guys from Milwaukee Herself (cameo) 1947-09-05 1947 Dark Passage 1948-07-161948 Key Largo 1950-02-091950 Young Man with a Horn Bright Leaf 1953-11-051953 How to Marry a Millionaire 1954-09-301954 Woman's World Alternate title: A Woman's World 1955-07-151955 Blood Alley 1956-12-011956 Written on the Wind 1957-05-161957 Designing Woman 1958-02-111958 1959-10-071959 North West Frontier Alternate title: Flame Over India 1964-07-221964 Shock Treatment Sex and the Single Girl 1966-02-231966 Harper Alternate title: The Moving Target 1974-11-241974 Murder on the Orient Express 1976-08-201976 1980-09-121980 HealtH 1981-05-151981 1988-04-151988 Appointment with Death Mr. North Amelia Cranston John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick Herself Documentary film 1989-03-071989 Tree of Hands Alternate title: Innocent Victim 1990 Misery 19911991 A Star for Two Edwige All I Want for Christmas 1994-12-231994 Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) 1996-11-151996 My Fellow Americans 1997-02-121997 Day and Night Sonia French title: Le Jour et la Nuit 1999-01-241999 Get Bruce Herself Documentary film Madeline: Lost in Paris (voice) Animated film Diamonds Sin-Dee Presence of Mind Herself Documentary film 2003-05-192003 Dogville Gone Dark Alternate title: The Limit 2004-09-052004 Howl's Moving Castle Witch of the Waste (voice) Animated film Birth Eleanor Amália Traïda TV Announcer Short film 2005-05-162005 Manderlay Mam 2006-03-102006 These Foolish Things Dame Lydia 2007-08-102007 2008-09-012008 Eve Grandma Short film Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King The Grand Witch (voice) Animated film 2010-08-192010 Wide Blue Yonder May Alternate title: All at Sea 2011 Alternate title: Carmel-by-the-Sea (final film role) 2012Ernest & Celestine The Grey One (voice) Animated film (final animated film role)
Television
Year Title Role Notes 1953 What's My Line? Herself – Mystery Guest 2 episodes 1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee Herself – Guest Star Television special 1955 Producers' Showcase Episode: "The Petrified Forest" 1956 Ford Star Jubilee Episode: "Blithe Spirit" 1963 Episode: "A Dozen Deadly Roses" Dr. Kildare Episode: "The Oracle" 1964 Mr. Broadway Episodes: "Take a Walk Through a Cemetery", "Something to Sing About" 1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Amanda / Barbara Episode: "Double Jeopardy" 1973 Applause Television special (videotaped stage performance) 1975 Happy Endings Catharine Television special (segment: "A Commercial Break") Happy Endings at The Paley Center for Media 1978 Perfect Gentlemen Television film 1979 The Rockford Files Episodes: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 1 & 2" 1989 Dinner at Eight Television film 1990 A Little Piece of Sunshine 1991 HBO Storybook Musicals Freezelda (voice) Episode: "The Ice Queen's Mittens" The Real Story of Three Little Kittens at The Big Cartoon DataBase1993-02-131993 Television film General Motors Playwrights Theater Herself – Host 10 episodes Lisa Television film Great Performances Narrator (voice) Episode: "Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music" 1995-06-031995 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Television film 1998 Chicago Hope Episodes: "Risky Business", "Absent Without Leave" 1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Television miniseries 2006 Herself – Guest Star Episode: "Luxury Lounge" 20082008 Empire State Building Murders Television film 2014 Family Guy Evelyn (voice) Episode: "Mom's the Word" (final television role)
Theatre
Year Title Role Notes 1942 Johnny 2x4 Ensemble Broadway (credited as Betty Bacall) Franklin Street Unnamed teenager 1959 Goodbye Charlie Charlie Broadway 1965 Cactus Flower Stephanie 1970 Applause Broadway and West End 1977 Wonderful Town Summer stock 1979 V.I.P. Night on Broadway Herself Broadway (benefit concert) 1981 Woman of the Year Broadway 1985 Sweet Bird of Youth West End 1989 Herself Broadway (benefit concert) 1995 Chichester Festival 1996 Angela Lansbury: A Celebration Herself Broadway (benefit concert) 1999 Waiting in the Wings Broadway
Radio Lux Radio Theatre (1946) - Episode: To Have and Have Not Bold Venture (1951–1952) - 78 episodes
See also List of awards and nominations received by Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart on stage, screen, radio and television
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