Lauren Bacall
Biography
Lauren Bacall was an American film and stage actress whom the American Film Institute ranked as the 20th-greatest female star from Hollywood's classic era. Born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, she began as a fashion model before her film debut in To Have and Have Not (1944) opposite Humphrey Bogart. She appeared in the film noirs The Big Sleep (1946) and Dark Passage (1947), then in Key Largo (1948). She starred in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and later in Designing Woman (1957). Later credits included Written on the Wind (1956), Harper (1966), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974), as well as The Shootist (1976). In The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) she won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award and earned Academy and BAFTA nominations. She also won two Tony Awards for the musicals Applause and Woman of the Year, and in 2009 received an honorary Academy Award. She died in 2014.
89years old at death
- Born The Bronx
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Betty Joan Perske (birth name)Also credited as Betty Perske and Loren Beykoll
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 80 years1944 to 2024
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Getting ready for a role
Bacall's screen test for To Have and Have Not left her so nervous that she pressed her chin to her chest and tilted her eyes up, creating the trademark effect known as The Look.
First role
Bacall's first acting job came on Broadway in 1942, when she was 17. She appeared as a walk-on in the play Johnny 2x4.
Early training
Bacall trained with a voice coach to lower her naturally high-pitched, nasal voice, shouting Shakespeare verses daily, which produced her famous smoky growl.
A role that slipped away
Bacall turned down the chance to leave her handprints and footprints in the cement forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after How to Marry a Millionaire succeeded, since she believed she had not yet reached major star status.
Lauren Bacall movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Howard Hawks directed two of these films, Jean Negulesco two and Vincente Minnelli two. Humphrey Bogart appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Humphrey Bogart's page
Kirk Douglas's page
James Garner's page
Marilyn Monroe's page
Willem Dafoe's page
John Wayne's page
All films by Howard Hawks
Jean NegulescoDirector, 2 films, 1953 to 1954
All films by Jean Negulesco
All films by Vincente Minnelli
Also two films together24 more actors
- Dan AykroydDiamonds (1999) and My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Ned BeattyThe Walker (2007) and La Classe américaine (1993)
- Henry FondaLa Classe américaine (1993) and Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
- Tony CurtisThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965) and Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
- Richard WidmarkMurder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Cobweb (1955)
- John GielgudAppointment with Death (1988) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Rock HudsonMarilyn (1963) and Written on the Wind (1956)
- Jacqueline BissetLa Classe américaine (1993) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Martin BalsamLa Classe américaine (1993) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Walter BrennanLa Classe américaine (1993) and To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Frank BakerSex and the Single Girl (1964) and Bright Leaf (1950)
- George CoulourisMurder on the Orient Express (1974) and Confidential Agent (1945)
- Jack ChefeThe Big Sleep (1946) and To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Ingrid BergmanBogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024) and Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Charles BoyerThe Cobweb (1955) and Confidential Agent (1945)
- Dorothy MaloneWritten on the Wind (1956) and The Big Sleep (1946)
- Edward PlattDesigning Woman (1957) and Written on the Wind (1956)
- John AlvinBright Leaf (1950) and Dark Passage (1947)
- David WayneMarilyn (1963) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
- Jane RussellThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965) and Marilyn (1963)
- John AlbanSex and the Single Girl (1964) and Woman's World (1954)
- Dan SeymourKey Largo (1948) and To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Betty GrableMarilyn (1963) and How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
- Hoagy CarmichaelYoung Man with a Horn (1950) and To Have and Have Not (1944)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lauren Bacall's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$479 million
20 of the 38 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 38 films: 20 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 20Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$236M49.3% of the total
- 2$61M12.8% of the total
- 3$41M8.6% of the total
- 4$36M7.5% of the total
- 5$24M5.0% of the total
- 6$15M3.1% of the total
- 7$13M2.8% of the total
- 8$12M2.5% of the total
$40.3 millionfrom the other 12 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1967 to 2010, six of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2010 | Honorary Award | Honorary | |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1996 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Won |
| 1992 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Won | |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 1997 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1981 | Best Actress in a Musical | Woman of the Year | Won |
| 1970 | Best Actress in a Musical | Applause | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 1997 | Kennedy Center Honors | Won | |
| 1996 | Honorary César | Honorary | |
| 1992 | Donostia Award | Won | |
| 1980 | National Book Award | Won | |
| 1979 | Lucien Barrière Literary Award | Won | |
| 1967 | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.