Lauren Bacall biography
Lauren Bacall was an American actress, born on 16 September 1924 in The Bronx, who died on 12 August 2014.
Lauren Bacall's screen career began in 1944 with To Have and Have Not, playing Marie "Slim" Browning.
Lauren Bacall appeared in 57 films and 21 television or streaming titles between 1944 and 2020.
Honours include Academy Honorary Award, Donostia Award and National Book Award.
- Also known as
- Betty Joan Perske, Betty Perske, Loren Beykoll
- Born
- 16 September 1924
- Died
- 12 August 2014 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx
- Work
- Film actor, Model, Spokesperson, Stage actor, Voice actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1942 to 2014
- Awards
- Academy Honorary Award
- Donostia Award
- National Book Award
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (2 times)
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Lauren Bacall filmography
57 films and 21 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Beautiful Like a Poem | English | ||
| 2015 | Trumbo | English | ||
| 2012 | Ernest & Celestine | The Grey One (voice) | Animated film (final animated film role) | |
| 2011 | The Forger | Anne-Marie Cole | Alternate title: Carmel-by-the-Sea (final film role) | |
| 2011 | Reagan | English | ||
| 2010 | Wide Blue Yonder | May | Alternate title: All at Sea | |
| 2008 | Eve | Grandma | Short film | |
| 2008 | Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King | The Grand Witch (voice) | Animated film | |
| 2007 | The Walker | Natalie Van Miter | ||
| 2006 | These Foolish Things | Dame Lydia | ||
| 2005 | Manderlay | Mam | ||
| 2004 | Birth | Eleanor | ||
| 2004 | Amália Traïda | TV Announcer | Short film | |
| 2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Witch of the Waste (voice) | Animated film | |
| 2003 | Dogville Confessions | |||
| 2003 | Dogville | Ma Ginger | ||
| 2003 | Gone Dark | May Markham | Alternate title: The Limit | |
| 1999 | The Venice Project | Countess Camilla Volta | ||
| 1999 | Presence of Mind | Mado Remei | ||
| 1999 | Madeline: Lost in Paris | Madame Lacroque (voice) | Animated film | |
| 1999 | Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light | English | ||
| 1999 | Diamonds | Sin-Dee | ||
| 1999 | A Conversation With Gregory Peck | English | ||
| 1997 | Day and Night | Sonia | French title: Le Jour et la Nuit | |
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Hannah Morgan |
Show all 57 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | Margaret Kramer | ||
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | English | ||
| 1994 | Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) | Slim Chrysler | ||
| 1991 | All I Want for Christmas | Lillian Brooks | ||
| 1991 | A Star for Two | Edwige | ||
| 1990 | Misery | Marcia Sindell | ||
| 1990 | Home Stories | |||
| 1989 | Tree of Hands | Marsha Archdale | Alternate title: Innocent Victim | |
| 1988 | Mr. North | Amelia Cranston | ||
| 1988 | Appointment with Death | Lady Westholme | ||
| 1981 | The Fan | Sally Ross | ||
| 1980 | HealtH | Esther Brill | ||
| 1976 | The Shootist | Bond Rogers | ||
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard | ||
| 1966 | Harper | Elaine Sampson | Alternate title: The Moving Target | |
| 1964 | Shock Treatment | Dr. Edwina Beighley | ||
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | Sylvia Broderick | ||
| 1959 | North West Frontier | Catherine Wyatt | Alternate title: Flame Over India | |
| 1958 | The Gift of Love | Julie Beck | ||
| 1957 | Designing Woman | Marilla Brown Hagen | ||
| 1956 | Written on the Wind | Lucy Moore Hadley | ||
| 1955 | Blood Alley | Cathy Grainger | ||
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Meg Faversen Rinehart | ||
| 1954 | Woman's World | Elizabeth Burns | Alternate title: A Woman's World | |
| 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Schatze Page | ||
| 1950 | Young Man with a Horn | Amy North | ||
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Sonia Kovac | ||
| 1948 | Key Largo | Nora Temple | ||
| 1947 | Dark Passage | Irene Jansen | ||
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Vivian Sternwood Rutledge | ||
| 1945 | Confidential Agent | Rose Cullen | ||
| 1944 | To Have and Have Not | Marie "Slim" Browning |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Family Guy | Evelyn (voice) | Episode: "Mom's the Word" (final television role) | |
| 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Penny Baxter | Television film | |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Doris Duke | Television miniseries | |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Samara Visco Klein | Episodes: "Risky Business", "Absent Without Leave" | |
| 1995 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Television film | |
| 1993 | A Foreign Field | Lisa | Television film | |
| 1993 | The Portrait | Fanny Church | Television film | |
| 1993 | Great Performances | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music" | |
| 1991 | HBO Storybook Musicals | Freezelda (voice) | Episode: "The Ice Queen's Mittens" | |
| 1990 | A Little Piece of Sunshine | Beatrix Coltrane | Television film | |
| 1989 | Dinner at Eight | Carlotta Vance | Television film | |
| 1979 | The Rockford Files | Kendall Warren | Episodes: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 1 & 2" | |
| 1978 | Perfect Gentlemen | Lizzie Martin | Television film | |
| 1975 | Happy Endings | Catharine | Television special (segment: "A Commercial Break") | |
| 1973 | Applause | Margo Channing | Television special (videotaped stage performance) | |
| 1965 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Amanda / Barbara | Episode: "Double Jeopardy" | |
| 1964 | Mr. Broadway | Barbara Lake | ||
| 1963 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Lorraine Boswell | Episode: "A Dozen Deadly Roses" | |
| 1963 | Dr. Kildare | Virginia Herson | Episode: "The Oracle" | |
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Elvira Condomine | Episode: "Blithe Spirit" | |
| 1955 | Producers' Showcase | Gabby Maple | Episode: "The Petrified Forest" |