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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.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]

Lauren Bacall in black and white, her head tilted down with her eyes pointed up at the camera
Publicity photo, March 1945

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.[6][7][8] 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.[9][10]

Filmography

Lauren Bacall in black and white, sitting on Humphrey Bogart's lap facing right in the film To Have and Have Not in 1944
In To Have and Have Not with Humphrey Bogart (1944)
Lauren Bacall in black and white facing a mirror looking at Humphrey Bogart's reflection
In Dark Passage with Humphrey Bogart (1947)
Lauren Bacall with a city skyline in the background with her name at the bottom of the image
In How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
More information Year, Title ...
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1944-10-111944 To Have and Have Not Marie "Slim" Browning [2]
1945-11-021945 Confidential Agent Rose Cullen [11]
1946-07-261946 Two Guys from Milwaukee Herself (cameo) [12]
The Big Sleep Vivian Sternwood Rutledge [2]
1947-09-05 1947 Dark Passage Irene Jansen [2]
1948-07-161948 Key Largo Nora Temple [2]
1950-02-091950 Young Man with a Horn Amy North [2]
Bright Leaf Sonia Kovac [11]
1953-11-051953 How to Marry a Millionaire Schatze Page [2]
1954-09-301954 Woman's World Elizabeth Burns Alternate title: A Woman's World [13]
1955-07-151955 The Cobweb Meg Faversen Rinehart [14]
Blood Alley Cathy Grainger [1]
1956-12-011956 Written on the Wind Lucy Moore Hadley [11]
1957-05-161957 Designing Woman Marilla Brown Hagen [2]
1958-02-111958 The Gift of Love Julie Beck [11]
1959-10-071959 North West Frontier Catherine Wyatt Alternate title: Flame Over India [11]
1964-07-221964 Shock Treatment Dr. Edwina Beighley [11]
Sex and the Single Girl Sylvia Broderick [15]
1966-02-231966 Harper Elaine Sampson Alternate title: The Moving Target [11]
1974-11-241974 Murder on the Orient Express Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard [11]
1976-08-201976 The Shootist Bond Rogers [2]
1980-09-121980 HealtH Esther Brill [1]
1981-05-151981 The Fan Sally Ross [2]
1988-04-151988 Appointment with Death Lady Westholme [16]
Mr. North Amelia Cranston [11]
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick Herself Documentary film [17]
1989-03-071989 Tree of Hands Marsha Archdale Alternate title: Innocent Victim [18]
1990 Misery Marcia Sindell [2]
19911991 A Star for Two Edwige [15]
All I Want for Christmas Lillian Brooks [19]
1994-12-231994 Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) Slim Chrysler [11]
1996-11-151996 The Mirror Has Two Faces Hannah Morgan [2]
My Fellow Americans Margaret Kramer [11]
1997-02-121997 Day and Night Sonia French title: Le Jour et la Nuit [20]
1999-01-241999 Get Bruce Herself Documentary film [21]
Madeline: Lost in Paris Madame Lacroque (voice) Animated film [22]
Diamonds Sin-Dee [11]
Presence of Mind Mado Remei [11]
The Venice Project Countess Camilla Volta [23]
A Conversation with Gregory Peck Herself Documentary film [24]
2003-05-192003 Dogville Ma Ginger [2]
Gone Dark May Markham Alternate title: The Limit [25]
2004-09-052004 Howl's Moving Castle Witch of the Waste (voice) Animated film [19]
Birth Eleanor [1]
Amália Traïda TV Announcer Short film [26]
2005-05-162005 Manderlay Mam [1]
2006-03-102006 These Foolish Things Dame Lydia [27]
2007-08-102007 The Walker Natalie Van Miter [28]
2008-09-012008 Eve Grandma Short film [29]
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King The Grand Witch (voice) Animated film [30]
2010-08-192010 Wide Blue Yonder May Alternate title: All at Sea [31]
2011 The Forger Anne-Marie Cole Alternate title: Carmel-by-the-Sea (final film role) [11]
2012 Ernest & Celestine The Grey One (voice) Animated film (final animated film role) [19]
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Television

Lauren Bacall in black and white sitting at a table with Humphrey Bogart and Henry Fonda while performing a scene on an episode of The Petrified Forest in 1956
With Humphrey Bogart (middle) and Henry Fonda in the TV broadcast play "The Petrified Forest", (1956)
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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1953 What's My Line? Herself – Mystery Guest 2 episodes [32][33]
1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee Herself – Guest Star Television special [34]
1955 Producers' Showcase Gabby Maple Episode: "The Petrified Forest" [35]
1956 Ford Star Jubilee Elvira Condomine Episode: "Blithe Spirit" [1]
1963 The DuPont Show of the Week Lorraine Boswell Episode: "A Dozen Deadly Roses" [36]
Dr. Kildare Virginia Herson Episode: "The Oracle" [15]
1964 Mr. Broadway Barbara Lake Episodes: "Take a Walk Through a Cemetery", "Something to Sing About" [37]
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Amanda / Barbara Episode: "Double Jeopardy" [38]
1973 Applause Margo Channing Television special (videotaped stage performance) [39]
1975 Happy Endings Catharine Television special (segment: "A Commercial Break") [40]
1978 Perfect Gentlemen Lizzie Martin Television film [41]
1979 The Rockford Files Kendall Warren Episodes: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 1 & 2" [42]
1989 Dinner at Eight Carlotta Vance Television film [1]
1990 A Little Piece of Sunshine Beatrix Coltrane [43]
1991 HBO Storybook Musicals Freezelda (voice) Episode: "The Ice Queen's Mittens" [44]
1993-02-131993 The Portrait Fanny Church Television film [45]
General Motors Playwrights Theater Herself – Host 10 episodes [46]
A Foreign Field Lisa Television film [47]
Great Performances Narrator (voice) Episode: "Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music" [48]
1995-06-031995 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Television film [49]
1998 Chicago Hope Samara Visco Klein Episodes: "Risky Business", "Absent Without Leave" [50]
1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Doris Duke Television miniseries [11]
2006 The Sopranos Herself – Guest Star Episode: "Luxury Lounge" [2]
20082008 Empire State Building Murders Penny Baxter Television film [51]
2014 Family Guy Evelyn (voice) Episode: "Mom's the Word" (final television role) [52]
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Theatre

Lauren Bacall in black and white with Humphrey Bogart speaking into microphones
With Humphrey Bogart (left) and AFRS Broadcaster Jack Brown during a broadcast to troops overseas during World War II.
More information Year, Title ...
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1942 Johnny 2x4 Ensemble Broadway (credited as Betty Bacall) [12]
Franklin Street Unnamed teenager [2]
1959 Goodbye Charlie Charlie Broadway [53]
1965 Cactus Flower Stephanie [53]
1970 Applause Margo Channing Broadway and West End [54]
1977 Wonderful Town Ruth Sherwood Summer stock [55]
1979 V.I.P. Night on Broadway Herself Broadway (benefit concert) [56]
1981 Woman of the Year Tess Harding Broadway [15]
1985 Sweet Bird of Youth The Princess Kosmonopolis West End [57]
1989 The Players Club Centennial Salute Herself Broadway (benefit concert) [58]
1995 The Visit Claire Zachanassian Chichester Festival [59]
1996 Angela Lansbury: A Celebration Herself Broadway (benefit concert) [60]
1999 Waiting in the Wings Lotta Bainbridge Broadway [27]
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