Born in New York City on Sept. 16, 1924, Lauren Bacall studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After a stint as a model and off-Broadway performer, she was cast by Howard Hawks in To Have and Have Not (1944), opposite her future husband Humphrey Bogart.Bacall is perhaps best known for her film roles with Bogart, including The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947) and Key Largo (1948). After Bogart's death in 1957, Bacall appeared in several Broadway shows but returned to film in 1964 with Sex and the Single Girl.
Bacall has remained active in film with roles in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Shootist (1976), Misery (1990) and The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. In 2003, Bacall worked on the controversial film Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier, and its follow-up, Manderlay (2005).
AddMurder on the Orient ExpressInvestigator Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is heading home aboard the Orient Express when a fellow passenger, American businessman Samuel Ratchett (Richard Widmark), is found murdered in this all-star whodunit by director Sidney Lumet, based on a novel Agatha Christie. Widely despised for his role... Read More
AddThe Big SleepA dangerous blackmailer has targeted the Sternwoods, a wealthy family once tucked away in the safety of their Los Angeles mansion. But while private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) works on the case, he ends up falling for the clan's fiery daughter (Lauren Bacall). Crackling dialogue and the... Read More
AddTo Have and Have NotDynamic duo William Faulkner and Jules Furthman scripted this Howard Hawks classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (who, rumor has it, fell in love on the set) that's supposedly based on an Ernest Hemingway tome. Bogie is Harry Morgan, a charter boat owner who falls for Bacall's seductive... Read More
AddThe ShootistAn aging gunfighter (John Wayne) decides to go out with a bang after being told he's dying of cancer. In the short time he has left, the gunfighter settles some unfinished business with a gambler (Hugh O'Brian) and teaches a young friend (Ron Howard) not to follow his example. This reflective... Read More
AddDark PassageHumphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall grace the screen in this classic 1947 thriller about a convict who escapes from San Quentin to hunt down his wife's true killer. To complete his mission, he must escape detection by the cops, so he undergoes surgery and is forced to hide out in the home of a... Read More
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