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).
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
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
AddDesigning WomanSports writer Mike (Gregory Peck) and fashion designer Marilla (Lauren Bacall) meet while traveling, fall for each other and quickly get married. But the honeymoon comes to an abrupt end when they return to New York and must contend with their exes, angry mobsters … and the fact that they're... Read More
AddThe WalkerOpenly gay Carter Page III (Woody Harrelson) often escorts middle-aged Washington, D.C., wives to high-society events their husbands can't attend. But when the lover of one of his women friends is killed, Page is drawn into a tangled murder investigation. To protect his friend's reputation, he... Read More
AddHarperPaul Newman steps into the hard-boiled tradition of Sam Spade and Phillip Marlowe as Lew Harper, a "new type" of detective -- as he puts it. Lauren Bacall plays the wife of a missing millionaire who hires the reluctant Harper to find him. Coming across a menagerie of pulp characters including a... Read More
