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Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall (, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures". Bacall began her career as a model before making her film debut as a leading lady in To Have and Have Not (1944). She continued in the film noir genre with appearances with Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), and she starred in the romantic comedies How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, and Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film The Shootist (1976) by Wayne's personal request. She also worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
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Born
1924-09-16
Birth Place
The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Famous As
Actress model
Place Of Death
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Political Ideology
Democratic_Party_(United_States)
Spouse(s)
Humphrey Bogart ​ ​ ( m.  1945; died 1957) ​ Jason Robards ​ ​ ( m.  1961; div.  1969) ​
Children
3: Sam Robards , Stephen Humphrey Bogart , Leslie Bogart
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Damian Lewis recalls hilarious exchange between Helen McCrory and Lauren Bacall in lengthy tribute to his wife

Damian Lewis has written a lengthy and emotional tribute to his wife Helen McCrory, who has died aged 52.On Friday (16 April), Lewis shared a note to Twitter announcing that the Peaky Blinders star had died peacefully at home after “a heroic battle with cancer”.Writing in The Sunday Times today, Lewis, who married McCrory in 2007, four years after they first met performing in a play together, described the actor as “a meteor in our life”.In the piece, Lewis recalled a hilarious encounter McCrory had with the legendary actor Lauren Bacall, who came backstage to see her after she...
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Humphrey Bogart Left His Wife For His 19-Year-Old Co-Star Lauren Bacall

The love affair between actors Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall remains etched in history as one of the most romantic yet scandalous romances in Hollywood. They met while filming Bacall’s first film. She was 19, he 43. Despite their age difference, they fell in love on and off the screen. During an up-and-down year between 1944-45, they came out the other side married and hopelessly in love.
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Natalie Portman Once Opened Up About Her On-Set Clash With Screen Legend Lauren Bacall: ‘She Did Not Like Me’

Stepping into the role of boss can be more than a little nerve-wracking. Now, imagine if one of your employees was a Hollywood screen legend. That’s the situation Natalie Portman faced as a first-time director working with Oscar nominee Lauren Bacall. Worse, the young actor-director and the star of movies such as The Big Sleep and The Mirror Has Two Faces clashed on set, with Portman admitting that Bacall “called her out” for her weaknesses as a director.
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