Lauren Bacall is an American actress noted for her husky voice and sultry eyes. She appeared in To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, The Sopranos, and Wide Blue Yonder.
At the Governor's Awards in November 2009, Lauren Bacall was presented with an Honorary Oscar for her lifetime of achievements in film. Despite having made more than 30 films, many of them with her longtime (and married to another) love Humphrey Bogart, Bacall had never before won an Academy Award. Upon receiving her award, Lauren Bacall quipped about the joy of finally having a two-legged man in her bedroom.http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/11/15/2009-11-15_lauren_bacall_presented_with_honorary_oscar_during_the_2009_governors_awards.html
Notable Roles
- Marie Browning in To Have and Have Not (1944)
- Vivian Sternwood Rutledge in The Big Sleep (1946)
- Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Lilian Brooks in All I Want for Christmas (1991)
- Hannah Morgan in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
- As Herself in The Sopranos (2006)
- May in Wide Blue Yonder (2008)
Quotes
- You know how to whistle, don't you Steve? You just put up your lips together and... blow. Yahoo Movies: Lauren Bacall Biography
- I'm very glad to be here because it proves that I'm breathing. A lot of people think I'm dead. Los Angeles Times Blogs: Lauren Bacall Alive and Swell
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Lauren Bacall Timeline
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1924: Born on September 16 in New York City, New York
1944: To Have and Have Not - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
1946: The Big Sleep - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
1956: Written on the Wind - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
1964: Sex and the Single Girl - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
1988: Appointment with Death - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
1990: Misery - IMDb Listing
1999: The Venice Project - IMDb Listing
2005: Manderlay - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
2007: The Walker - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes
2008: Wide Blue Yonder - IMDb Listing