Lauren Bacall

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September 16, 1924

Betty Joan Perske

Jason Robards (4 July 1961 - 10 September 1969) (divorced) (1 child)

Humphrey Bogart (21 May 1945 - 14 January 1957) (his death) 2 children

Shortly after Bogart's death in 1957, Bacall had a relationship with singer and actor Frank Sinatra.

In her autobiography Now, she recalls having a relationship with Len Cariou, her co-star in Applause.

Actress

2010 Firedog (voice)

2010 Carmel

2010 Wide Blue Yonder

2008 Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (video) (voice)

2008 Eve (short)

2007 The Walker

2006 These Foolish Things

2005 Manderlay

2004 Birth

2004 Howl's Moving Castle (voice: English version)

2004 Amália Traïda (short)

2003 Dogville

2003 The Limit

1999 Presence of Mind

1999 The Venice Project

1999 Diamonds

1999 Madeline: Lost in Paris (voice)

1999 Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (TV movie)

1998 Chicago Hope (TV series)

1997 Le jour et la nuit

1996 My Fellow Americans

1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces

1995 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (TV movie)

1994 Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear

1988-1993 Great Performances (TV series) Host/narrator

1993 Screen One (TV series)

1993 The General Motors Playwrights Theater (TV series)

1993 The Portrait (TV movie)

1991 All I Want for Christmas

1991 A Star for Two

1990 Misery

1990 The Real Story of the Three Little Kittens (video short) (voice)

1990 A Little Piece of Sunshine (TV movie)

1989 Dinner at Eight (TV movie)

1989 Tree of Hands

1989 That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert (TV movie)

1988 Mr. North

1988 Appointment with Death

1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)

1981 The Fan

1980 HealtH

1979 The Rockford Files (TV series)

1978 Perfect Gentlemen (TV movie)

1976 The Shootist

1974 Murder on the Orient Express

1973 Applause (TV movie)

1966 Harper

1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)

1964 Sex and the Single Girl

1964 Mr. Broadway (TV series)

1964 Shock Treatment

1963 Dr. Kildare (TV series)

1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)

1959 North West Frontier

1958 The Gift of Love

1957 Designing Woman

1956 Written on the Wind

1956 Patterns ( - uncredited)

1956 Blithe Spirit (TV movie)

1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)

1955 Blood Alley

1955 The Cobweb

1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)

1954 Woman's World

1953 How to Marry a Millionaire

1950 Bright Leaf

1950 Young Man with a Horn

1948 Key Largo

1947 Dark Passage

1946 The Big Sleep

1945 Confidential Agent

1944 To Have and Have Not

Appearances

2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)

2010 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)

2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV movie)

2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2008 The Unseen Alistair Cooke (TV documentary)

2007 Michael Parkinson's Greatest Entertainers (TV documentary)

2006 Martha (TV series)

2006 The Sopranos (TV series)

2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

2005 Private Screenings (TV series)

1977-2005 The Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)

2005 On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (TV series)

2005 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)

2004-2005 Parkinson (TV series)

2005 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)

2005 The Early Show (TV series)

2005 The View (TV series)

1970-2005 Today (TV series)

2005 The Road to Manderlay (TV documentary)

2004 GMTV (TV series)

1997-2004 Great Performances (TV series)

2003 V Graham Norton (TV series)

2003 Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV documentary)

2003 Tribeca Film Festival Presents (TV documentary)

2003 Dogville Confessions (documentary)

2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)

1996-2002 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)

2002 New York at the Movies (TV documentary)

2001 Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (TV documentary) (voice)

2001 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (TV special documentary)

2000 So Graham Norton (TV series)

1997-2000 The Daily Show (TV series)

2000 The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas (video documentary short)

2000 Private View (TV series documentary)

2000 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)

1999 Radio City Music Hall: The Story Behind the Showplace (TV documentary)

1999 A Conversation with Gregory Peck (documentary)

1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)

1988-1999 Cinema 3 (TV series)

1999 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)

1999 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

1999 The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV documentary)

1999 Get Bruce (documentary)

1998 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)

1998 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)

1998 The Living Edens (TV series documentary) Narrator

1998 The Man Who Had Everything (TV documentary) (voice)

1997 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)

1997 The GQ Men of the Year Awards (TV special)

1997 The 51st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1997 Sports on the Silver Screen (TV documentary) ( - uncredited)

1997 Humphrey Bogart: You Must Remember This... (TV documentary)

1997 Howard Hawks: American Artist (TV documentary)

1996 Showbiz Today (TV series)

1992-1996 Días de cine (TV series)

1996 Corazón, corazón (TV series)

1996 The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (documentary)

1996 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)

1996 Bogart: The Untold Story (TV documentary)

1996 AMC: Film Preservation Classics (TV series)

1995 Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (documentary)

1995 The 49th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1995 Face to Face (TV series)

1994 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)

1993 Hollywood Women (TV mini-series documentary)

1989-1993 Aspel & Company (TV series)

1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)

1992 The Full Wax (TV series)

1992 You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' (video documentary short) (voice)

1991 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)

1991 The American Film Institute Salute to Kirk Douglas (TV special documentary)

1990 Reflections on the Silver Screen (TV series)

1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)

1990 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV movie)

1989 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)

1989 Más estrellas que en el cielo (TV series documentary)

1989 The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck (TV special)

1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)

1988 Gregory Peck: His Own Man (documentary)

1988 American Masters (TV series documentary)

1987 Film '72 (TV series)

1966-1987 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)

1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1983 The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston (TV special)

1982 The Wayne Newton Special (TV special)

1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)

1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1981 The Barbara Walters Special (TV series)

1980 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)

1980 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)

1980 Good Morning America (TV series)

1979 Circus of the Stars #3 (TV special documentary)

1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)

1978 The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1978 CBS: On the Air (TV mini-series documentary)

1978 Everyday (TV series)

1977 The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special (TV movie)

1977 The 31st Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1977 Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (TV movie)

1975 Salute to Lew Grade (TV documentary)

1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)

1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards

1970 The 24th Annual Tony Awards

1969 The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1968 The Match Game (TV series)

1968 The Paris Collections: Fall Fashion Preview (TV special documentary)

1953-1967 What's My Line? (TV series)

1967 The 21st Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)

1967 ABC Stage 67 (TV series)

1965 Call My Bluff (TV series)

1965 Password (TV series)

1964 Get the Message (TV series)

1963 Talent Scouts (TV series)

1963 I've Got a Secret (TV series)

1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)

1951-1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)

1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (documentary short) ( - uncredited)

1954 Light's Diamond Jubilee (TV documentary)

1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)

1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)

1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)

1948 Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (short)

1947 Hollywood Wonderland (short) ( - uncredited)

1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee (uncredited)

Lauren Bacall By Myself (1978)

Now (1994)

By Myself and Then Some (2005)

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Academy Awards

2009 Won Honorary Award In recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures

1997 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

BAFTA Awards

1997 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

1977 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: The Shootist (1976)

Berlin International Film Festival

1997 Won Berlinale Camera

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

1997 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

César Awards, France

1996 Won Honorary César For her whole works.

Emmy Awards

1988 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Informational Special for: "Great Performances" (1972) for: episode "Bacall on Bogart"

1980 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for: "The Rockford Files" (1974). For episode "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs".

1973 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Applause (1973) (TV)

Golden Globes

1997 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

1993 Won Cecil B. DeMille Award

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

1967 Won Woman of the Year

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

1998 Won Life Achievement Award

Laurel Awards

1958 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Female Comedy Performance for: Designing Woman (1957)

1958 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 11th place

National Board of Review, USA

1994 Won NBR Award Best Acting by an Ensemble for: Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear (1994)

1991 Won Career Achievement Award

Palm Springs International Film Festival

1997 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

1996 Won SDFCS Award Best Supporting Actress for: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1992 Won Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award

Satellite Awards

1997 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1997 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

Stockholm Film Festival

2000 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Walk of Fame (Hollywood)

Won Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 1724 Vine Street
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"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that."

"I would hate now [2005] to be married. It does occur to me on occasion that, if I fall and hit my head, there will be no one to make the phone call."

"I never believed marriage was a lasting institution...I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever."

"I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it."

Submit Quotes

Bacall lived in the same New York apartment building (The Dakota) as Beatle John Lennon when he was shot and later died on 8th December 1980. When interviewed on the subject in a recent UK TV program hosted by former model Twiggy, Bacall said she had heard the gunshot but assumed that it was a car tire bursting or a vehicle backfiring.

Was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942.

Publicists sold her as "The Look," stressing her silky hair, large eyes, and generous mouth.

Katharine Hepburn, her long-time friend, is the godmother of her son, Sam Robards.

Quit smoking cigarettes in the mid-1980s.

Salary

The Shootist (1976) $50,000

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) $5,000

To Have and Have Not (1944) $125/week

Lux Radio Theater (1930's-1940's) $5,000 per performance

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