Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall in New Line Cinema's Birth - 2004

Biography

Born 09/16/1924

Lauren Bacall was one of those movie stars who were so original and iconic that the molecular structure of the audience seemed to shift when she was on screen. Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Greta Garbo – they too possessed an ineffable power to dominate the screen by their...
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Awards

  • In 2010, received Honorary Award
  • In 1997, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
  • In 1997, received Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Life Achievement

Highlights

  • In 2006, Starred in "Manderlay," the second part to Lars von Trier's U.S.A. trilogy
  • In 2004, Starred with Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgard in "Dogville," directed by Lars Von Trier
  • In 2004, Played Niccole Kidman's mother in "Birth" helmed by Jonathan Glazer

Family & Companions

  • Frank Sinatra: at one time engaged to be married; Sinatra ended relationship when news of their engagement was leaked to the press in 1958
  • Len Cariou: were romantically involved when they co-starred in "Applause"
  • William Perske: father (Jewish immigrant; of Polish descent; divorced Bacall's mother when she was a little girl)

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