Full Coverage: Lauren Bacall | 1924-2014
Lauren Bacall, the smoky-voiced movie legend who taught Humphrey Bogart how to whistle in “To Have and Have Not,” has died at the age of 89, according to her family.
Bacall launched her career with the 1944 film that turned “Bogie and Bacall” into one of Hollywood’s legendary couples on screen and off.
She was born Betty Joan Perske on Sept. 16, 1924, in New York.
Bogart and Bacall, who married in 1945 and were together until his death 12 years later, were teamed up in three more Warner Bros. movies, “The Big Sleep,” “Dark Passage” and “Key Largo.”
She also costarred with many of the era’s biggest names, Kirk Douglas in “Young Man With a Horn”, Gary Cooper in “Bright Leaf,” Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe in “How to Marry a Millionaire,” John Wayne in “Blood Alley,” Rock Hudson in “Written on the Wind” and Gregory Peck in “Designing Woman.”
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At 19, Lauren Bacall was living every red-blooded American woman’s dream: Humphrey Bogart was standing inches from her, waiting for her to speak.
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Hollywood lost one of its most storied screen stars Tuesday with the death of Lauren Bacall, whose gravelly voice and sultry looks captivated Humphrey Bogart and legions of moviegoers alike.
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Actress Lauren Bacall, who died Tuesday at age 89, decided to tell her own story in not one but three memoirs: “By Myself” in 1978, “Now” in 1994, and “By Myself and Then Some” in 2005.
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News of the death of 1940s style icon Lauren Bacall got me thinking about the deep, historical connection between classic Hollywood cinema and high fashion.
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If Oscar gold eluded Lauren Bacall for decades -- she finally received an honorary statuette in 2010 -- the actress had better luck on Broadway, winning two Tony Awards for stage roles that traded on her Hollywood legend status.
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Lauren Bacall’s death today at the age of 89 took me back to the spring of 1998, when I got a call pitching an interview with the veteran actress.
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Despite her acclaimed role in ‘The Mirror Has Two Faces,’ the 73-year-old actress says good movie offers are hard to come by these days.
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The iconic screen actress dies at age 89.
