HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Lauren Bacall (September 6, 1924)

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Bacall quote: "A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?"

FILMS:

Firedog (2005) (filming) (voice) .... Posche
These Foolish Things (2005) (post-production) .... Dame Lydia
Manderlay (2005) .... Mam
Birth (2004) .... Eleanor
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) (voice: English version) .... Witch of the Waste
... aka Howl's Moving Castle (International: English title) (USA)
Dogville (2003) .... Ma Ginger
... aka Dogville (France)
... aka U - Der Film 'Dogville' erzählt in neun Kapiteln und einem Prolog. (Germany)
The Limit (2003) .... May
... aka Gone Dark (USA: DVD title)
Presence of Mind (1999) .... Mado Remei
... aka Celo, El (Spain)
The Venice Project (1999) .... Countess Camilla Volta
Diamonds (1999) .... Sin-Dee
Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999) (voice) .... Madame Lacroque
"Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke" (1999) (mini) TV Series .... Doris Duke (elderly)
The Man Who Had Everything (1998) (TV) (voice) (also archive footage) .... Narrator
Jour et la nuit, Le (1997) .... Sonia
... aka Día y la noche, El (Mexico)
... aka Day and Night
My Fellow Americans (1996) .... Margaret Kramer
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) .... Hannah Morgan
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995) (TV) .... Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Prêt-à-Porter (1994) .... Slim Chrysler
... aka Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear (Canada: English title)
... aka Ready to Wear
A Foreign Field (1993) .... Lisa
... aka We Shall Meet Again
The Parallax Garden (1993) (TV)
The Portrait (1993) (TV) .... Fanny Church
All I Want for Christmas (1991) .... Lillian Brooks
A Star for Two (1991)
Misery (1990) .... Marcia Sindell
A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990) (TV) .... Beatrix Coltrane
The Real Story of the Three Little Kittens (1990) (V) (voice) .... Freezelda
Dinner at Eight (1989) (TV) .... Carlotta Vance
Tree of Hands (1989) .... Marsha Archdale
... aka Innocent Victim (USA)
Mr. North (1988) .... Mrs. Amelia Cranston
Appointment with Death (1988) .... Lady Westholme
The Wayne Newton Special (1982) (TV)
The Fan (1981) .... Sally Ross
HealtH (1980) .... Esther Brill
Perfect Gentlemen (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Lizzie Martin
The Shootist (1976) .... Bond Rogers
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Mrs. Hubbard
Applause (1973) (TV) .... Margo Channing
Harper (1966) .... Elaine Sampson
... aka The Moving Target (UK)
Sex and the Single Girl (1964) .... Sylvia Broderick
Shock Treatment (1964) .... Dr. Edwina Beighley
North West Frontier (1959) .... Catherine Wyatt
... aka Flame Over India (USA)
The Gift of Love (1958) .... Julie Beck
Designing Woman (1957) .... Marilla Brown Hagen
Written on the Wind (1956) .... Lucy Moore Hadley
Blithe Spirit (1956) (TV) .... Elvira Condomine
Blood Alley (1955) .... Cathy Grainger
... aka William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (USA: complete title)
The Cobweb (1955) .... Meg Faversen Rinehart
Woman's World (1954/I) .... Elizabeth Burns
... aka A Woman's World (USA)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) .... Schatze Page
Bright Leaf (1950) .... Sonia Kovac
Young Man with a Horn (1950) .... Amy North
... aka Young Man of Music (UK)
... aka Young Man with a Trumpet (Australia)
Key Largo (1948) .... Nora Temple
Dark Passage (1947) .... Irene Jansen
The Big Sleep (1946) .... Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
Confidential Agent (1945) .... Rose Cullen
To Have and Have Not (1944) .... Marie 'Slim' Browning

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BIO:

Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924 in New York City. Her parents were middle-class with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five. When she was a young school girl, Lauren originally wanted to be a dancer, but later became enthralled with acting so she switched gears to head into that field. She had studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, after high school, which enabled her to get her feet wet in some off-Broadway productions.

Once out of school, Lauren entered modeling and, because of her beauty, appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, one of the most popular magazines in the US. The wife of famed director, Howard Hawks spotted the picture in the publication and arranged with her husband to have Lauren take a screen test. As a result, which was entirely positive, she was given a part as Marie Browning in To Have and Have Not (1944), a thriller opposite the great Humphrey Bogart, when she was just 19 years old. This not only set the tone for a fabulous career, but also one of Hollywood's greatest love stories (she married him in 1945.) It was, also, the first of several Bogie-Bacall films.

After 1945's Confidential Agent (1945), Lauren received second billing in The Big Sleep (1946) with Bogart. The mystery, in the role of Vivian Sternwood Rutledge, was a resounding success. Although she was making one film a year, each production would be eagerly awaited by the public. In 1947, again with her husband, Lauren starred in the thriller Dark Passage (1947). The film kept movie patrons on the edge of their seats. The following year she starred with Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lionel Barrymore in Key Largo (1948). The crime drama was even more of a nail biter than the previous film. In 1950, Lauren played in Bright Leaf (1950), a drama set in 1894. It was a film of note because she appeared without her husband - her co-star was Gary Cooper. In 1953, Lauren appeared in her first comedy as Schatze Page in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). The film, with co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, was a smash hit all across the theaters of America.

After filming Designing Woman (1957) which was released in 1957, Humphrey Bogart died on January 14, 1957 from throat cancer. Devastated at being a widow, Lauren returned to the silver screen with The Gift of Love (1958) in 1958 opposite Robert Stack. The production turned out to be a big disappointment. Not undaunted, Lauren moved back to New York City and appeared in several Broadway plays to huge critical acclaim. She was enjoying playing before live audiences and the audiences in turn enjoyed her fine performances. Lauren was away from the big screen for five years returning in 1964 to appear in Shock Treatment (1964) and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). The latter film was a comedy starring Henry Fonda and Tony Curtis. In 1966, Lauren starred in Harper (1966) with Paul Newman and Julie Harris. It was one of Newman's signature films. Alternating her time between films and the stage, Lauren returned in 1974's Murder on the Orient Express (1974). The film, based on Agatha Christie's best selling book was a huge hit. It, also, garnered Ingrid Bergman her third Oscar. Actually, the huge star studded cast helped to ensure its success. Two years later, in 1976, Lauren co-starred with John Wayne in The Shootist (1976). The film was Wayne's last - he died from cancer in 1979.

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