History Creator / LaurenBacall

Starting in TheSixties, she stopped really appearing in films, but had a rather successful career on Broadway, starring in production such as ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' and ''Applause'', and as a liberal activist. She also voiced the idents for PBS from 1996 to 2003 (in one version, Bacall herself appeared, as that set of idents had people like Creator/ChrisRock lifting a disc with the 'P-Head' symbol over their faces as small acrobats appeared around them). She lived for 53 years in the Dakota Apartments in New York City, and thus was Music/JohnLennon's neighbor before Lennon's murder.

* OneTrueLove: Go ahead, take one guess. Bacall herself put it best: “I’ve loved since, but he was my first love, and you never forget your first love, I loved anyone as much as him.”

* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Bacall struck a relatively innocent version of this pose in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lauren_Bacall_with_Vice_President_Truman.jpg a famous photo]] with then-Vice President UsefulNotes/HarryTruman at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in 1945.

* PromotedFanboy: Bacall states that her marriage to Bogart helped her to mingle with many famous actors and celebrities that were eventually referred to as legends, despite being years younger than them. Some of them she'd even admired when she was a teenager in drama school.

Bacall's acting career could be best described as "right place, right time" or the idyllic lifestyle that any aspiring actors would want. After her parents separated when she was a child, her mother encouraged her to make it big in show business. Her [[StageNames name was changed]] and [[DyeHard hair was dyed]] (the name "Perske" sounded too Jewish, apparently) and her film debut, ''Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot'' alongside Creator/HumphreyBogart, was one of the most successful of the year. She appeared in four movies in total with Bogart, whom she married despite being over twenty years younger than him.

Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. Known for her range as an actress, she could do everything from serious, FilmNoir dramatic roles like ''Film/TheBigSleep'' to ridiculous comedies of errors like 1953's ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' (with Creator/BettyGrable and Creator/MarilynMonroe).

Bacall's acting career could be best described as "right place, right time" or the idyllic lifestyle that any aspiring actress would want. After her parents separated when she was a child, her mother encouraged her to make it big in show business. Her [[StageNames name was changed]] and [[DyeHard hair was dyed]] (the name "Perske" sounded too Jewish, apparently) and her film debut, ''Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot'' alongside Creator/HumphreyBogart, was one of the most successful of the year. She appeared in four movies in total with Bogart, whom she married despite being over twenty years younger than him.

Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actor known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. Known for her range as an actor, she could do everything from serious, FilmNoir dramatic roles like ''Film/TheBigSleep'' to ridiculous comedies of errors like 1953's ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' (with Creator/BettyGrable and Creator/MarilynMonroe).

Bacall's acting career could be best described as "right place, right time" or the idyllic lifestyle that any aspiring actor would want. After her parents separated when she was a child, her mother encouraged her to make it big in show business. Her [[StageNames name was changed]] and [[DyeHard hair was dyed]] (the name "Perske" sounded too Jewish, apparently) and her film debut, ''Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot'' alongside Creator/HumphreyBogart, was one of the most successful of the year. She appeared in four movies in total with Bogart, whom she married despite being over twenty years younger than him.

Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. Known for her range as an actress, she could do everything from serious, FilmNoir dramatic roles like ''Film/TheBigSleep'' to ridiculous comedies of errors like 1953's ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' (with Creator/BettyGrable and Creator/MarilynMonroe).

* ''WesternAnimation/ErnestEtCelestine'' (2014)

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!!Lauren Bacall's career displays examples of:

Bacall's acting career could be best described as "right place, right time" or the idyllic lifestyle that any aspiring actor would want. After her parents separated when she was a child, her mother encouraged her to make it big in show business. Her [[StageNames name was changed]] and [[DyeHard hair was dyed]] (the name "Perske" sounded too Jewish, apparently) and her film debut, ''Film/ToHaveAndHaveNot'' alongside Creator/HumphreyBogart, was one of the most successful of the year. She appeared in four movies in total with Bogart, whom she married despite being over 20 years younger than him.

Starting in TheSixties, she stopped really appearing in films, but had a rather successful career on Broadway, starring in production such as ''Theatre/CactusFlower'' and ''Applause'', and as a liberal activist. She also voiced the idents for PBS from 1996 to 2003 (in one version, Bacall herself appeared, as that set of idents had people like Chris Rock lifting a disc with the 'P-Head' symbol over their faces as small acrobats appeared around them). She lived for 53 years in the Dakota Apartments in New York City, and thus was Music/JohnLennon's neighbor before Lennon's murder.

* {{Contralto Of Danger}}: Bacall was known for her husky voice, which she acquired before the making of her first film. Director Howard Hawks was the one who taught her to lower her naturally high-pitched, nasal voice.

Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. Known for her range as an actress, she could do everything from serious, FilmNoir dramatic roles like ''Film/TheBigSleep'' to ridiculous comedies of errors like 1953's ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' (with Creator/BettyGrable and Creator/MarilynMonroe).

* StatuesqueStunner: Stood at 5'9", just one inch taller than her husband [[ThoseTwoActors and frequent costar]], Creator/HumphreyBogart.

* ThoseTwoActors: With her husband, Creator/HumphreyBogart.

Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske (September 16th 1924 -- August 12th 2014) was one of the best, sexiest and sexiest-voiced actresses of 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Known for her range as an actress, she could do everything from serious, FilmNoir dramatic roles like ''Film/TheBigSleep'' to ridiculous comedies of errors like 1953's ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' (with Creator/BettyGrable and Creator/MarilynMonroe).

Bacall's acting career could be best described as "right place, right time" or the idyllic lifestyle that any aspiring actor would want. After her parents separated when she was a child, her mother encouraged her to make it big in show business. Her [[StageNames name was changed]] and [[DyeHard hair was dyed]] (the name "Perske" sounded too Jewish, apparently) and her film debut was one of the most successful of the year. She appeared in four movies with Creator/HumphreyBogart, whom she married despite being over 20 years younger than him.

Bacall died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89 in New York City from a stroke (though news of her death was overshadowed with news of another celebrity death: Creator/RobinWilliams' suicide, which happened the day before). She will be missed.

* ''[[Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974 Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1974)

!!Lauren Bacall displays examples of:
* DeadpanSnarker: In and out character.

* LastOfHerKind: She was one of a very select few members of The Golden Age of Hollywood who lived well into the 21st century. More specifically, of the 15 giants of Old Hollywood that Music/{{Madonna}} name checks in the ''Film/DickTracy''-inspired song [[Music/ImBreathless "Vogue,"]] she was the last one to pass away.

* [[NiceJewishBoy Nice Jewish Girl]]: Stated that she constantly struggled to fit this archetype throughout her life.

* StageName: Given to her by Creator/HowardHawks. Her close friends called her "Betty," though, and Bogie called her "Baby."

* {{Tsundere}}: Her screen persona.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Born and raised Jewish, but chose her mother's maiden name "Bacal" and added another L to change this, and then Hollywood gave her the stage name "Lauren".

* NiceJewishBoy: Well, Girl: Stated that she constantly struggled to fit this archetype throughout her life.

* [[NiceJewishBoy Nice Jewish Girl]]: Stated that she constantly struggled to fit this archetype throughout her life.
* PromotedFangirl: Bacall states that her marriage to Bogart helped her to mingle with many famous actors and celebrities that were eventually referred to as legends, despite being years younger than them. Some of them she'd even admired when she was a teenager in drama school.

* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' (2001)

Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske (September 16th 1924 -- August 12th 2014) was one of the best, sexiest and sexiest-voiced actresses of 1940s and '50s Hollywood. Known for her range as an actress, she could do everything from serious, FilmNoir dramatic roles like ''Film/TheBigSleep'' to ridiculous comedies of errors like 1953's ''Film/HowToMarryAMillionaire'' (with Betty Grable and Creator/MarilynMonroe).

* {{WASP}}: Born and raised Jewish, but chose her mother's maiden name "Bacal" and added another L to change this, and then Hollywood gave her the stage name "Lauren".