Lauren Bacall

LAUREN BACALL

BETTY JOHAN PERSKE

Outstanding American actress.

Born September 16, 1924, in New York City, USA, the daughter of a sales manager and a secretary.

Her real name is Betty Joan Perske.

Lauren Bacall's parents were Jewish immigrants from France and Romania. Her father left the family when Lauren was only six years old. Since 1930, Lauren takes the last name of her mother Bacall. Grew up in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Bacall is a cousin of former President and Prime Minister of the State of Israel Shimon Peres.

She graduated from the Julia Richman School. Successfully graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was an actress in the Usher Theater, at the same time worked as a model, starred in commercials. In 1942 she made her Broadway debut. Producer Slim Hawks saw her on the cover of a magazine and invited her to Hollywood.

Her first film role in "To Have and Have Not" (1944), her partner was film idol of the audience Humphrey Bogart, who later became the husband of the actress.

Together with Humphrey Bogart starred in his star films -

In the adaptation of Raymond Chandler′s detective "The Big Sleep" (1946), the thriller "Black Lines" (1947), the tape "Largo Reef" (1949), etc. In a duet with Marilyn Monroe played in the film "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953), played the role of Marilla Brown Hagen in the comedy "Making Woman" (1957).

In 1957 she moved to New York, returned to the theatrical stage and soon became a theatrical prima. She shone in the famous plays "Cactus Flower," "Woman of the Year," "Applause.

Became a two-time winner of the main American theater award "Tony". In the '60s she played small roles in movies.

After an eight-year hiatus in 1974, returned to the big screen - starred in the adaptation of Agatha Christie's detective "Murder on the Orient Express. In 1996, brilliantly played the role of Hannah Morgan's mother in a duet with Barbra Streisand in

"The Mirror Has Two Faces" (National Screen Actors Guild Award, 1997, other awards, Oscar and Golden Globe nominations) and the role of President Margaret Kramer's wife in the film "My Dear Americans".

She starred in the films of the outstanding Danish director Lars von Trier ("Dogville" (2003), "Manderlay" (2005)).

She passed away on August 12, 2014 in Manhattan (New York, USA).

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Academy Award (2009):

Honorary Award for Achievement in Cinematography

Oscar nomination (1996):

Best Supporting Actress ("The Mirror Has Two Faces")

Golden Globe Award:

1996 - Best Supporting Actress (The Mirror Has Two Faces).

BAFTA Nominations:

1976 - Best Actress ("The Most Apt")

1996 - Best Supporting Actress ("Two-Face Mirror").

Screen Actors Guild Award (1996):

Best Supporting Actress ("Two Faces in the Mirror")

Emmy nomination (1980):

Best Actress in a Drama Series ("The Rockford Detective Files")

Cesar Award (1995)

Tony Award (1970):

1970 - Best Actress in a Musical ("Applause")

1981 - Best Actress in a Musical ("Woman of the Year")

Berlin Film Festival (1997):

Honorary Award

Karlovy Vary (1998):

Lifetime Achievement Award

1979 Deauville Film Festival Award, USA.

San Sebastian (1992):

Award for Outstanding Personal Achievement

Stockholm IFF Award, Sweden, 2000

Hasty Pudding Theatricals Award, USA, 1967