Lauren Bacall was just 19 and 44 when Humphrey Bogart shared film set in the first film of the young. "Got a light?" was the famous phrase that began the film "To Have and Have Not" (1944) which launched the career of the young and burned the heart of the star of "Casablanca."
Young, seductive green eyes and a raspy voice based whiskey, Bacall became one of the great classic Hollywood divas. On Tuesday, a stroke ended his life. He was 89 and died "peacefully" at his apartment in New York, as reported by the foundation Bogart Estate. "We have now lost the wonderful Lauren Bacall," he wrote on Twitter the actress Mia Farrow. "Rest in peace, dear Betty."
And is that Bacall was born Betty Joan actually like Perske, daughter of a merchant and a secretary of Jewish origin, in New York, 1924 There he studied acting until Bogart Hollywood-and discovered its stark beauty and enamored of her. After Howard Hawks classic based on the novel by Hemingway, both worked together again in three other films: films noir "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947) and "Key Largo" (1948 ), under the baton of John Huston.
Although initially the producers of Tinseltown Bacall tried printing the label "cold sex symbol", as your blockbuster comedy "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953), which starred Marilyn Monroe with ; "Harper" (1966) opposite Paul Newman, or "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974), with Ingrid Bergman, Albert Finney and Sean Connery, gave a good account of its versatility.
John Wayne signed her for one of his last films, "The Shootist" (1976) and "Appointment with Death" (1988) again gave life to the character of Agatha Christie with Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, the famous detective. On television, she was seen alongside Gregory Peck in "The Portrait" with Alec Guinness in the TV movie about veterans of the Second World War "A Foreign Field," both in 1993.
His marriage to Bogart was short lived. "Bogie and Baby" as they were known at that time, were married in 1945, but esophageal cancer killed him in 1957, "The Widow of Hollywood" then returned to New York, where he was applauded on the boards of Broadway. His performance in "Applause," the stage version of the Bette Davis classic "All About Eve" and the comedy "Woman of the Year" earned him two Tony Awards in 1970 and 1981.
But his first and only Oscar nomination had to wait until well into the 90's with the romantic comedy "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996), starring Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges. However, the statuette went to Juliette Binoche for "The Inglés Patient" although Bacall had achieved at least win the Golden Globe. Few years earlier, the Festival of San Sebastian Donostia Award handed the lifetime achievement.
Meanwhile, Bacall raised three children during her marriage to Bogart born Stephen (Steve), which is named after the nickname of Humphrey in "To Have and Have Not" - and Leslie. From his second marriage to actor Jason Robards (1961-1969) his son Sam Robards was born. And even with the hair full of gray hair, the legendary actress kept getting on camera to the end: in 2003 she was seen in the thriller "Dogville" and in 2007 "The Walker" by Paul Schrader.
Bacall was 85 when in 2010 he finally got his honorary Oscar, and made lifting the shiny statuette with a resounding "yes." Then Hawks thanked for giving the opportunity to work with Bogart. "That was my great luck because it was not only a great actor, but also an extraordinary man. He gave me a life. It changed my life."
With its charming acid humor, Bacall ended his speech by stating that he was glad to be alive. "Something that has surprised you sure any of you," he joked.
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