Photo: László Josef Willinger / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lauren Bacall fascinates me because her career refuses to fit one box. The husky voice and famous gaze made her a Golden Age icon, but I am more impressed by what came after: two Tony Awards for musicals, a National Book Award for her memoir, and an honorary Oscar in 2010. How many screen legends have won a major literary prize? Born in the Bronx in 1924, she carried old Hollywood's mystique into the modern era without ever seeming like a relic. To me she represents intelligence wearing glamour, not the other way around — a standard of stardom we rarely see anymore.
Overview
Betty Joan Perske (September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014), known professionally as Lauren Bacall (), was an American actress. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lauren Bacall
- Name (Japanese)
- ローレン・バコール
- Reading
- ろーれん・ばこーる
- Born
- September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- The Bronx, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / writer / model / spokesperson / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Julia Richman High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Academy Honorary Award
- 1992 Donostia Award
- 1980 National Book Award
- 1970 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- 1981 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
- 1992 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- 1996 Honorary César
- 1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Film actor — see all → · Writer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.