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Lauren Bacall (, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures".
Bacall began her career as a model, before making her debut as a leading lady with Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not in 1944. She continued in the film noir genre with appearances with Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), and starred in the romantic comedies How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, as well as Designing Woman (1957), with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film, The Shootist (1976), by Wayne's personal request. Bacall also worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). Her performance in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award nomination.
Bacall died in New York City after a stroke, a month before her 90th birthday.
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Popular Songs
- On This Wondrous Sea
- Anniversaries , for piano: For Craig Urquhart
- Secret Words, song for voice & piano
- Dream With Me, song for voice & piano with obbligato cello: Dream With Me
- The Cloisters, song cycle for voice & orchestra: Fort Tryon Park
- Preludes for piano: No.1 in B Flat Major; allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Anniversaries , for piano: For My Daughter, Nina
- Social Note, for voice & piano
- I Never Saw a Moor
- The Metropolitan Tower, song
- Preludes for piano: No 2
- Anniversaries , for piano: For william Kappel
- Someone to Watch Over Me, song
- Never More Will the Wind
- Waterbird, for voice & piano
- Preludes for piano: No.3 in E Flat Minor; allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Bee! I'm expecting you, for voice & piano
- Sugar in the Cane, song for voice & piano
- Night without Sleep, song for voice & piano
- Recuerdo, for voice & piano
- Come Ready and See Me, for voice & piano
- Sweet Suffolk Owl, for voice & piano