, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks.
She first emerged as leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have And Have Not
(1944) and continued on in the film noir
genre, with appearances in The Big Sleep
(1946) and Dark Passage (1947), as well as a comedienne in How to Marry a Millionaire
(1953) and Designing Woman
(1957). Bacall has also worked on Broadway in musicals, gaining a Tony Award
s for Applause
in 1970 and Woman of the Year
in 1981.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life.
Nicole and I worked together on Dogville and we were friends when we started this. That laid the groundwork for our fabulous relationship on screen and off.
The people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.
I was Betty Bacall always. And Lauren was Howard Hawks... he felt that Lauren Bacall was better sounding than Betty Bacall. He had a vision of his own. He was a Svengali. He wanted to mold me. He wanted to control me. And he did until Mr. Bogart got involved.
Losing Bogey was horrible, obviously. Because he was young. And because he gave me my life. I wouldn't have had a — I don't know what would have happened to me if I hadn't met him — I would have had a completely different kind of life. He changed me, he gave me everything. And he was an extraordinary man.