US actor. She became an overnight star when cast by Howard Hawks opposite Humphrey Bogart in
To Have and Have Not (1944). She and Bogart went on to star together in
The Big Sleep (1946),
The Dark Passage (1947), and
Key Largo (1948). They married in 1945.
Bacall's later films include
The Cobweb (1955),
Written on the Wind (1956), and
Harper (1966). She returned to Hollywood after an eight-year absence with
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and two years later appeared in
The Shootist (1976) and
Misery (1990). She also starred in the Broadway plays
Goodbye Charlie (1959),
Cactus Flower (1965),
Applause (1970, Tony Award), and
Woman of the Year (1981, Tony Award). In 1996 she featured in Barbra Streisand's
The Mirror Has Two Faces, for which she won the 1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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