Lauren Bacall
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Betty Joan Perske, professionally known 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 received an Academy Honorary Award in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures. She was known for her alluring, sultry presence and her distinctive, husky voice. Bacall was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Bacall in 1945
Bacall by László Willinger
Howard Hawks and Bacall c. 1943
Bacall with Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
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AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is the American Film Institute's list ranking the top 25 male and 25 female greatest screen legends of American film history and is the second list of the AFI 100 Years... series.
Image: Katharine Hepburn publicity photograph
Image: Humphrey Bogart 1940
Image: Jezebel 1938 Bette Davis cropped
Image: Grant, Cary (Suspicion) 01 Crisco edit