Bacall


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Ba•call

(bəˈkɔl)
n.
Lauren (Betty Joan Perske), born 1924, U.S. actress.
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Bacall, 45 years old, became a doctor for predictable reasons: He had an aptitude for science and, preferring people to lab work, chose to be a physician rather than a researcher.
It was about two inches long with turquoise dots all down its back like Lauren Bacall.
In the mid-1940s, Scott was put under contract by Paramount to rival Warners' newest discovery Lauren Bacall. At the studio, she was primarily featured in film noirs playing a femme fatale or a shady character.
He was also a director of Morrisons, president of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, director of rugby union side Leicester Tigers and was co-producing a film starring Norman Wisdom and screen legend Lauren Bacall. But the businessman also promised to help Alistair wherever he can.
SILVER screen legend Lauren Bacall left PS6,000 in her will for her dog.
Next up 'Lauren Bacall has died,' screamed the headlines.
It was up to director Howard Hawks and his star, Lauren Bacall -- who died this week -- to give that era a counterpart female ideal, a hero both tough and tender, urbane and fast-talking, but also vulnerable and amusing.
A fashion model and bit-part New York actress before moving to Hollywood at 19, Bacall achieved immediate fame in 1944 with one scene in her first film, To Have And Have Not.
Apparently, someone didn't get the joke, because less than an hour after those very words were published, it was announced that the legendary actress Lauren Bacall passed away at the (blessedly) ripe old age of 89.
14 event consisted of a cocktail party and dinner for about 550 Academy members and assorted celebrities, with honorary awards handed out to Lauren Bacall, John Calley, Roger Corman and Gordon Willis.
New York, November 16 (ANI): Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall has been presented with an honorary Oscar.
In a fascinating insight into A-list life, the 54-year-old lifts the lid on hanging out with Humphrey Bogart, lunching with Lauren Bacall, living with Liz Taylor and touching Greta Garbo's knee.