“Lauren Bacall has such a style of her own that I found it difficult to impose a new style on her.”
– Theoni Aldredge, costume designer
Lauren Bacall was a celebrated actress whose audacious personality and unique fashion sense enhanced her professional appeal. She remained professionally active into her eighties, and continues to be spotlighted in the media as a symbol of timeless elegance and sartorial savvy.
The following is a list of Bacall’s work on stage and screen. Titles in bold indicate roles that highlight Bacall’s relationship with fashion.
Filmography
1944 To Have and Have Not
1945 Confidential Agent
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946 The Big Sleep
1947 Dark Passage
1948 Key Largo
1950 Young Man with a Horn
1950 Bright Leaf
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire
1954 A Woman’s World
1955 The Cobweb
1955 Blood Alley
1956 Written on the Wind
1957 Designing Woman
1958 The Gift of Love
1959 North West Frontier
1964 Shock Treatment
1964 Sex and the Single Girl
1966 Harper
1984 Murder on the Orient Express
1976 The Shootist
1980 Health
1981 The Fan
1988 Appointment with Death
1988 Mr. North
1988 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1989 The Tree of Hands
1990 Misery
1991 A Star for Two
1991 All I Want for Christmas
1993 The Portrait
1994 Prêt-á-Porter
1995 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996 My Fellow Americans
1997 Day and Night
1999 Get Bruce
1999 Madeline: Lost in Paris
1999 Diamonds
1999 The Venice Project
1999 Presence of Mind
2000 A Conversation with Gregory Peck
2003 Gone Dark
2003 Dogville
2004 Howl’s Moving Castle
2004 Birth
2004 Amália Traïda
2005 Manderlay
2006 These Foolish Things
2007 The Walker
2008 Eve
2008 Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King
2010 Wide Blue Yonder
2010 Firedog
2012 Ernest & Celestine
2012 The Forger
Theatrical Resume
1942 Johnny 2×4
1942 Franklin Street
1959 Goodbye Charlie
1965 Cactus Flower
1970 Applause
1977 Wonderful Town
1981 Woman of the Year
1985 Sweet Bird of Youth
1995 The Visit
1999 Waiting in the Wings
Awards
1967 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
1970 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Applause
1972 Sarah Siddons Award Actress of the Year
1980 National Book Award in the one-year category: Autobiography
1981 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Woman of the Year
1984 Sarah Siddons Award Actress of the Year
1990 George Eastman Award
1992 Donostia Award (Honorary)
1993 Golden Globe – Cecil B. DeMille Award
1994 National Board of Review Award for Best Cast, Prêt-à-Porter
1996 Honorary César
1997 Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Camera
1997 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, The Mirror Has Two Faces
1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, The Mirror Has Two Faces
1997 San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress, The Mirror Has Two Faces
1997 Kennedy Center Honors
2000 Stockholm International Film Festival – Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 Norwegian International Film Festival – Lifetime Achievement Award
2009 Academy Honorary Award