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Lauren Bacall
Birthdate: September 16, 1924

Lauren Bacall

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1940s
3.3552
6
total ranking of 3.3552
1950s
3.0684
10
total ranking of 3.0684
1960s
1.6713
3
total ranking of 1.6713
1970s
2.1952
2
total ranking of 2.1952
1980s
1.2672
6
total ranking of 1.2672
1990s
2.1616
13
total ranking of 2.1616
2000s
2.1563
9
total ranking of 2.1563
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Lauren Bacall is ranked overall as 2.6152 of of 4 stars2.6152

Lauren Bacall Movie Rankings

1
Lauren Bacall starring in Big Sleep
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 3.3104 out of 4 stars for Big Sleep3.3104
Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is a private eye that is hired by the dying General Sternwood, a rich and prominent man, to watch his young troubled daughter the girl that has fallen in with the wrong crowd. ...more about Big Sleep
2
Lauren Bacall starring in To Have and Have Not
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 3.1222 out of 4 stars for To Have and Have Not3.1222
Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. ...more about To Have and Have Not
3
Lauren Bacall starring in Key Largo
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 3.1077 out of 4 stars for Key Largo3.1077
A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other. ...more about Key Largo
5
Shootist, The (1976)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.9780 out of 4 stars for Shootist2.9780
An aging gunfighter discovers he has cancer. Over the course of two months, he attempts to mend old wounds and make amends with those around him. However, he is not willing to let the cancer take him quietly and instead insists on going out with a bang in the "line of duty. ...more about Shootist
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
6
Misery (1990)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.9179 out of 4 stars for Misery2.9179
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy. ...more about Misery
7
Dogville (2003)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.8569 out of 4 stars for Dogville2.8569
The beautiful fugitive, Grace (Nicole Kidman), arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. ...more about Dogville
8
Dark Passage (1947)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.8498 out of 4 stars for Dark Passage2.8498
Bogart plays a man convicted of murdering his wife who escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. Bogart finds that his features are too well known, and is forced to seek some illicit backroom plastic surgery. ...more about Dark Passage
9
Written on the Wind (1956)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.7563 out of 4 stars for Written on the Wind2.7563
Mitch Wayne and Kyle Hadley, the playboy son of an oil tycoon, have been best friends since childhood. Kyle's wild sister, Marylee, hopes to marry Mitch, but he treats her as a brother. Marylee says that Mitch finishes everything Kyle starts. ...more about Written on the Wind
10
Blood Alley (1955)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6965 out of 4 stars for Blood Alley2.6965
A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer. ...more about Blood Alley
11
Designing Woman (1957)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6643 out of 4 stars for Designing Woman2.6643
On a vacation, sports journalist Mike meets designer Marilla. They fall in love and marry right away. ...more about Designing Woman
12
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6575 out of 4 stars for Young Man with a Horn2.6575
Aimless youth Rick Martin learns he has a gift for music and falls in love with the trumpet. Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard takes Rick under his wing and teaches him all he knows about playing. ...more about Young Man with a Horn
13
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6552 out of 4 stars for How to Marry a Millionaire2.6552
Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set-up in an exclusive appartment with a plan: tired of cheap men and a lack of money they intend to use all their talents to trap and marry three millionaires. ...more about How to Marry a Millionaire
14
Birth (2004)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6546 out of 4 stars for Birth2.6546
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. ...more about Birth
15
Mirror Has Two Faces, The (1996)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6541 out of 4 stars for Mirror Has Two Faces2.6541
Rose and Gregory, both Columbia University professors meet when Rose's sister answers Gregory's "personals" ad. ...more about Mirror Has Two Faces
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
16
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6190 out of 4 stars for My Fellow Americans2.6190
Kramer and Douglas, two former presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum, become reluctant allies when they become the target of a conspirator in President Haney's administration. ...more about My Fellow Americans
17
Manderlay (2005)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.6130 out of 4 stars for Manderlay2.6130
18
North West Frontier (1959)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.5035 out of 4 stars for North West Frontier2.5035
In northwestern India soon after the turn of the 20th Century, Moslem rebels seek to kill a six-year-old Hindu prince to end his family line. Captain Scott of the British Army is ordered to get the prince out of the region safely. ...more about North West Frontier
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Get Bruce (1999)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.4906 out of 4 stars for Get Bruce2.4906
20
Confidential Agent (1945)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.4169 out of 4 stars for Confidential Agent2.4169
During the Spanish Civil War, a republican courier travels to England to try and buy coal. He meets with an amount of local hostility, while his life is at risk from those on the fascist side. Support comes from an unlikely if attractive quarter. ...more about Confidential Agent
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.3406 out of 4 stars for Murder on the Orient Express2.3406
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating. ...more about Murder on the Orient Express
22
Cobweb, The (1955)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.3136 out of 4 stars for Cobweb2.3136
At an exclusive psychiatric clinic, the doctors and staff are about as crazy as the patients. The clinic head, Dr. Stewart McIver, thinks that it would be good therapy for his patients to design and make new drapes for the library. Mrs. ...more about Cobweb
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Diamonds (1999)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.2500 out of 4 stars for Diamonds2.2500
Boxing champion Harry Agensky, the Polish Prince, now an elderly widower and a stroke victim, takes speech lessons and fears confinement in an old age home. ...more about Diamonds
24
Walker, The (2007)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.1399 out of 4 stars for Walker2.1399
This third entry in Paul Schrader's "lonely man" trilogy (after AMERICAN GIGOLO and LIGHT SLEEPER) centers on a man (Woody Harrelson) who gets over his head when he offers to cover for a friend. ...more about Walker
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Harper (1966)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 2.0505 out of 4 stars for Harper2.0505
Harper is one of the best detectives around. He is called by Elaine Sampson to find her missing husband. Harper reluctantly takes the case knowing that his job is putting his marriage in jeopardy. ...more about Harper
26
Appointment with Death (1988)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.9176 out of 4 stars for Appointment with Death1.9176
Emily Boynton, step-mother to the three Boynton children and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband which would have freed the childern from her dominating influence. ...more about Appointment with Death
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.9053 out of 4 stars for Sex and the Single Girl1.9053
Using Helen Gurley Brown's book as a jump off point, we follow the adventures of a supermarket tabloid editor as he tries to parlay an interview with the author of the book into headlines and sales. Of course, a romantic entanglement ensues. ...more about Sex and the Single Girl
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Shock Treatment (1964)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.8596 out of 4 stars for Shock Treatment1.8596
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Foreign Field, A (1993)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.8447 out of 4 stars for Foreign Field1.8447
Amos and Cyril are a pair of British veterans from WWII, going back to Normandy 50 years after D-Day to visit an old buddy's grave. There, they run into Waldo, an American WWII vet. ...more about Foreign Field
30
Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story, The (1996)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.8279 out of 4 stars for Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story1.8279
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirshfeld, celebrated creator of thousands of line drawings of famous people - many in the entertainment industry - over a span of more than sixty years. He is still drawing in his nineties. ...more about Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
31
Ready to Wear (1994)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.7016 out of 4 stars for Ready to Wear1.7016
A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Lots of unconnected stories which all revolve around this show, and an all-star cast. ...more about Ready to Wear
32
HealtH (1980)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.4428 out of 4 stars for HealtH1.4428
  • Not Available on DVD
33
Mr. North (1988)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.3971 out of 4 stars for Mr. North1.3971
Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments. ...more about Mr. North
34
Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.1826 out of 4 stars for Madeline: Lost in Paris1.1826
Madeline is the smallest of twelve girls in a boarding school, in an old house in Paris. When long lost Uncle Horst pays a surprise visit to Madeline, promising to move her to a new home in Vienna, her longing for a family seems to be fulfilled. ...more about Madeline: Lost in Paris
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Manderlay (2005)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 1.0563 out of 4 stars for Manderlay1.0563
The second installment in Lar Von Trier's United States trilogy, Manderlay centers on a plantation in 1933 Alabama. ...more about Manderlay
  • Not Available on DVD
36
These Foolish Things (2006)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 0.7981 out of 4 stars for These Foolish Things0.7981
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Limit, The (2003)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 0.5708 out of 4 stars for Limit0.5708
38
Fan, The (1981)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 0.4885 out of 4 stars for Fan0.4885
Douglas is a lonesome record salesman and a true fan of the actress Sally Ross. Every day he writes her gleaming letters of love. But the only response he gets are formal letters. So his love turns into hatred. ...more about Fan
39
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Lauren Bacall scores a combined 0.4566 out of 4 stars for All I Want for Christmas0.4566
"All I Want For Christmas" is a comedy about two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season. ...more about All I Want for Christmas
40
Amália Traďda (2004)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
41
Bright Leaf (1950)
No Reviews Available
Once, magnate Major Singleton ran the Royles out of the Kingsmont tobacco country for daring to make lowly cigarettes. Now in 1894, Brant Royle, last of his name, is back. ...more about Bright Leaf
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Conversation with Gregory Peck, A (1999)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
43
Gift of Love, The (1958)
No Reviews Available
Physicist Bill Beck meets and marries doctor's receptionist Julie. Five happy years later, she develops a heart condition. Afraid of leaving Bill alone by her premature demise, Julie adopts a sirupy, fantasizing orphan, Hitty. ...more about Gift of Love
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
No Reviews Available
Two tour guides take visitors around Warner Bros. showing them scenes of films allegedly in the making but which actually consist of archive footage from previously released Technicolor Warner Bros. short subjects. ...more about Hollywood Wonderland
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Presence of Mind (1999)
No Reviews Available
47
Tree of Hands (1989)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Venice Project, The (1999)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
49
Woman's World (1954/I)
No Reviews Available
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and ...more about Woman's World
  • Not Available on DVD