According
to ABC News,
Lauren Bacall died recently at the age of 89 from a stroke. It was announced on
Twitter by the Estate of her late husband, Humphrey Bogart.
The
sad news has prompted us here at Stealth Media Films to remember the life of
Lauren Bacall; one of the most iconic stars of Hollywood’s golden era. A
New-York native, who was noted for her sultry looks, electric talent and her
fiery on-screen chemistry with eventual husband Humphrey Bogart, Lauran Bacall
was one of the greatest actresses who’s ever lived.
Stealth Media Films’ Top Five Lauren
Bacall Roles
What
better way to celebrate the life and times of Lauren Bacall than to look at the
roles that defined her prolific career. So what are Lauren Bacall’s best five
movie roles of all time?
1)
Marie ‘Slim’ Browning, To Have and Have Not: Bacall’s first ever role, the character of Marie
‘Slim’ Browning in romance-war-adventure flick To Have and Have Not has to be the best of her career. Bacall’s
turn as American wanderer Slim saw her star opposite prolific on-screen love
interest and eventual husband Humphrey Bogart as fishing boat captain Harry
Morgan. Their chemistry was simply out-of-this-world, and the role established
Bacall a one of the most daring femme fatales to ever feature on the silver
screen.
2)
Hannah Morgan, The Mirror Has Two Faces: Believe it or not, Bacall didn’t receive a single
OSCAR nomination until she took on her heralded (and last major) role of Hannah
Morgan in lonely hearts drama The Mirror
Has Two Faces. As Hannah Morgan, the selfish mother of lead character Rose
Morgan, played by the ever-talented Barbara Streisand, Bacall showed that
sometimes, even the A-List saves the best for last.
3)
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge, The Big Sleep: A flick added to the National Film Registry by the
US Library of Congress in 1997 for being "culturally, historically,
or aesthetically significant," The
Big Sleep is one of the most classic film noir productions ever made. As
Vivian Sternwood Rutledge, the ultimate mysterious femme fatale, Bacall
established the infinite unflappability that would come to characterise everything
she would later come to do.
4)
Nora Temple, Key Largo: The fourth and final collaboration Bacall would take
on with real-life husband Humphrey Bogart, Bacall shines as Nora Temple in
hostage flick Key Largo. This comes
despite the fact that she’s upstaged by Claire Trevor, who clinched an OSCAR
for her turn as Edward G Robinson’s boozy moll Gaye Dawn.
5)
Bond Rogers, The Shootist: A Western featuring John Wayne (the King of
Westerns) in his last ever film role, The
Shootist was an unusual project for Bacall and one of the few she took on
in the 1970’s. Yet she rose to the occasion as Bond Rogers, Wayne’s widowed
landlady who touched the hearts and minds of viewers around the world, showing
the incredible versatility she displayed as an actress.
