Photography

The Lady With “the Look”

Photos of Lauren Bacall (1924–2014), the sultry star of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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Lauren Bacall, 1945.
Lauren Bacall, 1945.

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Lauren Bacall, 1934, 1955
Lauren Bacall pictured as a young child, age 10, in her first professional portrait, circa 1934. Lauren Bacall, circa 1955.

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Lauren Bacall, 1943.
Lauren Bacall photographed for Harper’s Bazaar in 1943.

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Lauren Bacall, 1946
Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge in The Big Sleep, 1946.

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Lauren Bacall, 1953
Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, c 1953.

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Lauren Bacall, 1954
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Portofino, Italy, 1954.*

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Lauren Bacall, 1955
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart onboard a yacht, circa 1955.

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Lauren Bacall, 1955
Lauren Bacall, Los Angeles, Oct. 10, 1955.

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Lauren Bacall, 1968
Lauren Bacall and fashion designer Pierre Cardin talk on the set of the CBS special The Paris Collections Fall Fashion Preview, June 26, 1968.

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Lauren Bacall, 1970
Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall, 1970.

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Lauren Bacall, 1977
Lauren Bacall and James Stewart during the American Film Institute 10th Anniversary at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., 1977.

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Lauren Bacall, 1980
Lauren Bacall during a reception for the Kennedy Center nominees at the White House, Dec. 7, 1980.

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Lauren Bacall, 1997
Kennedy Center honoree Lauren Bacall prepares to get a kiss from President Bill Clinton while first lady Hillary Clinton looks, Dec. 7, 1997.

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Lauren Bacall, 2004
Lauren Bacall at the Venice Film Festival, 2004.

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*Correction, Aug. 13, 2014: This gallery originally misstated that a photograph of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in Portofino, Italy, was taken in Portofino, Spain.