Lauren Bacall: Movies, Awards & Box Office
- films
- 93
- on screen
- 1944–2025
- box office
- $161M
- nomination
- 1
- average score
- 65
- Born
- September 16, 1924
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Full name
- Betty Joan Perske
- Citizenship
- American
- Occupations
- Actress, Model, Spokeswoman
- Years active
- 1942-2014
- Spouses
- Humphrey Bogart, Jason Robards
- Children
- 3
The Best Lauren Bacall Movies
The films of Lauren Bacall that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) leads with $41.1M. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
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Worldwide box office: $41.1M The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 · Romance -
Worldwide box office: $27.7M Murder on the Orient Express 1974 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $23.9M Birth 2004 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $22.3M My Fellow Americans 1996 · Adventure -
Worldwide box office: $16.7M Dogville 2004 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $14.8M All I Want For Christmas 1991 · Comedy
Lauren Bacall's Career in Numbers
Lauren Bacall's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Lauren Bacall works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Confidential Agent (1945) to Wide Blue Yonder (2010), and the 1990s were the busiest decade.
Lauren Bacall Movies by Decade
- 1940s 5
- 1950s 11
- 1960s 4
- 1970s 4
- 1980s 5
- 1990s 19
- 2000s 8
- 2010s 1
The 1990s were Lauren Bacall's busiest decade, with 19 films.
Lauren Bacall Movies by Genre
- Drama 21
- Comedy 15
- Thriller 4
- Romance 4
- Documentary 3
- Adventure 3
- Mystery 2
- Tv movie 2
- Animation 1
- Action 1
Drama is the genre Lauren Bacall has worked in most, with 21 films, ahead of comedy (15).
Lauren Bacall Career Milestones
- First film
- Confidential Agent 1945
- Biggest box office hit
- The Mirror Has Two Faces $41.1M worldwide
- Newest film
- Wide Blue Yonder 2010
Lauren Bacall Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Lauren Bacall is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 65. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Lauren Bacall Movies as an Actor
57- 2010
Wide Blue Yonder as May · Drama - 2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as The Grand Witch (voice) · Comedy - 2008
Eve as Grandma · Comedy - 2007
The Walker Drama Worldwide box office: $590K - 2006
These Foolish Things as Dame Lydia · Comedy Worldwide box office: $26.6K - 2004
The Limit as May Markham · Thriller - 2004 Birth Drama Worldwide box office: $23.9M
- 2004 Dogville Drama Worldwide box office: $16.7M
- 2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ as Various Roles (archive footage) · Documentary - 1999
Diamonds as Sin-Dee · Comedy Worldwide box office: $88.4K - 1999
Diamonds as Sin-Dee · Comedy Worldwide box office: $88.4K - 1999
Diamonds as Sin-Dee · Comedy Worldwide box office: $88.4K - 1999
Diamonds as Sin-Dee · Comedy Worldwide box office: $88.4K - 1999
Diamonds as Sin-Dee · Comedy Worldwide box office: $88.4K - 1999
Diamonds Mystery Worldwide box office: $88.4K - 1999
Presence of Mind as Mado Remei · Drama - 1999
Madeline: Lost in Paris as Madame LaCroque (voice) · Animation - 1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke as Doris Duke (elderly) · Drama - 1997
Day and Night as Sonia · Drama - 1996 My Fellow Americans Adventure Worldwide box office: $22.3M
- 1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan · Romance Worldwide box office: $41.1M
- 1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as Mrs. Basil E. Frankkweiler · Comedy - 1994
Prêt-à-Porter as Slim Chrysler · Comedy - 1993
La Classe américaine as Christelle (archive footage) · Comedy - 1993
A Foreign Field as Lisa · Comedy - 1993
The Portrait as Fanny Church · Tv movie - 1992
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to ‘Casablanca’ as Narrator · Documentary - 1991 All I Want For Christmas as Lillian Brooks · Comedy Worldwide box office: $14.8M
- 1989
Dinner at Eight as Carlotta Vance · Comedy - 1988
Mr. North as Mrs. Cranston · Drama Worldwide box office: $1.22M - 1988
Appointment with Death as Lady Westholme · Drama Worldwide box office: $960K - 1981
The Fan as Sally Ross · Drama Worldwide box office: $3.08M - 1980
HealtH as Esther Brill · Comedy - 1978
Perfect Gentlemen as Ms. Lizzie Martin · Drama - 1976
The Shootist Drama Worldwide box office: $8.09M - 1974 Murder on the Orient Express Drama Worldwide box office: $27.7M
- 1973
Applause as Margo Channing · Drama - 1966
Harper Action - 1964
Sex and the Single Girl as Sylvia Broderick · Romance Worldwide box office: $6.49K - 1964
Shock Treatment as Dr. Edwina Beighley · Drama - 1963
Marilyn as Schatze Page (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1959
North West Frontier as Catherine Wyatt · Adventure - 1958
The Gift of Love as Julie Beck · Romance - 1956
Written on the Wind Drama Worldwide box office: $14.2K - 1956
Blithe Spirit as Elvira Condomine · Tv movie - 1955
Blood Alley as Cathy Grainger · Drama Worldwide box office: $2.87K - 1955
The Cobweb as Meg Faversen Rinehart · Drama - 1955
The Petrified Forest as Gabby Maple · Drama - 1954
Woman’s World as Elizabeth Burns · Drama - 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire as Schatze Page · Romance Worldwide box office: $1.48K - 1950
Bright Leaf as Sonia Kovac · Drama - 1950
Young Man with a Horn Biography - 1948
Key Largo as Nora Temple · Thriller Worldwide box office: $889 - 1947
Dark Passage Thriller Worldwide box office: $9.69K - 1946
The Big Sleep Mystery Worldwide box office: $51.1K - 1945
Confidential Agent as Rose Cullen · Thriller - 1945
To Have and Have Not Adventure Worldwide box office: $12.5K
Lauren Bacall in Documentaries & Specials
36- 2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2024
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes as Self · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 79 - 2024
Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story as Self · Documentary Worldwide box office: $163K - 2023
Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2022
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes as Self · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 20 - 2022
Rat Pack as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2021
The Capote Tapes as Self - Actress and Friend · Biography Movie Echo Score: 70 - 2021
Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2019
The Capote Tapes as Self (voice) (archive footage) · Documentary Movie Echo Score: 89 - 2017
The Untameable Kirk Douglas as Self - Actress (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2014
And the Oscar Goes To… as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2004
Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2003
Dogville Confessions as Self · Documentary - 2003
A Love Story: The Story of ‘To Have and Have Not’ as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2003
Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of ‘Dark Passage’ as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2001
Greta Garbo: A Lone Star as Self - Narrator (voice) · Documentary - 2001
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1997
Bogart: Here’s Looking at You, Kid as Self · Documentary - 1997
Bogart: The Untold Story as Self · Documentary - 1997
Howard Hawks: American Artist as Self · Documentary - 1996
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story as Self · Documentary Worldwide box office: $50.6K - 1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self · Documentary - 1988
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton as Self · Documentary - 1988
Bacall on Bogart as Self · Documentary - 1988
Gregory Peck: His Own Man as Self · Documentary - 1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (from How to Marry a Millionaire [1953]) (archive footage) · Documentary - 1986
Super Duper Bloopers as Self · Documentary - 1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · Comedy - 1982
Night of 100 Stars as Self · Comedy - 1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self · Documentary - 1950
The Hollywood Ten as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1949
Breakdowns of 1949 as Self · Documentary - 1946
Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self · Documentary - 1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee as Self (uncredited) · Comedy - 1944
Breakdowns of 1944 as Self · Comedy
Lauren Bacall: Awards & Nominations
1 nomination across 1 award body. Every ceremony is listed newest first, with the category and the film.
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30th British Academy Film Awards- Lauren Bacall: Nominated Best Actress The Shootist
Who Is Lauren Bacall?
Lauren Bacall was born in New York City, U.S. in 1924. Credited on films since 1944, as an actor. The background, training and the roles that shaped the career.
Lauren Bacall, born as Betty Joan Perske, was an iconic American actress, model, and spokeswoman. She was lauded as the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures in 2009. Her sultry presence and distinctive, husky voice made her a memorable figure on the silver screen, and she's one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. She started her career as a model and made her film debut at the age of twenty. Throughout her career, she appeared in numerous films like The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, Key Largo, and many more. Bacall also gained recognition for her role in The Mirror Has Two Faces for which she earned a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Notably, she won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances in Applause and Woman of the Year. Bacall also had a successful stage career and even debuted in Broadway. Her life was as eventful as her career, with Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards being her notable spouses, and she shared three children with them. The actress passed away after suffering a stroke in 2014.
Who Lauren Bacall Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Lauren Bacall shares the most films with. Humphrey Bogart comes first, with 24 films together, followed by Elizabeth Taylor (10).
Lauren Bacall: Questions & Answers
How many movies Lauren Bacall has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Lauren Bacall been in?
Lauren Bacall is credited on 93 films, from 1944 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Lauren Bacall's highest-grossing movie?
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) is Lauren Bacall's biggest box office hit, with $41.1M worldwide, ahead of Murder on the Orient Express (1974) ($27.7M). Across every film with box office figures, Lauren Bacall's movies have made $161M.
Lauren Bacall's biggest hits What is the best Lauren Bacall movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Lauren Bacall's best-rated film is The Capote Tapes (2019) with a score of 89, followed by Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024) (79).
Best Lauren Bacall movies, ranked Has Lauren Bacall won an Oscar?
Lauren Bacall has not been nominated for an Oscar. Across every ceremony in the awards database, Lauren Bacall has 0 wins from 1 nomination.
What is Lauren Bacall's newest movie?
The most recent film on Lauren Bacall's filmography is Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025), in the role of Self (archive footage).
Who does Lauren Bacall work with most often?
Lauren Bacall shares the most films with Humphrey Bogart (24 films), Elizabeth Taylor (10 films) and Kirk Douglas (9 films).
The Best Lauren Bacall Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 93 credits.
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