American actress Betty Joan Perske, professionally known as Lauren Bacall, was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award in 2009 in recognition of her contribution to the Golden Age of motion pictures. She was known for her alluring, sultry presence and her distinctive, husky voice. Bacall was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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| Lauren Bacall in the 1940s |
Before becoming an actress, Bacall began a career as a model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency. She appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar and in magazines such as Vogue. A 1948 article in Life magazine referred to her “cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes.”
Take a look at these glamorous photos to see fashion styles of Lauren Bacall in the 1940s.
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| Lauren Bacall in Helena Rubinstein's bathroom, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, 1942 |
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| Lauren Bacall poses for Harper's Bazaar, photo by John Engstead, 1942 |
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| Lauren Bacall wearing a dress of Everfast cotton, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, March 1943 |
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| Taking advantage of the natural light in editor-in-chief Carmel Snow's, high ceilinged living room at the Ritz Tower, Louise Dahl-Wolfe photographed Betty Bacall for the March 1943 issue of Bazaar |
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| Lauren Bacall in a zebra-print blouse, 1944 |
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| Lauren Bacall in sky-blue shirtdress with pleated bosom of rayon by Ponemah, photo by John Engstead, Harper's Bazaar, December 1944 |
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| Lauren Bacall makes her movie debut in the wartime thriller 'To Have and Have Not', 1944 |
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| Lauren Bacall, photo by John Engstead, 1944 |
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| Lauren Bacall, studio portrait by Bert Six, 1944 |
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| Headshot of Lauren Bacall, USA, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in a bold orange turtleneck and a matching bold lip, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall and her cocker spaniel in her suite at Gotham Hotel, photo by Nina Leen, New York, May 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall at Gotham Hotel, New York, May 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall by John Engstead at her beach house at The Hamptons, September 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall exuding 'The Look', photo by Ralph Crane, Life, May 7, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in a Greek-frieze dinner dress in black, red, and orange silk, tied off the shoulders and waisted with gold kid, worn with black jersey gloves by Arthur Falkenstein, photo by John Rawlings, Vogue, May 1, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in a red dress, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in a ultra-flattering Diane Von Furstenberg wrap, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in black sweater and silk skirt printed in orange, red and yellow and held in place by a gold kid belt by Arthur Falkenstein, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, April 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in evening great skirt in black rayon faille, with shirt of white chiffon and lace by Ceil Chapman, photo by John Engstead, Harper's Bazaar, August 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall is wearing a navy blue off-shoulder top with bare midriff and brown shorts by Carolyn Schnurer, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe for Harper's Bazaar, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall lying on an armchair and reading a magazine, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall showed off a customary combination striped tailored dress, smart wedges, and a cigarette, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall sitting cross-legged in a trouser suit, with her hands on her hips, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall smiling and sitting cross-legged on a sofa, an open book in her lap, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall wearing a silk evening gown for the Summer by Hattie Carnegie, photo by John Engstead in New York, May 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall wearing a summer suit in a bold floral print, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall wearing lilac, in all her chin-dipped, smoldering glory, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall wearing yellow bare-midriff suit with black halter from B.H. Wragge, sandals by Gucci, photo by John Rawlings for the American Vogue at his studio in New York, June 23, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall, photo by Eugene Robert Richee, circa 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall, photo by Herman Landshoff, New York, 1945 |
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| Lauren Bacall in a drifting black tulle skirt with a fitted bodice and one shoulder strapped by Adrian, photo by John Engstead, Harper's Bazaar, May 1946 |
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| Lauren Bacall in white coverall-coat, brass-buttoned with big roll-up sleeves over a navy-blue playsuit, by Carolyn Schnurer, Kodachrome by John Engstead, Harper's Bazaar, February 1946 |
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| Lauren Bacall in wool turtleneck and slacks combo designed by Leah Rhodes, December 1946 |
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| Lauren Bacall wears over a long simple sheath of black crêpe, an apron of crisp beige cotton crossbarred in black by Rose Barrack, photo by John Engstead, Harper's Bazaar, March 1946 |
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| Lauren Bacall on the set of film ‘Key Largo’, 1948 |
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| Lauren Bacall smoking a cigarette on the set of film ‘Young Man with a Horn’, photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1948 |
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| Lauren Bacall glamorously wore this Traje de Luces (Suit of Lights) jacket in Hollywood, 1949 |
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