Lauren Bacall on screen and stage of her training. Bacall's first film appearance was with Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 film "To Have and Have Not". The following year she married Bogart and went on to appear with him in "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Dark Passage" (1947), and "Key Largo" (1948). She also starred in comedies such as "How to Marry a Millionaire" in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe, "Designing Woman" in 1957 with Gregory Peck, and "Sex and the Single Girl" in 1964 with Natalie Wood. Bacall also appeared in "Murder on the Orient Express" (1976) and "The Shootist" (1976). In Bacall's later years, she appeared
Lauren Bacall "Cactus Flower" (1965), "Applause" (1970), and "Woman of the Year" (1981). She won Tony Awards for her performances in the latter two. "Applause" was a musical version of the film "All About Eve", in which Bette Davis had starred as stage diva Margo Channing. According to Bacall's autobiography, she and a girlfriend won an opportunity in 1940 to meet her idol Bette Davis at Davis' hotel. Years later, Davis visited Bacall backstage to congratulate her on her performance in "Applause". Davis told Bacall, "You're the only one who could have played the part." The few films Bacall made during this