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 manners, and taste. At Hawks' suggestion, Bacall was also trained to make her voice lower and deeper, instead of her normal high-pitched, nasal voice. Hawks had her, under the tutelage of a voice coach, lower the pitch of her voice. As part of her training, she was required to shout verses of Shakespeare for hours every day. Her height, at 5 feet 8½ inches (1.74 m), unusual among young actresses in the 1940s and 1950s, also helped her stand out. Her voice was characterized as a "smoky, sexual growl" by most critics, and a "throaty purr". During her screen tests