Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall Lauren Bacall (, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute, and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures". Bacall began her career as a model before making her film debut as a leading lady in "To Have and Have Not" (1944). She continued
Joan Bruce roles in "The Entertainer", "Travelling North", "Heartbreak House", "The Life and Times of Nicholas Appelby" and "Something Afoot". She married her second husband Kenneth William in 1978, and subsequently appeared on television in roles in "Chopper Squad" and "A Country Practice", before retiring in 1988. She was best known however for her long-running roles in the Australian soap opera "Certain Women" with Queenie Ashton and June Salter and for voicing the kangaroo and Dot's mother in the 1977 children's animation/live action film "Dot and the Kangaroo". She died in 2014, aged 86. Joan Bruce Joan Olive Bruce (born Joan Thompson)