Bacall

[ buh-kawl ]

noun

1. Lauren Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014, U.S. actress.

Example Sentences

Here it’s considered archaic, a throwback to film noir that taught us to associate it with some of cinema’s immortal screen goddesses – Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford.

From Salon

“But I love L.A. history like that. Compared to Europe, 100 years old is not that old, but Musso’s just about the oldest thing L.A.’s got. Every time you go there, some waiter will tell you, ‘Oh, that’s Lauren Bacall’s favorite seat’ or ‘That was Charlie Chaplin’s booth.’

From Los Angeles Times

Only a few years after “The Big Sleep” was written, Howard Hawks directed a version of it — released in 1946 — starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, with William Faulkner serving as one of the screenwriters.

From Los Angeles Times

And if you don’t know how to whistle along, you can always consult Lauren Bacall.

From New York Times

The next year he helped organize a protest at Riverside Church in Manhattan in which the names of soldiers killed in Vietnam were read aloud by a procession of speakers, including Edward I. Koch, Leonard Bernstein and Lauren Bacall.

From New York Times