Portrait of Lauren Bacall

Acting

Lauren Bacall

Career

Active from 1945 to 2026, with a break from 2013 to 2025, busiest in 1999 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
47
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lauren Bacall Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.8, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Mystery 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 77
Wasington
Wasington (2026)

as Grace Margaret Mulligan

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as archive footage

2010s

2 titles · average score 55
All at Sea
All at Sea (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

as May

The Forger
The Forger (2011)
GoodWatch score 50

as Anne-Marie

2000s

11 titles · average score 56
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
GoodWatch score 66

as The Grand Witch (voice)

Eve
Eve (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as Grandma

The Walker
The Walker (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Natalie Van Miter

These Foolish Things
These Foolish Things (2006)
GoodWatch score 52

as Dame Lydia

Manderlay
Manderlay (2005)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mam

Birth
Birth (2004)
GoodWatch score 54

as Eleanor

The Limit
The Limit (2004)
GoodWatch score 52

as May Markham

Dogville
Dogville (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ma Ginger

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)

as Various Roles (archive footage)

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind (2000)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mado Remei

Amália Traída
Amália Traída (2000)

as TV Announcer

1990s

22 titles · average score 59
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Doris Duke (elderly)

Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Evelyn (voice)

Madeline: Lost in Paris
Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999)
GoodWatch score 67

as Madame LaCroque (voice)

The Sopranos
The Sopranos (1999)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show · as Lauren Bacall

The Venice Project
The Venice Project (1999)
GoodWatch score 62

as Countess Camilla Volta

Day and Night
Day and Night (1997)
GoodWatch score 18

as Sonia

The Mirror Has Two Faces
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
GoodWatch score 52

as Hannah Morgan

My Fellow Americans
My Fellow Americans (1996)
GoodWatch score 56

as Margaret Kramer

A Foreign Field
A Foreign Field (1993)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lisa

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' (1992)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator

All I Want For Christmas
All I Want For Christmas (1991)
GoodWatch score 35

as Lillian Brooks

Misery
Misery (1990)
GoodWatch score 81

as Marcia Sindell

1980s

7 titles · average score 50
Tree of Hands
Tree of Hands (1989)

as Marsha Archdale

Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight (1989)
GoodWatch score 55

as Carlotta Vance

Frederick Forsyth Presents
Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989)

TV show · as Beatrix

Appointment with Death
Appointment with Death (1988)
GoodWatch score 54

as Lady Westholme

Mr. North
Mr. North (1988)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mrs. Cranston

The Fan
The Fan (1981)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sally Ross

HealtH
HealtH (1980)
GoodWatch score 47

as Esther Brill

1970s

6 titles · average score 73
Perfect Gentlemen
Perfect Gentlemen (1978)

as Ms. Lizzie Martin

The Shootist
The Shootist (1976)
GoodWatch score 77

as Bond Rogers

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard

The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files (1974)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Kendall Warren

Applause
Applause (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

as Margo Channing

Great Performances
Great Performances (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Narrator / Self

1960s

7 titles · average score 64
Harper
Harper (1966)
GoodWatch score 70

as Elaine Sampson

Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sylvia Broderick

Shock Treatment
Shock Treatment (1964)
GoodWatch score 67

as Dr. Edwina Beighley

Mr. Broadway
Mr. Broadway (1964)

TV show

Marilyn
Marilyn (1963)

as archive footage

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Amanda / Barbara

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Virginia Herson

1950s

14 titles · average score 68
North West Frontier
North West Frontier (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

as Catherine Wyatt

The Gift of Love
The Gift of Love (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

as Julie Beck

Designing Woman
Designing Woman (1957)
GoodWatch score 74

as Marilla Brown Hagen

Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind (1956)
GoodWatch score 80

as Lucy Moore Hadley

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (1956)

as Elvira Condomine

Blood Alley
Blood Alley (1955)
GoodWatch score 47

as Cathy Grainger

The Cobweb
The Cobweb (1955)
GoodWatch score 61

as Meg Faversen Rinehart

The Petrified Forest
The Petrified Forest (1955)

as Gabby Maple

Producers' Showcase
Producers' Showcase (1954)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Gaby

How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
GoodWatch score 75

as Schatze Page

Young Man with a Horn
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
GoodWatch score 73

as Amy North

Bright Leaf
Bright Leaf (1950)
GoodWatch score 61

as Sonia Kovac

1940s

5 titles · average score 78
Key Largo
Key Largo (1948)
GoodWatch score 81

as Nora Temple

Dark Passage
Dark Passage (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

as Irene Jansen

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep (1946)
GoodWatch score 85

as Vivian Sternwood Rutledge

To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not (1945)
GoodWatch score 86

as Marie Browning

Confidential Agent
Confidential Agent (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

as Rose Cullen