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Biography
Born:14 November 1906, Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Death:8 August 1985, Rochester, New York, USA (heart attack)
Real Name:Mary Louise Brooks
NickName:Lulu
Spouse:
Deering Davis (10 October 1933 - February 1938) (divorced)
A. Edward Sutherland (July 1926 - 20 June 1928) (divorced)
Facts:
-Mary Louise Brooks, also known by her childhood name of Brooksie, was born in the midwestern town of Cherryvale, Kansas, on November 14, 1906. She began dancing at an early age with the Denishawn Dancers and then with George White's Scandals before joining the Ziegfeld Follies, but became one of the most fascinating and alluring personalities ever to grace the silver screen.
-Her performances in A Girl in Every Port (1928) and Beggars of Life (1928), both filmed in 1928, proved to all concerned that Louise had real talent.
-She became known, mostly, for her bobbed hair style. Thousands of women were attracted to that style and adopted it as their own.
-As you will note by her photographs, she was no doubt the trend setter of the 1920s with her Buster Brown-Page Boy type hair cut, much like today's women imitate stars. Because of her dark haired look and being the beautiful woman that she was, plus being a modern female, she was not especially popular among Hollywood's clientle.
-Along with her beauty and talent she had an independent streak and refused to accept the restrictive role that women had in American society, and pretty much went her own way, which caused quite a bit of controversy.
-She just did not go along with the norms of the film society. Louise really came into her own when she left Hollywood for Europe. There she appeared in a few German productions which were very well made and continued to prove she was an actress with an enduring talent.
-Until she ended her career in film in 1938, she had made only 25 movies. After that, she spent most of her time reading and painting. She also became an accomplished writer, authoring a number of books, including her autobiography.
-Her dissatisfaction with Hollywood in general led her to quit films altogether in 1938; she was at the peak of her career, but just gave it all up.
-Her favorite actress was Margaret Sullavan.
-After retiring, went on to write many witty and intelligent essays on the film industry.
-Briefly the mistress of CBS founder William Paley, who secretly provided her with a yearly pension for the rest of her life.
-Trying to make a Hollywood comeback after working in Europe, she turned down an offer to star with James Cagney in the classic The Public Enemy (1931). The role could have revitalized her career.
-Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#44). [1995]
-After retiring from cinema in 1938, she was found working as a $40-a-week salesgirl at Saks Fifth Avenue.
-On August 8, 1985, Louise died of a heart attack in Rochester, New York. She was 78 years old
Death:8 August 1985, Rochester, New York, USA (heart attack)
Real Name:Mary Louise Brooks
NickName:Lulu
Spouse:
Deering Davis (10 October 1933 - February 1938) (divorced)
A. Edward Sutherland (July 1926 - 20 June 1928) (divorced)
Facts:
-Mary Louise Brooks, also known by her childhood name of Brooksie, was born in the midwestern town of Cherryvale, Kansas, on November 14, 1906. She began dancing at an early age with the Denishawn Dancers and then with George White's Scandals before joining the Ziegfeld Follies, but became one of the most fascinating and alluring personalities ever to grace the silver screen.
-Her performances in A Girl in Every Port (1928) and Beggars of Life (1928), both filmed in 1928, proved to all concerned that Louise had real talent.
-She became known, mostly, for her bobbed hair style. Thousands of women were attracted to that style and adopted it as their own.
-As you will note by her photographs, she was no doubt the trend setter of the 1920s with her Buster Brown-Page Boy type hair cut, much like today's women imitate stars. Because of her dark haired look and being the beautiful woman that she was, plus being a modern female, she was not especially popular among Hollywood's clientle.
-Along with her beauty and talent she had an independent streak and refused to accept the restrictive role that women had in American society, and pretty much went her own way, which caused quite a bit of controversy.
-She just did not go along with the norms of the film society. Louise really came into her own when she left Hollywood for Europe. There she appeared in a few German productions which were very well made and continued to prove she was an actress with an enduring talent.
-Until she ended her career in film in 1938, she had made only 25 movies. After that, she spent most of her time reading and painting. She also became an accomplished writer, authoring a number of books, including her autobiography.
-Her dissatisfaction with Hollywood in general led her to quit films altogether in 1938; she was at the peak of her career, but just gave it all up.
-Her favorite actress was Margaret Sullavan.
-After retiring, went on to write many witty and intelligent essays on the film industry.
-Briefly the mistress of CBS founder William Paley, who secretly provided her with a yearly pension for the rest of her life.
-Trying to make a Hollywood comeback after working in Europe, she turned down an offer to star with James Cagney in the classic The Public Enemy (1931). The role could have revitalized her career.
-Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#44). [1995]
-After retiring from cinema in 1938, she was found working as a $40-a-week salesgirl at Saks Fifth Avenue.
-On August 8, 1985, Louise died of a heart attack in Rochester, New York. She was 78 years old
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Filmography
Overland Stage Raiders (1938) .... Beth Hoyt
King of Gamblers (1937) (scenes deleted) .... Joyce Beaton
Empty Saddles (1936) .... 'Boots' Boone
Hollywood Boulevard (1936) (scenes deleted) .... Undetermined Role
Who's Who in the Zoo (1931)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931) .... Betty Grey
God's Gift to Women (1931) .... Florine
It Pays to Advertise (1931) .... Thelma Temple
Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930) .... Lucienne Garnier
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929) .... Thymiane
The Canary Murder Case (1929) .... Margaret Odell (the Canary)
Die Büchse der Pandora (1929) .... Lulu
Beggars of Life (1928) .... The Girl (Nancy)
A Girl in Every Port (1928) .... Marie, Girl in France
The City Gone Wild (1927) .... Snuggles Joy
Now We're in the Air (1927) .... Griselle/Grisette
Rolled Stockings (1927) .... Carol Fleming
Evening Clothes (1927) .... Fox Trot
Just Another Blonde (1926) .... Diana O'Sullivan
The Show Off (1926) .... Clara, Joe's Girl
It's the Old Army Game (1926) .... Mildred Marshall
A Social Celebrity (1926) .... Kitty Laverne
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926) .... Janie Walsh
The American Venus (1926) .... Miss Bayport
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925) (uncredited) .... A moll
King of Gamblers (1937) (scenes deleted) .... Joyce Beaton
Empty Saddles (1936) .... 'Boots' Boone
Hollywood Boulevard (1936) (scenes deleted) .... Undetermined Role
Who's Who in the Zoo (1931)
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood (1931) .... Betty Grey
God's Gift to Women (1931) .... Florine
It Pays to Advertise (1931) .... Thelma Temple
Prix de beauté (Miss Europe) (1930) .... Lucienne Garnier
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (1929) .... Thymiane
The Canary Murder Case (1929) .... Margaret Odell (the Canary)
Die Büchse der Pandora (1929) .... Lulu
Beggars of Life (1928) .... The Girl (Nancy)
A Girl in Every Port (1928) .... Marie, Girl in France
The City Gone Wild (1927) .... Snuggles Joy
Now We're in the Air (1927) .... Griselle/Grisette
Rolled Stockings (1927) .... Carol Fleming
Evening Clothes (1927) .... Fox Trot
Just Another Blonde (1926) .... Diana O'Sullivan
The Show Off (1926) .... Clara, Joe's Girl
It's the Old Army Game (1926) .... Mildred Marshall
A Social Celebrity (1926) .... Kitty Laverne
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926) .... Janie Walsh
The American Venus (1926) .... Miss Bayport
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925) (uncredited) .... A moll
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Biography
Born:16 September 1924, New York City, New York, USA
Real Name:Betty Joan Perske
Nickname: he Look
Spouse
Jason Robards (4 July 1961 - 10 September 1969) (divorced) 1 child
Humphrey Bogart (21 May 1945 - 14 January 1957) (his death) 2 children
Facts:
-Her parents were middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five.
-When she was a school girl, Lauren originally wanted to be a dancer, but later, she became enthralled with acting, so she switched gears to head into that field. She had studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York after high school, which enabled her to get her feet wet in some off-Broadway productions
-Once out of school, Lauren entered modeling and, because of her beauty, appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, one of the most popular magazines in the US. The wife of famed director Howard Hawks spotted the picture in the publication and arranged with her husband to have Lauren take a screen test. As a result, which was entirely positive, she was given the part of Marie Browning in To Have and Have Not (1944), a thriller opposite the great Humphrey Bogart, when she was just 19 years old. This not only set the tone for a fabulous career but also one of Hollywood's greatest love stories (she married Bogart in 1945). It was also the first of several Bogie-Bacall films.
-When Howard Hawks discovered her, he gave her the choice to work with either Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. Bacall was very tempted to work with Grant, but Hawks ended up casting her with Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944), and one of Hollywood's greatest romances was started.
-After 1945's Confidential Agent (1945), Lauren received second billing in The Big Sleep (1946) with Bogart. The mystery, in the role of Vivian Sternwood Rutledge, was a resounding success.
-In 1947, again with her husband, Lauren starred in the thriller Dark Passage (1947). The film kept movie patrons on the edge of their seats. The following year, she starred with Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lionel Barrymore in Key Largo (1948). The crime drama was even more of a nail biter than her previous film.
-In 1953, Lauren appeared in her first comedy as Schatze Page in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). The film, with co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, was a smash hit all across the theaters of America.
-After filming Designing Woman (1957), which was released in 1957, Humphrey Bogart died on January 14 from throat cancer. Devastated at being a widow, Lauren returned to the silver screen with The Gift of Love (1958) in 1958 opposite Robert Stack. The production turned out to be a big disappointment. Undaunted, Lauren moved back to New York City and appeared in several Broadway plays to huge critical acclaim.
-Shortly after Humphrey Bogart's death, she announced her engagement to Frank Sinatra to the press. Sinatra promptly backed out.
-Her marriage to Humphrey Bogart occured at the Pleasant Valley area of Richland County, Ohio home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm (now within the township of Lucas, Ohio). The home is now an Ohio State Park.
-Lauren was away from the big screen for five years, but she returned in 1964 to appear in Shock Treatment (1964) and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). The latter film was a comedy starring Henry Fonda and Tony Curtis. In 1966, Lauren starred in Harper (1966) with Paul Newman and Julie Harris, which was one of former's signature films. Alternating her time between films and the stage, Lauren returned in 1974's Murder on the Orient Express (1974). The film, based on Agatha Christie's best-selling book was a huge hit. It also garnered Ingrid Bergman her third Oscar.
-In 1981, Lauren played an actress being stalked by a crazed admirer in The Fan (1981). The thriller was absolutely fascinating with Lauren in the lead role. After that production, Lauren was away from films again, this time for seven years. In the interim, she again appeared on the stages of Broadway.
-When she returned, it was for the filming of 1988's Mr. North (1988). After Misery (1990), in 1990, and several made for television films, Lauren appeared in 1996's My Fellow Americans (1996). It was a wonderful comedy romp with Jack Lemmon and James Garner as two ex-presidents and their escapades.
-A well respected actress for the past sixty years, she has only been nominated once for an Academy Award. She was 73 when nominated for The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
-At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, she put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line she says to him in their first film together "To Have And Have Not": "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow.".
Real Name:Betty Joan Perske
Nickname: he Look
Spouse
Jason Robards (4 July 1961 - 10 September 1969) (divorced) 1 child
Humphrey Bogart (21 May 1945 - 14 January 1957) (his death) 2 children
Facts:
-Her parents were middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five.
-When she was a school girl, Lauren originally wanted to be a dancer, but later, she became enthralled with acting, so she switched gears to head into that field. She had studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York after high school, which enabled her to get her feet wet in some off-Broadway productions
-Once out of school, Lauren entered modeling and, because of her beauty, appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar, one of the most popular magazines in the US. The wife of famed director Howard Hawks spotted the picture in the publication and arranged with her husband to have Lauren take a screen test. As a result, which was entirely positive, she was given the part of Marie Browning in To Have and Have Not (1944), a thriller opposite the great Humphrey Bogart, when she was just 19 years old. This not only set the tone for a fabulous career but also one of Hollywood's greatest love stories (she married Bogart in 1945). It was also the first of several Bogie-Bacall films.
-When Howard Hawks discovered her, he gave her the choice to work with either Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. Bacall was very tempted to work with Grant, but Hawks ended up casting her with Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944), and one of Hollywood's greatest romances was started.
-After 1945's Confidential Agent (1945), Lauren received second billing in The Big Sleep (1946) with Bogart. The mystery, in the role of Vivian Sternwood Rutledge, was a resounding success.
-In 1947, again with her husband, Lauren starred in the thriller Dark Passage (1947). The film kept movie patrons on the edge of their seats. The following year, she starred with Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lionel Barrymore in Key Largo (1948). The crime drama was even more of a nail biter than her previous film.
-In 1953, Lauren appeared in her first comedy as Schatze Page in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953). The film, with co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, was a smash hit all across the theaters of America.
-After filming Designing Woman (1957), which was released in 1957, Humphrey Bogart died on January 14 from throat cancer. Devastated at being a widow, Lauren returned to the silver screen with The Gift of Love (1958) in 1958 opposite Robert Stack. The production turned out to be a big disappointment. Undaunted, Lauren moved back to New York City and appeared in several Broadway plays to huge critical acclaim.
-Shortly after Humphrey Bogart's death, she announced her engagement to Frank Sinatra to the press. Sinatra promptly backed out.
-Her marriage to Humphrey Bogart occured at the Pleasant Valley area of Richland County, Ohio home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm (now within the township of Lucas, Ohio). The home is now an Ohio State Park.
-Lauren was away from the big screen for five years, but she returned in 1964 to appear in Shock Treatment (1964) and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). The latter film was a comedy starring Henry Fonda and Tony Curtis. In 1966, Lauren starred in Harper (1966) with Paul Newman and Julie Harris, which was one of former's signature films. Alternating her time between films and the stage, Lauren returned in 1974's Murder on the Orient Express (1974). The film, based on Agatha Christie's best-selling book was a huge hit. It also garnered Ingrid Bergman her third Oscar.
-In 1981, Lauren played an actress being stalked by a crazed admirer in The Fan (1981). The thriller was absolutely fascinating with Lauren in the lead role. After that production, Lauren was away from films again, this time for seven years. In the interim, she again appeared on the stages of Broadway.
-When she returned, it was for the filming of 1988's Mr. North (1988). After Misery (1990), in 1990, and several made for television films, Lauren appeared in 1996's My Fellow Americans (1996). It was a wonderful comedy romp with Jack Lemmon and James Garner as two ex-presidents and their escapades.
-A well respected actress for the past sixty years, she has only been nominated once for an Academy Award. She was 73 when nominated for The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
-At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, she put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line she says to him in their first film together "To Have And Have Not": "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow.".
Media
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Big Sleep trailer
Key largo trailer
L.Bacall Singing
Classic scene of Bacall and Bogart
Big Sleep trailer
Key largo trailer
L.Bacall Singing
Classic scene of Bacall and Bogart
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Filmography
Carmel (2010) (filming)
Wide Blue Yonder (2009) (post-production) .... May
Eve (2008/IV) .... Grandma
The Walker (2007) .... Natalie Van Miter
These Foolish Things (2006) .... Dame Lydia
Manderlay (2005) .... Mam
Birth (2004) .... Eleanor
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) (voice: English version) .... Witch of the Waste
Amália Traïda (2004) .... TV Announcer
Dogville (2003) .... Ma Ginger
The Limit (2003) .... May Markham
Presence of Mind (1999) .... Mado Remei
The Venice Project (1999) .... Countess Camilla Volta
Diamonds (1999) .... Sin-Dee
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999) (TV) .... Doris Duke (elderly)
Jour et la nuit, Le (1997) .... Sonia
My Fellow Americans (1996) .... Margaret Kramer
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) .... Hannah Morgan
Prêt-à-Porter (1994) .... Slim Chrysler
A Foreign Field (1993) .... Lisa
The Portrait (1993) (TV) .... Fanny Church
All I Want for Christmas (1991) .... Lillian Brooks
A Star for Two (1991)
Misery (1990) .... Marcia Sindell
A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990) (TV) .... Beatrix Coltrane
Dinner at Eight (1989) (TV) .... Carlotta Vance
Tree of Hands (1989) .... Marsha Archdale
Mr. North (1988) .... Mrs. Cranston
Appointment with Death (1988) .... Lady Westholme
The Fan (1981) .... Sally Ross
HealtH (1980) .... Esther Brill
Perfect Gentlemen (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Lizzie Martin
The Shootist (1976) .... Bond Rogers
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard
Applause (1973) (TV) .... Margo Channing
Harper (1966) .... Elaine Sampson
Sex and the Single Girl (1964) .... Sylvia Broderick
Shock Treatment (1964) .... Dr. Edwina Beighley
North West Frontier (1959) .... Catherine Wyatt
The Gift of Love (1958) .... Julie Beck
Designing Woman (1957) .... Marilla Brown Hagen
Written on the Wind (1956) .... Lucy Moore Hadley
Blithe Spirit (1956) (TV) .... Elvira Condomine
Blood Alley (1955) .... Cathy Grainger
The Cobweb (1955) .... Meg Faversen Rinehart
Woman's World (1954/I) .... Elizabeth Burns
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) .... Schatze Page
Bright Leaf (1950) .... Sonia Kovac
Young Man with a Horn (1950) .... Amy North
Key Largo (1948) .... Nora Temple
Dark Passage (1947) .... Irene Jansen
The Big Sleep (1946) .... Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
Confidential Agent (1945) .... Rose Cullen
To Have and Have Not (1944) .... Marie 'Slim' Browning
Wide Blue Yonder (2009) (post-production) .... May
Eve (2008/IV) .... Grandma
The Walker (2007) .... Natalie Van Miter
These Foolish Things (2006) .... Dame Lydia
Manderlay (2005) .... Mam
Birth (2004) .... Eleanor
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) (voice: English version) .... Witch of the Waste
Amália Traïda (2004) .... TV Announcer
Dogville (2003) .... Ma Ginger
The Limit (2003) .... May Markham
Presence of Mind (1999) .... Mado Remei
The Venice Project (1999) .... Countess Camilla Volta
Diamonds (1999) .... Sin-Dee
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999) (TV) .... Doris Duke (elderly)
Jour et la nuit, Le (1997) .... Sonia
My Fellow Americans (1996) .... Margaret Kramer
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) .... Hannah Morgan
Prêt-à-Porter (1994) .... Slim Chrysler
A Foreign Field (1993) .... Lisa
The Portrait (1993) (TV) .... Fanny Church
All I Want for Christmas (1991) .... Lillian Brooks
A Star for Two (1991)
Misery (1990) .... Marcia Sindell
A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990) (TV) .... Beatrix Coltrane
Dinner at Eight (1989) (TV) .... Carlotta Vance
Tree of Hands (1989) .... Marsha Archdale
Mr. North (1988) .... Mrs. Cranston
Appointment with Death (1988) .... Lady Westholme
The Fan (1981) .... Sally Ross
HealtH (1980) .... Esther Brill
Perfect Gentlemen (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Lizzie Martin
The Shootist (1976) .... Bond Rogers
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard
Applause (1973) (TV) .... Margo Channing
Harper (1966) .... Elaine Sampson
Sex and the Single Girl (1964) .... Sylvia Broderick
Shock Treatment (1964) .... Dr. Edwina Beighley
North West Frontier (1959) .... Catherine Wyatt
The Gift of Love (1958) .... Julie Beck
Designing Woman (1957) .... Marilla Brown Hagen
Written on the Wind (1956) .... Lucy Moore Hadley
Blithe Spirit (1956) (TV) .... Elvira Condomine
Blood Alley (1955) .... Cathy Grainger
The Cobweb (1955) .... Meg Faversen Rinehart
Woman's World (1954/I) .... Elizabeth Burns
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) .... Schatze Page
Bright Leaf (1950) .... Sonia Kovac
Young Man with a Horn (1950) .... Amy North
Key Largo (1948) .... Nora Temple
Dark Passage (1947) .... Irene Jansen
The Big Sleep (1946) .... Vivian Sternwood Rutledge
Confidential Agent (1945) .... Rose Cullen
To Have and Have Not (1944) .... Marie 'Slim' Browning
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