Lauren Bacall (pron.: /ˌlɔrən bəˈkɔːl/; born Betty Joan Perske, September 16, 1924, died August 12, 2014) was an American film and stage actress and model, known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks. She first emerged as leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have And Have Not (1944) and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in Bogart movies The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), as Read more on Last.fm