Legendary actress Lauren Bacall dead at 89

Actress Lauren Bacall poses with her honorary Oscar following The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2009 Governors Awards, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Legendary film star Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89.

Bacall started out as a model and then broke out as a leading lady opposite Humphrey Bogart in her first film "To Have and To Have Not".

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The two had a whirlwind romance and wed in 1945. They also had a son and daughter.

They continued acting together in movies such as "The Big Sleep", "Dark Passage" and "Key Largo".

They remained married until Bogart's death in 1957.

She won a Tony Award for her performances in "Applause" and "Woman of the Year".

In 1997, the same year she received the Kennedy Center Honors, Bacall was nominated for a best supporting actress Academy Award for her role in "The Mirror Has Two Faces".

She didn't win, but was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 2010.


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