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Category 51+, TALENT SEMI - FINAL ROUND 2: Lauren Bacall vs. Meryl Streep

Lauren by Layla90

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Her performance is acknowledged as one of the most powerful on-screen debuts in film history. After To Have and Have Not, Bacall was seen in the critically panned Confidential Agent (1945). She then appeared in the film noir The Big Sleep (1946), the thriller Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948). She was cast in Bright Leaf (1950).

For her leads in a string of films she received favorable reviews. Young Man with a Horn (1950) is often considered the first big-budget jazz film. Bacall starred in How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953, a runaway hit. Bacall got positive notices for her turn as the witty gold-digger, Schatze Page.

Written on the Wind, directed by Douglas Sirk in 1956, is now considered a classic tear-jerker. Bacall starred in the 1957 slapstick comedy Designing Woman for rave reviews. Bacall's movie career waned in the 1960s, and she was only seen in a handful of films. But on Broadway she starred in Goodbye, Charlie (1959), Cactus Flower (1965), Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). She won Tony Awards for her performances in the latter two. The few movies Bacall shot during this period were all-star vehicles such as Sex and the Single Girl (1964), Harper (1966), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974).

For her work in the Chicago theatre, she won the Sarah Siddons Award in 1972 and again in 1984. In 1976, Bacall co-starred with John Wayne in his last picture, The Shootist. They had previously been cast together in 1955's Blood Alley. During the 1980's, Bacall appeared in the poorly received star vehicle The Fan (1981) as well as Health (1980) and Appointment with Death (1988). In 1997, Bacall was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), for which she had already won a Golden Globe.

She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997. In 1999, she was voted one of the 25 most significant female movie stars in history by the American Film Institute. Since then, her movie career has seen a new renaissance and she has attracted respectful notices for her performances in high-profile projects such as Dogville (2003), The Limit (2003), and Birth (2004). She is one of the leading actors in 2007 The Walker.

In March 2006, she was seen at the 78th Annual Academy Awards introducing a film montage dedicated to the film noir genre. She also made a cameo appearance on The Sopranos in April 2006. In September 2006, Bacall was awarded the first Katharine Hepburn Medal, which recognizes "women whose lives, work and contributions embody the intelligence, drive and independence of the four-time-Oscar-winning actress", by Bryn Mawr College's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.

2008 Wide Blue Yonder

(wikipedia)

Meryl bu Prettyphile

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Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress , Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 14 times, and has won it twice.

Won 2 Oscars. Another 63 wins & 68 nominations

Kramer vs. Kramer

Sophie's Choice

Out of Africa

Postcards from the Edge

Death Becomes Her

The Bridges of Madison County

Artificial Intelligence: AI

Adaptation.

The Hours

Ironweed

The River Wild

The Manchurian Candidate

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Devil Wears Prada

(prettyphile)

WHICH ONE IS MORE TALENTED?

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