Legendary actress Lauren Bacall received an honorary Oscar this weekend for her lifelong work in the movie industry and for her body of work in films, including
To Have and Have Not, Key Largo, and
Written on the Wind, just to name a few.
(Photo: Adriana Barraza, WENN)
Here are some photos from the Award ceremony this past weekend. It was a private, non-televised event in Hollywood (in the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theater at Hollywood and Highland).
Ms. Bacall greets producer Norman Jewison (Chris Pizzello, AP Photo)
Ms. Bacall with her daughter, Leslie Bogart (left) and son Stephen Humphrey Bogart (right). (Chris Pizzello, AP Photo)
Ms. Bacall arrives for the 2009 Governors Awards at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November 14, 2009. (Chris Pizzello, AP Photo)
Kirk Douglas salutes Ms. Bacall (Photo: Michael Yada, Getty Images)
Film legend (and 1996 Honorary Oscar recipient) Kirk Douglas took part in the ceremony. At the podium, he said Bacall's tough image belied her real nature. "She's a pussycat and she has a heart of gold," he said. He also confessed that he once tried to seduce her — "without success." (He and Bacall have been friends for more than 60 years. They also appeared together in the movie
Diamonds)
Oscar acceptance speech (Photo: Michael Yada, Getty Images)
Actress Anjelica Huston presented the Oscar to Bacall - her director father John Huston worked with Bacall and her husband, Humprey Bogart, directing them in the classic "Key Largo" (1948). Anjelica said she "defines what it means to be a great actress and also a huge movie star" and praised her "steadfastness, honesty and extraordinary beauty."
Ever feisty, the 85-year-old actress shooed away an escort who tried to help her to the podium to accept her Oscar. "I can't believe it - a man at last," quipped Bacall, as she accepted an honorary Oscar over the weekend. "The thought that when I get home I'm going to have a two-legged man in my room is so exciting."
She spoke of her late husband, "my great love" Humphrey Bogart "He gave me a life and he changed my life," she said.
Bacall made her debut opposite Bogart in 1944's "To Have and Have Not", and the captivating couple were married from 1945 until his death from cancer in 1957.
She also gushed about some of her other dashing leading men: Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck and Henry Fonda.
Lauren Bacall movie recommendations:
To Have and Have Not (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Dark Passage (1847)
Key Largo (1948)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Woman's World (1954)
Written on the Wind (1956)
Designing Woman (1957)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Shootist (1976)
The Fan (1981)
Appointment with Death (1988)
Misery (1990)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Diamonds (1999)
It has been announced that this year's Honorary Academy Awards ("Oscars") will go to 3 deserving candidates for a lifetime's achievement in film - Angela Lansbury (a 3-time nominee), costume designer Piero Tosi (a 5-time nominee), and Steve Martin a 3-time Oscar host and cinematic comedy legend for over 30 years. 
