Lauren Bacall

The top 25 most compelling Hollywood autobiographies – ranked!

Inspiring, addictive and occasionally gasp-worthy – to mark the publication of Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing, we arrange the best Tinseltown memoirs in order of excellence

Peter Bradshaw

02, Apr, 2020 @2:03 PM

From the archive: When Melvyn Bragg met Lauren Bacall

The broadcaster is charmed by one of Hollywood’s icons as she arrives in Plymouth to do Tennessee Williams

Chris Hall

14, Jul, 2019 @5:00 AM

Hubert de Givenchy obituary

Couturier to Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy

Veronica Horwell

12, Mar, 2018 @5:44 PM

How we made the original Murder on the Orient Express

‘I don’t think the cast of the new film have the same horsepower we had’

Interviews by Cath Clarke

13, Nov, 2017 @3:40 PM

When Kit met Rose: why we love it when Cupid’s arrow flies out of the screen | David Barnett

From Bogart and Bacall to actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, there are few things that intrigue us more, says freelance writer and author David Barnett

David Barnett

28, Sep, 2017 @11:28 AM

Desert Island Discs: 75 defining moments from 75 years of castaways

The show’s first guest was marooned three quarters of a century ago this month. Here are the moments that made Desert Island Discs a radio classic

Stephen Moss

06, Jan, 2017 @3:56 PM

The day Lauren Bacall admired my tights

A golden opportunity to chat with a star of the silver screen… But sadly Rebecca Chance completely fluffed it

Rebecca Chance

11, Sep, 2016 @5:00 AM

The 10 best Oscars snubs

Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, we look at the most infamous Oscars oversights

Guy Lodge

26, Feb, 2016 @12:00 PM

Lauren Bacall's belongings sell for $3.6m at auction that attracted global interest

Contents of legendary film star’s New York apartment, including a cheese slicer, are sold at auction for more than their estimate

Lauren Gambino in New York

02, Apr, 2015 @3:14 PM

Lauren Bacall honoured in Oscars ceremony

The Academy pays tribute to star of The Big Sleep, The Mirror Has Two Faces and Dogville

Benjamin Lee

23, Feb, 2015 @3:36 AM

Baftas pay tribute to Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall

The legacy of the stars and film-makers who died in 2014, who also include Richard Attenborough and Mike Nichols, has been recognised in a video tribute at this year’s British Academy film awards

Guardian film

08, Feb, 2015 @10:22 PM

Starry, starry night: Oscar winners on Hollywood’s biggest prize

Susan Sarandon thinks it’s the luck of the draw, Juliette Binoche tussled with Lauren Bacall, and someone stood on Ben Kingsley’s head: 14 Oscar winners reveal what really goes on at the Academy Awards

Interviews by Abigail Radnor, Rosie Ifould, Simon Hattenstone and Hadley Freeman; portraits by Pål Hansen, Chris Buck, Roberto Frankenberg, Reed Young and John Lee; produced by Troy Griggs and Daan Louter

07, Feb, 2015 @8:00 AM