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Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in the Bronx, New York City, the only child of Natalie (née Weinstein-Bacal; 1901–1969), a secretary who later legally changed her surname to Bacal, and William Perske (1889–1982), who worked in sales. Both of her parents were Jewish.Her mother emigrated from Iași, Romania through Ellis Island.Her father was born in New Jersey to parents who were born in Valozhyn, a predominantly Jewish community in present-day Belarus ...
Lauren Bacall. Actress: To Have and Have Not. Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five...
Publicity photo, March 1945. American actress Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) had an extensive career in films, television shows, and plays. She was one of the leading ladies during the Golden Age of Hollywood along with actresses such as Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth. Bacall started her career as a teenage fashion model when she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar and was discovered by Howard Hawks' wife Nancy. As she naturally had a high-pitched and nasal voice, she received lessons to ...
Lauren Bacall. Actress: To Have and Have Not. Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. She was the daughter of Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and William Perske, who was born in New Jersey, to Polish Jewish parents. Her family was middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five...
May 27, 2024 · Lauren Bacall, American actress known for her portrayals of provocative women who hid their soft core beneath a layer of hard-edged pragmatism. With Humphrey Bogart, she made such notable movies as To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. Learn more about Bacall’s life and career.
Aug 13, 2014 · Lauren Bacall, the actress whose provocative glamour elevated her to stardom in Hollywood’s golden age and whose lasting mystique put her on a plateau in American culture that few stars reach ...
Aug 13, 2014 · US film and stage actress Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89. Her Hollywood career spanned seven decades, with a memorable debut aged 19 opposite her future husband, Humphrey Bogart, in To ...
Aug 15, 2014 · Lauren Bacall died Tuesday in New York at the age of 89. In 1994, she talked with Fresh Air about her early career, working with Marilyn Monroe and her intense love affair with Humphrey Bogart.
Aug 13, 2014 · Lauren Bacall smouldered on our cinema screens portraying a new type of femme fatale - independent, intelligent yet still erotic. She became one of the most famous actresses in post-war cinema ...
Lauren Bacall became a movie star the moment she taught Humphrey Bogart how to whistle (“You just put your lips together and blow”) in “To Have and Have Not” (1944), her first film role at age 20. Their real-life love story made headlines around the world and marriage did nothing to diminish the duo’s on-screen chemistry in subsequent pairings such as “The Big Sleep,” “Dark Passage” and “Key Largo.” Despite a selective approach to scripts and a greater commitment to her ...
