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Lauren Bacall:
All By Myself and then some
Created on 2005-01-05 19:58:01 (#5658551), last updated 2006-03-11
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Basic Info| Name: | betty Joan Perske |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 09-16 |
| Location: | New York, New York, United States |
BioChosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#6). [1995]
Ranked #20 in the AFI's top 25 Actress Legends.
She has a daughter and a son from her marriage to Humphrey Bogart: Leslie and Stephen.
Ranked #11 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Mother of actor Sam Robards.
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
Bacall was staying in the same New York apartment building as Beatle John Lennon when he was shot (and later died on 8th December in the Roosevelt Hospital) in 1980. When interviewed on the subject in a recent UK TV programme hosted by former model Twiggy, Bacall said she had heard the gunshot but assumed that it was a car tire bursting or a vehicle backfiring.
Was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942.
Used her mother's maiden name of Bacal, but added an extra "L" when she entered the cinema.
Hobby is collecting beer mugs.
Shortly after Bogart's death, Miss Bacall announced her engagement to Frank Sinatra to the press. Mr. Sinatra promptly backed out.
Her screen personna was totally based and modeled after Howard Hawks's wife, Slim. She even uses her name in "To Have and Have Not."
She and former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres (currently the foreign minister) are cousins. Both have the same original last name -- Perske.
Those close to her call her by her real first name, "Betty".
Still undiscovered, Bacall volunteered as a hostess at the New York chapter of the Stage Door Canteen, working Monday nights when theaters were closed.
Having lost her job as a showroom model and quit acting school for lack of funds, the teenage Bacall found work as a Broadway theater usher. George Gene Nathan voted her the prettiest usher of the 1942 season in the pages of "Esquire".
An only child.
One of the initial 'rat pack' with Bogie, Frank Sinatra, 'Swifty Lazar' and their close friends.
Won a Tony for her role as Margo Channing in the Broadway production of 'Applause', a musical based on the movie, 'All About Eve'. It was presented by Walter Matthau.
With former husband Humphrey Bogart, has a kind of vocal disorder named after her. 'Bogart-Bacall syndrome' (or BBS) is a form of muscle tension dysphonia most common in professional voice users (actors, singers, TV/radio presenters, etc) who habitually use a very low speaking pitch. BBS is more common among women than men and has been blamed on "social pressure on professional women to compete with men in the business arena".
Starred, with her husband Humphrey Bogart, on the syndicated radio program "Bold Venture" (1951-1952). Her character's name was Sailor Duval.
Measurements: 34-26-34 (her 1940 modeling card) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Her autobiography, "By Myself", won a National Book Award in 1980
Actress Kathleen Turner has often been compared to Bacall. When Turner and Bacall met, Turner reportedly introduced herself to Bacall by saying "Hi, I'm the young you."
Her marriage to Humphrey Bogart occured at the Pleasant Valley area of Richland County, Ohio home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm (now within the township of Lucas, Ohio). The home is now an Ohio State Park.
(Not real.)
Ranked #20 in the AFI's top 25 Actress Legends.
She has a daughter and a son from her marriage to Humphrey Bogart: Leslie and Stephen.
Ranked #11 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Mother of actor Sam Robards.
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1997]
Bacall was staying in the same New York apartment building as Beatle John Lennon when he was shot (and later died on 8th December in the Roosevelt Hospital) in 1980. When interviewed on the subject in a recent UK TV programme hosted by former model Twiggy, Bacall said she had heard the gunshot but assumed that it was a car tire bursting or a vehicle backfiring.
Was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942.
Used her mother's maiden name of Bacal, but added an extra "L" when she entered the cinema.
Hobby is collecting beer mugs.
Shortly after Bogart's death, Miss Bacall announced her engagement to Frank Sinatra to the press. Mr. Sinatra promptly backed out.
Her screen personna was totally based and modeled after Howard Hawks's wife, Slim. She even uses her name in "To Have and Have Not."
She and former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres (currently the foreign minister) are cousins. Both have the same original last name -- Perske.
Those close to her call her by her real first name, "Betty".
Still undiscovered, Bacall volunteered as a hostess at the New York chapter of the Stage Door Canteen, working Monday nights when theaters were closed.
Having lost her job as a showroom model and quit acting school for lack of funds, the teenage Bacall found work as a Broadway theater usher. George Gene Nathan voted her the prettiest usher of the 1942 season in the pages of "Esquire".
An only child.
One of the initial 'rat pack' with Bogie, Frank Sinatra, 'Swifty Lazar' and their close friends.
Won a Tony for her role as Margo Channing in the Broadway production of 'Applause', a musical based on the movie, 'All About Eve'. It was presented by Walter Matthau.
With former husband Humphrey Bogart, has a kind of vocal disorder named after her. 'Bogart-Bacall syndrome' (or BBS) is a form of muscle tension dysphonia most common in professional voice users (actors, singers, TV/radio presenters, etc) who habitually use a very low speaking pitch. BBS is more common among women than men and has been blamed on "social pressure on professional women to compete with men in the business arena".
Starred, with her husband Humphrey Bogart, on the syndicated radio program "Bold Venture" (1951-1952). Her character's name was Sailor Duval.
Measurements: 34-26-34 (her 1940 modeling card) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Her autobiography, "By Myself", won a National Book Award in 1980
Actress Kathleen Turner has often been compared to Bacall. When Turner and Bacall met, Turner reportedly introduced herself to Bacall by saying "Hi, I'm the young you."
Her marriage to Humphrey Bogart occured at the Pleasant Valley area of Richland County, Ohio home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm (now within the township of Lucas, Ohio). The home is now an Ohio State Park.
(Not real.)
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Schools:
American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York, NY
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