Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in New York City. Her parents were middle-class, with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five. When she was a school girl, Lauren originally wanted to be a dancer, but later, she became enthralled with acting...See full bio »
1973Applause
(TV movie)
(performer: "But Alive", "Who's That Girl?", "Hurry Back", "Fasten Your Seat Belts", "Welcome to the Theatre", "One of a Kind", "Something Greater", "Finale")
I never believed marriage was a lasting institution . . . I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.
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Trivia:
At the funeral for her husband, Humphrey Bogart, she put a whistle in his coffin. It was a reference to the famous line she says to him in their first film together
To Have and Have Not: "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow.".
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