Lauren Bacall Net Worth

#Fact1Was physically healthy and physically active until her death at age 89.2Was close friends with actress Siobhan Fallon Hogan, right up to Lauren's death.3Acting mentor and friends with Alfre Woodard.4She quit smoking cigarettes in the mid-1980s.5Following her death, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.6Lauren Bacall passed away on August 12, 2014, at age 89. This was just one month before her longtime friend, Joan Rivers, passed away.7Lauren Bacall passed away on August 12, 2014, at age 89, and within seven months of four other television legends, either born in 1924 or 1925, aged 89: Martha Hyer, Russell Johnson, Mary Grace Canfield and Elaine Stritch, and just twenty-four days after her close friend James Garner, born 1928.8Lauren Bacall passed away on August 12, 2014, a month away from what would have been her 90th birthday on September 16.9Inspired by seeing Bette Davis in films, she enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where she went out with Kirk Douglas, who was there on a scholarship. As girls were not accepted for scholarships, she was forced to leave after a year and got a job modeling swim wear then gowns while in the evenings she worked as an usherette.10Lauren Bacall passed away on August 12, 2014, at age 89. A month before her death, her lifelong best friend, James Garner, passed away.11She was educated through the expense of wealthy uncles at Highland Manor, a private boarding school in Tarrytown, New York and Julia Richman High School in Manhattan.12Her father was a medical instrument salesman and her mother was a secretary.13When she was age 6, her parents divorced and her mother adopted the surname Bacal. Lauren added an L to it to avoid her name rhyming with crackle.14She originally wanted and intended to be a dancer having attended ballet classes since infancy but in adolescence was drawn to acting.15Gave birth to her third child at age 37, a son Sam Robards on December 16, 1961. Child's father was her second [now ex] husband, Jason Robards.16Gave birth to her second child at age 27, a daughter Leslie Bogart on August 23, 1952. Child's father was her first husband, Humphrey Bogart.17Gave birth to her first child at age 24, a son Stephen H. Bogart on January 6, 1949. Child's father was her first husband, Humphrey Bogart.18She was the only Academy Award winner to have been married to two other winners (Humphrey Bogart, Jason Robards).19Along with Veronica Lake, Julie London and Rita Hayworth, she was one of four inspirations that helped compose the character Jessica Rabbit.20According to her autobiography, "By Myself and Then Some", Bacall lost her virginity to future husband Humphrey Bogart at age 19 when they began an affair in February 1944.21Delivered all three of her children (Stephen H. Bogart, Leslie Bogart and Sam Robards) naturally.22Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her daughter Leslie Bogart in order to begin filming How to Marry a Millionaire (1953).23Was the second name entered on IMDB, just after Fred Astaire (nm0000001) and just before Brigitte Bardot (nm0000003).24Was referenced in the stage and movie versions of the musical "Evita" in the song, "Rainbow High": "I'm their Savior! That's what they call me, so Lauren Bacall me. Anything goes!".25According to her son Stephen, she was good friends with actress Maureen O'Hara.26Although she and her husband, Humphrey Bogart, initially protested the House Un-American Activities Committee, they both eventually succumbed to pressure and distanced themselves from the Hollywood Ten in a March 1948 Photoplay Magazine article penned by Bogart titled "I'm no communist.".27One of the auditoriums in Tuckwood cineplex in Belgrade, Serbia bears her name.28Humphrey Bogart campaigned for her to star alongside him as Laurel Gray in In a Lonely Place (1950), but the role was, instead, given to Gloria Grahame.29She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on January 10, 1997.30She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.31Campaigned for Harry S. Truman in the 1948 presidential election.32At 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 (1944): "You know how to whistle, don't you? You just put your lips together and blow.".33She was close friends with Dirk Bogarde. Bacall had visited him at his home in London the day before he died in May 1999.34When Howard Hawks discovered her, he gave her the choice to work with either Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. Bacall was very tempted to work with Grant, but Hawks ended up casting her with Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944), and one of Hollywood's greatest romances was started.35According to her autobiography, "By Myself and Then Some", she was always very self-conscious about the size of her feet, which she describes as big even for a woman of her exceptional height.36She was dismissed by Howard Hawks because she had a high nasal voice, but she spent two weeks developing her voice and, when she came back to visit Hawks two weeks later, she had a deep husky voice.37She was 17 when she met and became close friends with Gregory Peck. She was an usherette at the time. They remained close until his death.38In Italy, she was dubbed by Clelia Bernacchi at the beginning of her career, then in most cases by Lidia Simoneschi. Franca Dominici, Renata Marini and Anna Miserocchi also lent their voice to Bacall at some point.39She made two movies with John Wayne, Blood Alley (1955) and The Shootist (1976). In the earlier film, during production, Bacall's husband at the time, Humphrey Bogart, was dying of throat cancer. When she made the latter film with Wayne, he had lost a lung to cancer twelve years earlier, which mirrored the fate of his character in the story.40Daughter Leslie Bogart is childhood friends with Lorna Luft.41Son Sam Robards was born December 16, 1961 with second husband Jason Robards. Bacall's longtime friend Katharine Hepburn, was his godmother.42Daughter Leslie Bogart was born on August 23, 1952. She was named after actor Leslie Howard, who helped Humphrey Bogart get his breakthrough role in the play, The Petrified Forest (1936).43Son Stephen H. Bogart was born on January 6, 1949. He was named after father Humphrey Bogart's character from To Have and Have Not (1944).44Lauren's father, William Perske, was born in New Jersey, to Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. Lauren's mother, Natalie Weinstein-Bacal, was a Romanian Jewish immigrant.45A well respected actress for the past sixty years, she had only been nominated once for an Academy Award. She was 73 when she was nominated for The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).46Was mentioned along with late husband Humphrey Bogart in the 1981 song "Key Largo" ("We had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall").47Her appearance on a cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine at 18 years of age led to her first film role; she was spotted by the wife of director Howard Hawks, who gave her a screen test and cast her in To Have and Have Not (1944). The role was actually based on and named for Hawks' wife at that time, Nancy Gross "Slim" Hawks. She repeated this "tribute" in Ready to Wear (1994), produced just a short time after "Slim" Hawks (name at the time of death: Nancy "Slim" Keith, Lady Keith) died, playing a character named Slim Chrysler, and released to theaters fifty years after the premier of To Have and Have Not (1944).48From 2009 until her death in August 2014, she was the only surviving legend mentioned in a popular phrase from Madonna's 1990 #1 hit song "Vogue". Other legends mentioned: Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Grace Kelly, Jean Harlow, Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and Bette Davis, who all died before the release of the song. Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Joe DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn and Lana Turner all died in following years.49Had won two Tony Awards as Best Actress (Musical): in 1970, for her role as Margo Channing in "Applause", a musical based on the movie, All About Eve (1950); and in 1981, for "Woman of the Year", also based on a movie of the same name, Woman of the Year (1942). Her Tony for "Applause" was presented by Walter Matthau.50Was good friends with: Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Julie London, Eve Arden, Virginia Mayo, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Boyer, Dorothy Malone, Mickey Rooney, Gregory Peck, Dirk Bogarde, Marilyn Monroe, Maureen O'Hara, Joan Rivers, Kirk Douglas, Edward Platt, Robert Stack, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Katharine Hepburn, Maggie Smith, James Garner, Elizabeth Taylor, Anjelica Huston, Carol Channing, Carol Burnett, Dick Cavett, Doris Day, Jason Robards, June Allyson, Tammy Grimes, Dan Seymour, Ingrid Bergman and Spencer Tracy.51Her marriage to Humphrey Bogart occurred at the Pleasant Valley area of Richland County, Ohio home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm (4 miles southeast of Lucas within Monroe Township). The home is now an Ohio State Park.52Actress Kathleen Turner had often been compared to Bacall. When Turner and Bacall met, Turner reportedly introduced herself to Bacall by saying "Hi, I'm the young you.".53Her autobiography, "By Myself", won a National Book Award in 1980.54Had starred, with her husband Humphrey Bogart, on the syndicated radio program "Bold Venture" (1951-52). Her character's name was Sailor Duval.55With late husband Humphrey Bogart, had 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, television/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".56Won a Tony Award for her role as Margo Channing in the Broadway production of "Applause", a musical based on the movie, All About Eve (1950). It was presented by Walter Matthau.57Is one of the initial "Rat Pack" with Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Irving Paul Lazar (aka "Swifty" Lazar) and their close friends.58She was an only child of William Perske and Natalie Weinstein-Bacal.59Having 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 Jean Nathan voted her the prettiest usher of the 1942 season in the pages of "Esquire".60Still undiscovered, Bacall volunteered as a hostess at the New York chapter of the Stage Door Canteen, working Monday nights when theaters were closed.61Those close to her called her by her real first name, "Betty".62She and former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres were relatives. Both had the same original last name - Perske. However, the two were not first cousins as has been commonly reported, and in a 2014 interview shortly after Bacall's death, Peres stated that he was unsure of their exact connection.63Her screen persona was totally based and modeled after Howard Hawks's wife, Slim. She even uses her name in To Have and Have Not (1944).64Shortly after Humphrey Bogart's death, she announced her engagement to Frank Sinatra to the press. Sinatra promptly backed out.65Used her mother's maiden name of Bacal, but added an extra "L" when she entered the cinema.66Was crowned "Miss Greenwich Village" in 1942.67Bacall lived in the same New York apartment building (The Dakota) as Beatle John Lennon when he was shot and later died on December 8, 1980. When interviewed on the subject in a recent British television program 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.68Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1997).69Mother of actor Sam Robards, Stephen H. Bogart and Leslie Bogart.70Ranked #11 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]71Ranked #20 in the AFI's top 25 Actress Legends.72Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#6) (1995).

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