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One of the last Hollywood legends Lauren Bacall dies aged 89
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Humphrey Bogarts widow and golden era actress Lauren Bacall has sadly died aged 89 reportedly from a stroke at home in New York.
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Very sad, and just a month before her 90th birthday.
I am so glad that I saw her on stage in Applause, which Classic Movie Buff's will know, was the musical version of All About Eve, in which she played Margo Channing.
RIP Lauren, and to quote one of the numbers from Applause, "You were one of a kind!"
Rhonda Fleming starred in the 1953 3D movie "Inferno" which was released on 3D Blu-ray on Aug. 10 to coincide with her birthday.
What a broad the late Ms Bacall was in every sense going by all the tributes!It does seem to be one of those years were were losing a lot of the old names.:(
For me Ms Bacall was so iconic that this is a significant watershed.
Ps Luise Rainer is 104!
Great onscreen chemistry ,if not arguably the best onscreen chemistry for any hollywood pairing of that era.
RIP.
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together—and blow."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF_chuSy9G4
She will be missed.
Great little obituary in The Guardian.
RIP Lauren
At least she is with Humphrey.
Thank You
Thanks:)
I meant to bump this thread on the 16th of September as Lauren would have turned 90:(
A complete one off and quite the antidote to the safe homogenisation/sameness that seems on the increase in todays Hollywood which by reckoning has less actors/actresses etc who are real characters or "originals".
How true, all of the stars of the Golden Age were totally individuals, there was no one quite like them.
These days I can't tell one from the other, and I am not even tempted to go to the cinema to watch them.
Wasn't she supposed to be quite rude?
She could be, I have told this story before, but you may not have seen it.
I waited with some others outside the stage door of a Shaftesbury Avenue theatre in 1972 where Deborah Ker was starring in George Bernard Shaw's "Candida."
Lauren Bacall who was over here starring in "Applause" at Her Majesty's Theatre was the first to emerge from the stage door, where she had been visiting Deborah. I had heard of her reputation so I didn't approach her. A couple of others asked for her autograph and she snapped, "No, come and see my show!" I was tempted to say to her, "some of us have seen your effing show!" but I don't think that would have made any difference. ;-)
A few minutes later Deborah came to the stage door, with a big smile, she actually apologised for keeping us waiting and then invited us all into her dressing room. She signed every autograph and posed for photo's. I still have the photo of us together with her arms around me. She was totally enchanting, and without doubt the nicest and most beautiful star that I have ever met. When she was chatting to us she mentioned that she loved meeting her fans. I couldn't resist commenting that it was a pity that Miss Bacall could not be as gracious to her fans. Deborah roared with laughter and said, "Poor Betty, she does have a few hang ups."
Oddly enough, that never turned me off Bacall, I remained a fan, and I wasn't surprised with her behaviour, it seemed to go with her image.
She was. As was Liz Taylor.