Lauren Bacall!!!

Lauren Bacall (born September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive voice & sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of Classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute & received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures.......

 In 1941 Bacall took lessons at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she was classmates with Kirk Douglas, while working as a theatre usher at the St. James Theatre & fashion model.

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 As a teenage fashion model she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar (the cover has since been described as 'iconic'), as well as in magazines such as Vogue. She was noted for her "cat-like grace, tawny blonde hair and blue-green eyes".....

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 After meeting Bacall in Hollywood, Hawks immediately signed her to a seven-year contract with a weekly salary of US$100 & personally began to manage her career. He changed her first name to Lauren & she chose "Bacall" (a variant of her mother's maiden name) as her screen surname. Slim Hawks also took Bacall under her wing, dressing Bacall stylishly & guiding her in matters of elegance, manners & taste. At Hawks' suggestion, Bacall was also trained to make her voice lower & deeper instead of her normal high-pitched, nasal voice. Hawks had her, under the tutelage of a voice coach, lower the pitch of her voice. As part of her training, she was required to shout verses of Shakespeare for hours every day. Her 5 feet, 8½ inches, height, unusual among young female actors in filmmaking in the 1940s & 1950s also helped her stand out.trademarks. Her voice was characterized as a "smoky, sexual growl" by most critics. & "throaty purr".......

 During her screen tests for To Have and Have Not (1944), Bacall was so nervous that, to minimize her quivering, pressed her chin against her chest, faced the camera and tilted her eyes upward. This effect, which came to be known as "The Look" became another Bacall trademark along with her sultry voice....

 On May 21, 1945, Bacall married actor Humphrey Bogart. Their wedding and honeymoon took place at Malabar Farm, Lucas, Ohio, the country home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Bromfield, a close friend of Bogart. Bacall was 20 & Bogart was 45, thus, she was nicknamed "Baby". They remained married until Bogart's death from esophageal cancer in 1957.

 Shortly after Bogart's death in 1957, Bacall had a relationship with singer and actor Frank Sinatra.
Bacall later met actor Jason Robards. Their marriage was originally scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria on June 16, 1961 however, the plans were shelved after Austrian authorities refused to grant the pair a marriage license. They were also refused a marriage in Las Vegas, Nevada On July 4, 1961, the couple drove all the way to Ensenada, Mexico, where they wed. The couple divorced in 1969. According to Bacall's autobiography, she divorced Robards mainly because of his alcoholism.

 Bacall had two children with Bogart & one with Robards.

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