Lauren Bacall: Intimate Portrait

[@michaelgarel4279]

Lauren Bacall is still one of those women who make you wonder about the possibilities, but she also was a force to be reckoned with. I'd say she conquered her fears, and came full circle in her ambition for the stage, and that's no small potatoes. As a staunch New Yorker myself, I could relate to her insights. She was fascinating, distinctive, and a rare beauty. To have all that and talent too, makes her great.

[@frankborucki5540]

I took my mamma to see "Woman of the Year" starring Lauren Bacall on stage. She was one of my mamma's and my favorite movie star. She was wonderful, such stage presence. I felt like I was in front of royalty. Thank you Ms. Bacall !!

[@melissajackson79]

She was still so beautiful during this interview. A truly strong, energetic and brave woman.

[@jakemiles1427]

She looks manly to me

[@cecebear110]

She really was!

[@margaretmiller8815]

Lauren was one off last Movie Icon's. Real Actors loved her movies.

[@judyevancic4926]

She was a class act and did her best raising her three children. She was a terrific role model for younger woman.

[@tubester4567]

Except for hooking up with married men, and marrying a guy 25 years older than her.

[@adale2771]

I loved her husky voice.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

@@tubester4567 No one is perfect. Still a role model regardless.

[@PT9546]

I'm with you! A strong and classy lady! No one's perfect! By the way while I would never say it's ok to have an affair with married men I really don't know what wrong with being with someone 25 yrs older.

[@shihlin1]

@@tubester4567That's very true....Bogie was very much married when he met Bacall in 1943.

[@jenjen07]

I love her voice! It's so melodic.

[@Dsky40]

She showed up on the Hollywood glitz and glamour scene bringing COOL. Everyone else would be in dresses and jewels, and she would have on a tailored pantsuit in absolute CONFIDENCE. That face, that voice and that cool.

[@MAGAISKLAN]

Lauren was the ish!!! Just a badass!

[@Pretermit_Sound]

She was definitely the feminine manifestation of cool, auteur, with a seductive aura. A true original

[@katelynwooley3080]

Absolutely adore Lauren Bacall ❤️

[@tinaloveseddie]

Katelyn Wooley same🥰

[@arieloteplus]

I can’t even start to tell how much I love Lauren Bacall, there will never be such a beauty, talent, class and humanity like hers. An incredible exemplar of human being.

[@maccracken76]

You said it brother!

[@melschevelle]

I loved Natasha Richardson and was very sad at her death years ago. Lovely voice to listen to ❤️

[@MannyMensah94]

RIP Lauren Bacall and Natasha Richardson

[@mikeletaurus4728]

Miss Richardson possessed sufficient talent, stature and prestige as an actor to deserve this opportunity to narrate a biography of no lesser a personage than Miss Bacall.

[@deangoss2564]

Saw MS Bacaall in Aplause...Aplause on stage in the 70' s.What an amazing talent... OMG

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

In her early films especially, she was the sexiest female I have ever seen on screen. No one came close.

[@minniemouska4320]

Bucky Brown yes she was, and classy too.

[@billmoody2600]

Agreed. She just oozed it.

[@CatMamaX4]

She certainty was. I love looking at all her black and white photos, and those eyes with that look! 😍😍

[@ronaldrenken5737]

I think she was one of the most beautiful stars of the golden age of Hollywood. Right there with Maureen O'Hara and Myrna Loy, so many were so much better than Hollywood today

[@jacquelynwilliams3660]

I agree. I would add Katherine Hepburn to that list. Natural beauties, even before the hair and make-up artists got to them.

[@dennissettlemyre917]

Along with Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner & Lana Turner. There were so many back then tho, lol.

[@lastdays3148]

And I'll add Dorothy Dandridge to the list of Golden Aged of Hollywood Beauties. Sadly the Golden Era of Movie Stars and the Glamorous Era are long gone.🤦🏾‍♀️

[@micheladerry5681]

and dont forget Lizabeth Scott,

[@mbd6054]

Stunning women all three, and with real character, humour and strength.

[@robertsimpson5136]

One of the most likable people in Hollywood.

[@debrahouston2884]

Lauren Bacall-- what a truly amazing lady -- a Real Lady -- for I have never heard anything negative or disparaging about anyone come out of her mouth. She always sought the High Road...She believed in herself, in those she loved and in her craft, her work w/o wavering. She is a Gift and an Inspiration for us all. Bravo, Ms. Bacall, BRAVO! 💞

[@shihlin1]

Never heard anything bad said about Bacall ? In all respects, dig a little deeper and you'll see and hear comments from people who've worked with her or come into contact with her Not all is very pretty.

[@cellom.9227]

Uh... she is known for not treating people behind the scenes well, such as her hairdresser. I believe she also clashed with her children from time to time. I can imagine that it was "her way or the highway" in some situations.

[@shihlin1]

@@cellom.9227 Bacall didn't get to become who she is by being nice and considerate to those around her. She was widowed at 33 with three children and suddenly had to make a living for her family. Not EZ in those times the 50's-60's. She had to develop a tough exterior to prevent from being taken advantage of in Hollywood. I'm sure men came onto and propositioned her after Bogey's death, she and Sinatra were practically engaged to get married (she thanks the heavens that didn't happen), she said it wouldn't have lasted anyway. Lauren Bacall is what we call the ultimate "tough cookie" and she's stepped on more than her share of toes.

[@TheJohnpandy]

I really had great admiration for Ms Becall. A great worker, artist and appreciator of other artists. A wonderful role model. john Sivorn

[@sherrydrake9578]

Wonderful role model? She broke up two marriages by having affairs with married men and left her 2 year old son behind for 6 months when she went with Bogie to the Congo to film a movie.

[@barneyiswantedforinternati4152]

india atkin sis snapped

[@jackanthony976]

She was nasty to her staff.

[@TheJohnpandy]

All you haters are the same. You must be loving tRump.

[@jackanthony976]

@@sherrydrake9578 Yes, she did leave her 2 year old son behind for six months, but so did Bogie. Lauren paid her "mommie dues" when she stayed off the screen for three years (1950-1953) to be a mommie. I don't know why women are the ones who are always expected to give up such things as careers when they get married and have children. And what did Bogie give up?

[@amittimorgan1830]

Omg I love her! She truly is amazing. Her personality is absolutely breath taking. She is gorgeous even in this interview. Stunning woman!

[@izzy8246]

She was so gorgeous.Wonderful lady.

[@bellabelisarius5929]

Beautiful Lauren Bacall!!!

[@maureenleigh4724]

She comes across as very likeable, not full of her own importance.

[@VanDowall]

Yes! And she had a fantastic sense of humor as well.

[@jackanthony976]

A long time hairdresser of hers was interviewed and stated that Bacall was very difficult and often mean and nasty to people she worked with.

[@r4b32t11]

JACK ANTHONY So she must have been Ellen De Generes role model .!!!

[@robertflannery2112]

@@r4b32t11 😂

[@faunaluv]

See I think the exact opposite, I did not like Lucille Ball either?

[@marichristian1072]

What a gorgeous creature she was!

[@cynthiawilliams737]

One thing she mentioned in many interviews was how wonderful Old Hollywood really was (meaning the people) & often said she had a bad taste in her mouth over the present Hollywood & she probably isn't the only one!!

[@reinacoffee8557]

A woman of great beauty, glamour and elegance.

[@analovesflowers]

Gosh I wish I would’ve known her. I seen her in a lot of Rock Hudson home movies. She seems fun and yet down to earth but will tell u like it is. I love the stories of old Hollywood.

[@anastasia10017]

I used to bump into miss bacall around town and in business. she was one tough cookie.

[@lindanathan359]

sure sounded like it

[@nobody9126]

AbsoluteTruth how

[@jeanettesattora1078]

You are so insecure to say this!!! Please get some psychiatric help!!!💜💜💜

[@tompaulcampbell]

@AbsoluteTruth No, matter how you mean that, it is you that comes off as the BITCH!

[@meghanodonoghue9066]

@AbsoluteTruth reasoning?

[@luciapiazzaumberger2117]

Lauren Becall was absolutely stunning! Talented, smart & what a heart!!

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

It's wonderful that her youthful dream of acting in the theater came true--big time! Broadway!

[@brittanyhyatt3407]

This may sound weird but she has the most AMAZING eyebrows! What a stunning beauty ❤️

[@mariaeddycesario3067]

And her voice .... boy-ohboy-ohboy!!!

[@rayjay3616]

She's so beautiful inside and out..... So beautiful 💝💝💝

[@АлесяЛ-к9щ]

Oh God, she was so fucking beautiful, gorgeous face, amazing eyes

[@tabathafeucht3513]

You can tell she truly loved Bogey when she talks about him. When she talks about Bogey and when she talks about her other relationships, it’s totally different. True love shows on the face. 😍

[@shdz57]

Lauren began an affair with Frank Sinatra the last year of Bogey's life as he suffered with lung cancer.

[@Tismeabbie]

LilBitOf Sandra and bogie slept with his secretary thought the marriage. Hollywood during that time was all like that. Doesn’t make love any less

[@cb885]

@@shdz57 hopefully it started after he died.

[@annnee6818]

It's still a bit unhealthy isn't it...?

[@Alexandrius_Caesar]

@@shdz57 he suffered from esophageal cancer, not lung cancer. And cheating is inevitable. If you plan to be with someone for life, there will always be a point in time where infidelity will occur. The best you can hope for is that you and your partner can be mature enough to discuss an appropriate way of going about it. Just because you’re married and in love doesn’t mean you can’t have a fling every so often. I think it’s actually healthy if you do. Couples start to grow depressed and resentful if forced to stay 120% faithful for decades on end.

[@josecanisales3491]

Gregory Peck was a very decent man.

[@maureenleigh4724]

Yes, I agree with you Jose.

[@samiam74]

completely agree. He seemed charming and lovely.

[@cinemaparadiso1991]

My mother was crazy about Gregory Peck. She thought he was the limit.❤🎉

[@ifeelpretty5790]

He insisted that the then-unknown Audrey Hepburn’s name was just as big as his name in the opening credits of Roman Holiday, he was confident that she’d become a huge star from it and he was right!

[@bellarose8511]

Seriously stunning! 🌟

[@lindanathan359]

Great woman tall & very attractive, intelligent & interesting. Betty really lived life to its fullest

[@jenniferjoseph7873]

Such an inspiration. I’ve had my share of hard times but the way this courageous lady never let anything keep her down gives me courage to face whatever lies ahead. If I can be half the badass woman she was, I’ll be deliriously happy. I’m in the process of reinventing myself thanks to the opportunity of a divorce after 20 years of marriage and I have discovered a passion for acting. At almost 59, I don’t care who thinks it’s a crazy idea. And that sounds like something Lauren Bacall would say 😎. I thoroughly enjoyed this biography.

[@sknyz2452]

Love from Mexico, Jennifer. I hope you have a great life.

[@EnergyAssessor-du3yn]

Jen you are your own person 50 is not old -go live a good happy full life x

[@hippiedachshunds1632]

Bacall set the standard for class. Every inch a lady - a fascinating, impossibly chic lady.

[@EvelynThayer]

Such a talent with a distinctive voice and huge impacts

[@disappearintothesea]

She seemed so down to earth and truly enjoyed doing what she did without any scandal or gossip. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[@АлесяЛ-к9щ]

Watching this video makes me leave comments over and over 'cause Lauren you're so fantastic woman, so down to earth, so humorous, a stunning beauty, your eyes are WOW, they shine like cat's, your voice is pleasant for ears and the way you're talking makes listen to you with an open mouth.

[@tiffsaver]

If someone like Gregory Peck called the way Bogey and Bacall faced his death, "with gallantry," who can say more?? RIP.

[@TheJohnpandy]

Gregory Peck, Katherine Heoburn, John Guilgud and Dirk Borgarde were all close friends of Lauren Becall and she was s fiercely loyal to her friends. I adored her. John.

[@gaymichaelis7581]

I love Lauren Bacall or Betty Bacall!!! 🤗. Oh I love the way she looks or still looks in the spirit world, and I love her voice so much! I love the deepness and raspiness and sexiness about it! Thank you so much for making this video about Lauren and her life, because I actually didn’t really know anything basically at all about her!!! I think she had or has a very good heart and spirit! I’d like to read her autobiography! I bet it would be fun! Though sad, when Humphrey Bogart gets cancer of the throat or esophagus, etc.

[@TheJohnpandy]

I loved Lauren Becall. I loved her forthright nature, her perseverance, strength of character, intelligence and work ethic. ❤️

[@araymond1able]

As I watch this Dark Passage is on TV. Lauren lived another 57 years after Bogart passed away. He was born in Christmas Day 1899. Two years ago the last person still alive from 1800's died.

[@rachelgarber1423]

I just read about that on the internet

[@andrrgar2947]

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[@sophiefairbanks1412]

She is a fantastic Dame! I have seen a lot of plays but never saw her and it is a great regret!

[@thehapagirl92]

RIP to Natasha Richardson as well

[@moonlightlady6126]

Yes, I'd forgotten when I first saw this that Natasha had done the narrating. Makes one's mouth drop open to go back and hear her voice on there, and yes, RIP Natasha...gone too soon.

[@celialovett5880]

Roddy McDowell seems like a cool guy and a good friend too.

[@Johnodog]

He was a true gentleman

[@hannahbetts2012]

Oh, she was such a divine, incredible lady. How I wish she were alive, so I could meet her and tell her so in person. What I would give to do that. There will never be another more lovely creature walking the earth than Miss Lauren Bacall💜

[@daya820]

Such a wonderful biography!

[@alanfoster6589]

Read her own autobiography. Excellent book.

[@pulkwiat77]

lovely & beautifull woman.... & a very strong personality:)

[@Pretermit_Sound]

Neat to see Gregory Peck in this video. Another legend. Bacall was simply amazing to the point where words fail me. An icon for the ages.

[@Eugeniadella]

Beautiful woman. The actors of that time (some of them at least) seem so grounded & down to earth... where has the industry gone so stray!!!!

[@GFSLombardo]

Enjoyed every one of Bacall's movies except "Designing Woman" with Grgory Peck. Ironically, she once said in an interview that it was her favorite role because it was a light romantic comedy, and working again helped her emotionally because it was her first film after Bogart's death.

[@dianatorrez4677]

She was beautiful!

[@jeanettesattora1078]

She was a formidable woman!!💜💜💜💃💃💃💕💕💕💅💅💅💞💞💞💋💋💋💗💗💗❤❤❤💓💓💓💓💓💓💙💙💙💚💚💚💛💛💛😍😍😍

[@Lafilledlapluie]

She was amazing. The hills and valleys of life never kept her down

[@theardentartist]

I really like this Bio. I always thought she was so glamorous. Sad too to hear the commentor, Natasha Richardson who also passed away.

[@CountrySing]

at only 45. Sad.

[@dennissettlemyre917]

And she only bumped her head skiing and had a slight headache later on. Poor girl went to sleep and died. I think of some kind of aneurysm or internal bleeding. Scary to think about how easy that could happen to any of us.

[@dennissettlemyre917]

Natasha Richardson, I was talking about of course. She was married to Liam Neeson at the time.

[@lyncressler2608]

@@dennissettlemyre917 it was such a tragic simple accident .. I miss her so much

[@pauledwards4333]

Saw her in the lead role musical APPLAUS end of 1973 in London. She was amaz zing

[@ivyc3500]

One of the best bio's I have every read..Takes you into her life as if you are there.Bravo

[@marionmarino1616]

Tough as NAILS!! Lucky to have an extraordinary appearance and presence. Her mother obviously her creator.

[@nyc78]

My favorite screen legend. ❤️

[@alexandrarusu6230]

Hello from Romania to everyone watching this beautiful woman 🤗

[@proudmarinemomma827]

Hello from USA!

[@katedunno3991]

Love that whiskey tenor voice

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

@@michellerenee5028 Not even. Men’s voices have a much lower resonance. Only her pitch was low.

[@r4b32t11]

Amazing and classy… LOVE HER ❤😊

[@jamesjennings9111]

R.I.P. Natasha Richardson ❤

[@p_nk7279]

Pretty great in everything she’s in. I love her in Murder/Orient Express - perhaps underrated, I think she’s the best part of the film! Read her autobiography’By Myself.’

[@jasonhurd4379]

Wow. Not a word about Bogie and Bacall's defiance of the HUAC, an extremely courageous stance to take at that time. I'm disappointed.

[@sweetpea7455]

She was so freaking beautiful to me.

[@tonylarkin1737]

Women had something called class and Hollywood had class now it's a joke

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

She's so different! I love seeing different women. She retrospectively influenced my career after I discovered her in Dogville at school.

[@LeslieGMN]

Bacall attended summer camp with my mother-in-law, who saw her again very late in both their lives and reminded Bacall that she’d been called “Baby” because she was the youngest. Bacall let out that great laugh and begged, “Oh stop, you make me feel SO OLD!”

[@maccracken76]

Thank you for sharing this story! I love it

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

@@maccracken76 My husband LOVED your response: thank you! We so miss his mother, who lived well into her nineties...

[@laura69271]

the most beautiful woman on planet earth ever !!!!

[@craig1538]

What an incredible lady. Who could forget her portrayal as Judy Garland in the Wizard Of Oz in 1953? An absolute classic.

[@johnnyb9218]

What I like about Lauren Bacall, and I never realised this until now, is how she is so effortlessly cool n seductive. Her voice is like hot gravel. I just love her.

[@steveweinstein3222]

Not that I'm advocating for it, but she, Lizbeth Scott and Veronica Lake's voices were like advertisements for chain smoking LOL.

[@bambi274]

​@@steveweinstein3222 they used to train them to have such voices

[@steveweinstein3222]

@@bambi274 No. These gals weren't trained to sound like foghorns.

[@alixvhessen]

I love how completely she mixes up the lyrics of her German cradle song "Hänschen klein" and makes up something completley sensless :DDDD

[@mjerse50]

She is a beautiful lady just extraordinary beautiful person . I just loved her telling her story

[@kerstindahlqvist9641]

She aged gracefuly. Without botox and facelifts.

[@karolinesmail489]

Kerstin Dahlqvist yes ! So true woman today try to keep this youth heck! We all age

[@dubbelhenke854]

I thought she was more attractive as elderly. And su funne....with Dame Edna and Tom Jones she is truly hilarious....

[@madeleine9907]

She did a facelift...

[@lindanathan359]

Heavy smoker as well

[@sandyk8594]

Transgenders in Hollywood goes all the way back! Nothing new under the sun.

[@lindseysloan8735]

I see why Dita Von Teese was so starstruck. I am loving this!

[@mayaa5048]

Lindsey Sloan- because she had no moral code. Man lost respect for her because of her inability to closed her legs.

[@annasloan2349]

Iwould be star struck also...dita probsbly loves these old hollywood leading ladies and they are clearly her inspiration

[@octo.lina69]

@@mayaa5048 Usually people who shame & judge other people, lack a lot of self-awareness. Perhaps reevaluate yourself

[@AphroditeD]

Enjoyed this so much! And I just looove the fact she looked up to the incredible Bette Davis!

[@julieraymond1743]

How sick that people cannot accept that some women have deep , low voices, like some men have higher pitched voices.This transgender/lesbian/gay, supposition about everyone dead or living, needs to stop.Focus on their talent, or something else. Hearing about their private affairs is sickening.

[@ourheavenlyfathergodis1445]

Julie Raymond Honestly, my voice is deep and people asked if I was a transgender. 🤣

[@christinahu300]

Nevermind what others say. I love her voice. I rather listen to deep voice than high pitched one any time.

[@Luckimee]

I LOVE her voice. You're absolutely right

[@mattmammone2338]

I get it. I'm gay but old fashioned. Its just as rude to assume sexual or gender identity in anyone dead or living. If you do not know someone just forget it, and if you do just be kind and respectful.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

Love it! Yes! It’s the misogyny of people thinking women have to look a certain way to be considered valid and “feminine.” We all know she is truly one of a kind and far beyond capable than these judgmental people.

[@Privatenospying]

So honest and refreshingly real!

[@lowerclassbrats77]

I just saw her in Dark Passage, what a great film.

[@jackanthony976]

As far as I am concerned Dark Passage is the most interesting of all the Bogart/Bacall films.

[@SOOLRASMUS]

how pretty she was

[@m.e.d.7997]

She was.

[@olivia6063]

She was one classy lady.

[@rubywlee3831]

Bogieandbacall real class

[@katiegrundle9900]

she was beautiful when she was young, and bogart was so cool. i wonder what h was like in real life

[@katiegrundle9900]

spellcheck. what was bogart like in real life

[@jessicagrace2817]

Natural beauty shines through at any age

[@yesreneau]

What a cool person

[@nicholeandalby]

"There's a moon in the sky and a star in the sky and it'd nighttime when you see them" 🤣

[@micheladerry5681]

one of my favourite actress

[@42kellys]

I just like her so much! She is one of the greats! And she is a star on her own account it has nothing to do with Bogart and it has never had.

[@silkeschreiber4716]

it is always a gift to find true love... I'm so happy for both of them in this Hollywood industry to be able to have 12 wonderful years...

[@gretchenthies4909]

very beautiful and love to watch her movies

[@theresabollman8061]

Oh I miss her and her humor and her beauty.

[@revolutionaryviews9702]

A genuinely nice person and great lady.

[@nobody9126]

AbsoluteTruth what happened why are you talking like that

[@nobody9126]

AbsoluteTruth research for what did Lauren do

[@octo.lina69]

@@barneyiswantedforinternati4152 Haha good one😂👏

[@rebeccalafontaine8738]

Gosh I love this woman!

[@samiam74]

Ugh...I just love her.

[@InFltSvc]

She was an amazing woman in that she truly had great character! While I never knew her personally, just from all her interviews one can see the true person she was. I think she was one of the last best true glamours actress. My favorite, Dark Passage

[@isabelalvarezparedes994]

preciosa y muy elegante y gran actriz lauren bacall

[@dsantamaria713]

Great Lady, lovely film...

[@barbaraturner200]

She was absolutely beautiful and so very talented One great love of for life Humphrey Bogart It have to admire this woman She was everything that a woman aspired to be .Beautiful talented educated and sophisticated that was Lauren Bacall .

[@liamkilburn2456]

Hello Barbara, How are you doing?

[@lymanevolution1188]

Yes Lauren was beautiful. Hepburn as well

[@paigegee5921]

She definately had a "type" lol god love her even in her naughtiest (stealing married men) she made it look classy..

[@caribbeantigress]

Paige Gee stealing married men? Like they are some newborns? Outdated...

[@ingloriousbetch4302]

You can't steal husbands. They choose to go.

[@dennissettlemyre917]

So in terms of stealing married men, how would you compare her to the queen of that...Elizabeth Taylor, lol?

[@moniquewhite2850]

I hope no one believes it. GOD is love not hurting good familys

[@heathermarie3820]

@@ingloriousbetch4302 it's gross either way

[@1m2rich]

I saw her in Catus Flower on Broadway. She just about blew everyone else off the stage.

[@trialandcreate]

I wish I had seen her on stage!!! Amazing presence

[@hayleyanna2625]

My favourite. A class act.❤