LAUREN BACALL on KATHARINE HEPBURN - Diva on Diva

[@midnightmilkman1]

I met Miss Bacall in 1994 at the premier after party of "READY TO WEAR" /"PretaPorter" a Robert Altman film she starred in, our tables were next to eachother at the famous ROSELAND BALLROOM in NewYork City -a friend dared me to ask her for a dance , i did , she said, ( why yes of course) Miss Bacall, was ever so lovely and appreciative, after i escorted her back to her table ... she said very kindly, ( thank you for making an old broad feel young again) I was in pure heaven, she was wearing a scent that was truly divine, a true lady, grace ,class & beauty all the way.. the epitome' of Hollywood Royalty ! I will never forget it !!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gloriahamill1741]

Don't make them like that anymore loved her

[@mermaidgirl9232]

Lucky you. I would have loved to have met her

[@midnightmilkman1]

Lucy Mae she was top draw ..ill never ever forget

[@alanfoster6589]

"Miss Bacall". Good for you.

[@reasonrestored9116]

MidnightMan what a lovely story. Thanks for sharing.

[@beckyknight1219]

I visited Kate Hepburns grave Had the hardest time trying to find her headstone I finally found her grave The headstone was nothing more than a big rock with the word Hepburn engraved on it. That rock spoke volumns to me. Down to Earth, salt of the Earth, don't need any frills.

[@MTknitter22]

and did not desire to be worshipped after death.

[@vyesheehy1325]

Km

[@Reader1984]

@@MTknitter22 Yup your right. Katherine didn't want anyone to fuss over her after death. When she died, she was cremated and her urn buried in the family plot with no grand elaborate ceremony. A true lowkey women to the end.

[@dreamitable]

Love this Era! My mom was like that too.

[@Find-Your-Bliss-]

We need more “diva’s” like that! Beautifully real

[@hayleyannamathieson7261]

I adore Lauren Bacall. Pure class and fabulous. Katherine Hepburn is the same. Bette Davis too. Strong woman.🍸

[@carolinecorman2240]

Love Bacall's voice. unique and hypnotising.

[@sookymbo179]

Just put your lips together and blow.....just hypnotizing.

[@mayaa5048]

The cigs.

[@dreamitable]

~~~Rich~~~!!!~~~ and strong.

[@num1Jaysta]

@@mayaa5048 She sounded pretty much the same in the 40’s too

[@RikAlessi]

Katharine Hepburn replied to a letter I sent with an autographed letter on "Katharine Houghton Hepburn" headed paper. What a lady ❤

[@benwass5209]

Glenn close mentioned at a tribute for her that she inspired her to act and she sent back a latter saying "Dear Glenn Close, A great big hug for your sweet contribution. I’m glad I persuaded you when you were a mere child to join this terrible profession, this terrifying profession, and, let’s face it, this delicious way to spend your life. With affectionate thanks, Kate Hep”

[@sookymbo179]

Wasn't that thrilling for you and very kind. Thx for sharing

[@m.e.d.7997]

@@Josephhillcrest I like that she wrote back and seemed to appreciate her fans.

[@Plantlady70]

Lucky.

[@dalekdx]

I wish I had written to her when I first became a fan in the 1980's. I did buy one she sent to someone else to add to my Hepburn collection.

[@jimrick6632]

WOW...NO ONE LIKE BACALL OR HEPBURN TODAY...REAL STARS.............BUT I AM 80 SO I KEEP HOPING...

[@mrjones29]

Cate Blanchett and Meryl Streep are two right away. And Angela Lansbury is still with us.

[@susanneconway]

@@mrjones29 meh

[@mrjones29]

@@susanneconway Keep your numbskull words to yourself if you cannot form intelligent sentences why my choices are not real stars! There's hasn't been a better actors actress than Streep in the history of Hollywood, Blanchett echoes real star quality and is a fine actor and Lansbury is from that Golden era of Bacall and Hepburn and an Oscar winner. I like being right all the time.

[@licafontana1491]

z g me too

[@SomeGuy-mg5jy]

We will never see the likes of them again. We don't have Stars anymore. We live in different times now. Social media has taken away the Mystique.

[@timgutierrez2211]

Thank you for this. There are no more Hepburns, and there sure as hell aren't any more Bacall's. I loved the stye of dress and demeanor of the actresses who made it in the 1930 - 40;s eras.

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

Lauren Bacall, a Stunning beauty, classy, ballsy, took-no-prisoners, super smart and completely comfortable in her own skin. A true 'Broad' in the most complimentary sense.

[@hopezulu6001]

Can see why Bogie fell for her even though they had quite a bit of an age difference.

[@celialovett5880]

@@jadezee6316 Proof?

[@princeharming8963]

@@jadezee6316 - And....?

[@dreamitable]

Yes, I love someone like that. It's refreshing.

[@AstroMartine]

"Do it, before I die" hahhahahahahah. What a woman Katherine Hepburn was. We need more like her.

[@noahwinston3282]

"When they announce my name as winner, would you mind picking up my award for me." Katharine Hepburn must of been a fun person to be around.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

It's been written in several biographies of her, that she had a wicked sense of humor, and that she was very often misunderstood because of it.

[@dalekdx]

So many people fail to realize what a wonderful sense of humor she had her whole life.

[@JeffAltemus]

I imagine both Hepburn and Bacall would have been great fun to hang out with.

[@dreamitable]

lol hilarious !!!

[@Dancestar1981]

@@JeffAltemus listen to the play Tea at Five by Matthew Lombardo with Kate Mulgrew as Hepburn it’s awesome

[@tfutrell000]

I would listen to Bacall read a phone book.

[@daftbeeswax4439]

Thomas Futrell..Absolutely the best female voice ever. I'd get goose flesh when she'd announce the PBS ID !

[@margeshilling7983]

Absolutely! I would also listen to Dame Judi Dench read absolutely anything.

[@MK007-YT]

Female Voices that Break Glass, physically Hurt my ears !!

[@LaCatLady]

Thomas Futrell I enjoyed Colleen Dewhurt’s voice. Shame she passed away.

[@brianaashokumar5849]

Ikkkkk I would too

[@margeshilling7983]

Both great actresses and classy, intelligent ladies. Sadly, there is no one like them in this current environment.

[@bluefen]

Susan Sarandon comes to mind..

[@dreamitable]

@@bluefen no, similar but , no

[@nelgstuart3442]

I don't know why but I never liked Katharine Hepburn as an actress or a person. Then, I realized how stupid I was for judging the personality and morality of a person without finding out all I could about them. So I decided to do that. I am ashamed, but also proud, to say, the more I learned about her, the more I liked about her. Since then I have learned to keep my mind's mouth shut until I have thoroughly heard and seen all there is. Judge not has a familiar ring to it.

[@sardu55]

Her father was a very liberal doctor and her mother a leader in the women's voting rights movement. She lost her older brother in her teens (I think), most thought he killed himself. Her acting was a way for her to deal with things. She was ambitious as hell, and very smart. Not intelligent in the books but smart. She managed to mask her personal love life by mounting relations with famous men who were not exactly straight, like Spencer Tracy and even Howard Hughes. (Her first husband was totally gay and was her first attempt to use a man as a beard. They never lived together, and even have sex. She kept him around until going after larger prey). They were her beards, but she was also theirs. I think her major love was Laura Harding (name?) who was the heir to the American Express money tree. Harding said once that she believed Hepburn wasn't capable of loving anyone, that she was just too narcistic. And career driven. I guess she loved being famous. I would think she would be a cautious role model, depending on how open minded you are.

[@jomama5186]

These two and Audrey Hepburn are my idols

[@omargoodnesssake]

“I don’t think that strength means tough.” “And I don’t think that to prevail and survive means being tough.” VERY WISE

[@dreamitable]

It's about being strong...and that is a decision.... a choice, like everything else.

[@marthawoodworth]

Well, "tough" means "hard to chew." Beautiful, strong women are not "easy." But they are free, and that makes them fascinating.

[@MegAplin]

Wow.....two of my favorites....Lauren Bacall and Katherine Hepburn....

[@janettamcgee8124]

I think that Lauren got prettier as she aged. Not that she was chopped liver when she was young! She was sultry in her youth but just so stunning in her 60's . I liked how she referred to Hepburn as Katie. They are both legends.

[@merciless41582]

I would’ve risked it all back in the day for Lauren Becall. Don’t give a damn lol. The woman had a voice that can make you melt.

[@patsycav]

It's nice to see the comments aren't disabled on this one. I wanted so badly to comment on Katherine Hepburn, but at least I can say something here, about Lauren Bacall and Katherine together... they were the best of the best. I miss the classics... I haven't seen a decent movie for what seems like a hundred years. Actually, it's only about sixty years, or maybe more. I started going to the movies every Saturday in the late 1940's.

[@dreamitable]

I watched these movies starting at age 5 on the linoleum floor, with Glee! In 1952. :)

[@Coffee4commonsense]

Bacall's voice was just divine.

[@rbmedd]

Lauren (Betty) played mah jongh regularly with my aunt in Los Angeles in the late 1950's and into the late 1960's. My aunt said that Betty was indeed "larger than life " and spoke with great admiration often about Katie Hepburn.

[@ilovebeinagirl]

I may not be old enough to have been around when they made them, but I am old enough to know that they don't make them like Bacall and Hepburn anymore.

[@brycehiigel235]

ilovebeinagirl can add Maureen O’Hara with them as well. Three top Ladies with a capital “L”

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Who is they that you are talking about? They made they? People are born, not made. You don't have to be the same age as someone else to know who they are?

[@m.e.d.7997]

She must have really loved and respected Lauren Bacall. If Katie did not like someone you knew it. Lauren Bacall was so beautiful and so was Katharine Hepburn. They looked stunning on the set of "African Queen"

[@stevenhosea4849]

Margaret No. Happens. Thanks. Bye

[@rebeccabrown3898]

She was a great actress and a great lady. She is sorely missed.

[@Its_YourImagination]

Why would anyone down vote this video...?...really?.....great stories...great silver screen history. Great actors when movies were movies and actors supported their country not talked bad about it.

[@christopherlundgren3499]

Bacall was such a class act

[@dreamitable]

Yes, and when she looked that look, The Look, she was really nervous and young and shy, so the directors said to keep doing that, glad she did.

[@lauriemccain5040]

I wrote a fan letter to KH in 1988. Only one I've ever written. I received a reply asking for a donation to PP, which of course I did as I had supported PP for years. She was an amazing individual.

[@paxdomini6061]

As in Planned Parenthood? Gosh I hope not.

[@errolpletcher9186]

@@paxdomini6061 come off it. 🙄 And it's not that surprising KH would ask for donations to Planned Parenthood because her mother was one of the co-founders.

[@angelas.9717]

@@errolpletcher9186 Despite the extensive puffing of facts on the internet and Wikipedia, no, Mrs. Hepburn (as she was known) wasn't a co-founder of Planned Parenthood, although she was part of a trio that met with Margaret Sanger a number of times (Sanger mentions her just once in passing in a sentence in her autobiography, published in 1938.) Mrs. Hepburn *was* part of a group that was inspired by Sanger, and she helped form the Connecticut Branch of the American Birth Control League in 1923 (in 1921 Sanger founded the American Birth Control League [precursor to PPFA] before Mrs. Hepburn ever met her.) Katharine Hepburn the actress did not become associated with PP until 1981, and that was merely to lend her name and did not include any actual involvement.

[@marthawoodworth]

These great women made me cry. They wee so influential in all women's lives.

[@jeanleseth9279]

Pure class. And classic. Both Ms Bacall and Kate. ❤❤

[@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di]

I love Miss Bacall ,one the most 😊🥂beautiful of all the Golden Age Gals in Hollywood

[@chemquests]

Excellent archive! Thank you for capturing

[@treasure2behold282]

These Hollywood glamour goddesses were so classy. Lauren Bacall was no exception.

[@EugenieHeraty]

Charlotte Rampling and Lauren Bacall both beautiful women (who kinda look alike too).

[@Sagir32]

There are few actresses like them now. They are a dying breed. People balked at their menswear. It is better than seeing a celebrity wear a completely see through outfit, or see them photographed with their extensions showing and black roots.

[@kangarookids7497]

It's called Class.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

@C W It’s just the human condition. We try to feel better about ourselves by assigning judgment to others. It helps us escape how bad we feel inside. It’s good to rise above it though.

[@risk5riskmks93]

Saw Bacall on stage in Woman of the Year and Hepburn on stage in Coco.

[@NorsePJ]

I saw Lauren Bacall once when she came to Sydney Australia for The Two Ronnies show. My Mum called out to me to turn around and Miss Bacall walked right by me so close I could smell her perfume. Sadly, I didn't get a chance to say anything. But she was radiant and stylish. Great lady from a bygone era.

[@markmuldoon805]

What a brilliant celebration of their decades long friendship. My respects.

[@RichardHartley-x3x]

Two iconic movie stars 🌟🌟 Neither one had any range as actors, but they were incredibly charismatic and unforgettable screen presences.

[@bensimpson9175]

This is an excellent collection. Thank you!

[@IyaNla03]

Lion of Winter, is #1 in my list of favorite movies with Katherine Hepburn!

[@MrCrowebobby]

I never could and still can't see Becall's "great" beauty in photos or films, but I saw her in the lobby of a Broadway theater surrounded by great beauties who were 20 years younger than she was and all you could see was Becall. She had the magic.

[@littlemissblackdress7587]

You need new glasses if you can't see how stunning she is.

[@dreamitable]

Charisma!!!

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

@@littlemissblackdress7587 Or maybe some people just don’t share the same opinion as you. Who woulda thought. 🤷‍♀️

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Her last name was Bacall, not Becall. Why were you concerned about her age? Were you 12?

[@pjk9056]

A gorgeous woman. Still stunning and sexy in the 70’s-90’s clips with a remarkable face framed by beautiful hair. Even in the later clips she was radiant, never an old lady. She also was one of a kind, a true star!

[@user-ct1po9zd5m]

My goodness she was SO beautiful and also had a brain. A class act.

[@CharlotteFairchild]

I love watching these 3 beautiful and talented women!

[@polyprinz]

Ms. Bacall, what a beauty and so was Ms. Hepburn. Big "broad shoulder broads"!!!

[@ria1636]

Not my idea of big, they were slim beauties and didn't have particularly broad shoulders.

[@susieenglish302]

Everyone thinks dressing masculine is a new thing - enter Bacall and Hepburn

[@tartfuel]

No one thinks its a new thing.

[@tartfuel]

@@marklloyd5662 So are you paid to be a troll or are you just an asshole?

[@Celisar1]

tartfuel 👍🏼

[@Celisar1]

Mark Lloyd Stupid troll.

[@ericwalters5382]

@@tartfuel yep. Apparently born with narrow hips & no Adam's apple.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

They should have been in a movie together. It was rare for two strong women leads in the 40s.

[@mariahyohannes]

Lauren’s face is mesmerizing. I’m in a trance looking at her. She served FACE until the end of her life.

[@dreamitable]

A Brooklyn girl I think

[@tracylf5409]

Thank you, Lauren Bacall. Wow. What a great era I was able to see & appreciate so much growing up (born '61). I don't know if it would have been better, or not, to know our world would end in 50 years to the hands of sociopaths of all kind (all continents), whose greed escalated to psychopathy. How do you rid yourself of sociopaths?

[@TheBeezusjones]

I would never ever call either Katherine Hepburn , or Lauryn Bacall a "diva"

[@ria1636]

Lauren

[@andreeacalugarita7405]

And Katharine, while we're at it. :)))

[@dreamitable]

They were Divine!

[@Angel-ts8rc]

Diva from their era doesn’t necessarily mean rude or bitchy. It’s more about the essence of the person or at least it was

[@mitzymoo3151]

Lauren Bacall and Kate Hepburn were both so so beautiful...

[@collinmichaelkahn3918]

I love her based purely on her own efforts. You hear and read about how nervous she was making To Have and To Have Not. Then you watch this 19 year old kid just blow everybody off-screen, including her legendary hubby to be. But the real beauty of Bacall? Her willingness to spend decades singing the praises of and keeping the memories of her friends and loved ones from the era they all shared so alive and current just proves she was a singularly unpretentious icon. I can just imagine the Great Kate watching this from the clouds and smiling profusely. I feel like Lauren was the only woman or peer whose opinion of her she valued and cared about (excelt maybe Laura Harding, but alas that’s, well, “different”).

[@billiebuffalo]

I’ve heard the “Bogey” nickname before, still makes me chuckle. But she just called Katherine Hepburn. The great Katherine Hepburn, Katie...

[@kelliintexas3575]

All her friends did.

[@yourmommmmm264]

She mentioned in her book that Kate’s close friends called her Kate, Katie, or auntie Kate

[@cdnsilverdaddy]

They don't have stars like these anymore today... none that I can think of?

[@STEVEHAYESTOQ]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.

[@AAwildeone]

They came up in a time when strong women were encouraged to be catty and dislike each other...you can see that even with Bette Davis, my fave of all time, who never had very good things to say about most other women in her profession. How Bacall and Hepburn managed to transcend Hollywood is a timeless lesson to how reality can actually work if you just ignore so much of what people tell you reality is about!

[@Sayerdify]

Hepburn and Bacall - two classic beauties.

[@crankypisces3618]

Ok actress of this era has the most gorgeous voices

[@alisdairmckenzie]

What a class act...they really don't make them like that anymore. Both ladies

[@Fordie47]

Such a wise woman, Ms. Lauren Bacall. She said she doesn't believe that having inner strength equates to being a tough woman. Wow! Ya Heard???

[@arielklay23]

I have lived on my own, romantically speaking, most of my adult life, about 40 years and I understand what Bacall meant by creating a sort of shield of toughness.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Back when the Kennedy Awards meant something!

[@ferociousgumby]

And the performers are usually pretty poor. Just empty show biz, "names" so people under 60 will watch.

[@bradleywaye4285]

Love both stars Lauren Katharine

[@nyc78]

Wonderful compilation!

[@stephenoconnor9904]

What else needs to be (Or Else,Can be) said, about a Truly Great, & Wonderful, Hollywood Icon, as the Great Katharine Hepburn.

[@bakedtater1144]

She seaks with authority and wisdom , what a lovely lady

[@aaronsrok3422]

When you can call Katherine Hepburn "Katy" whoo! Amazing

[@flowergalpower2681]

I luv both actresses - lovely women

[@chucksellers8422]

I did not remember Lauren Bacall being so beautiful probably because she's down to earth.

[@21stCenturyBurn]

Both were great women. May they rest.

[@curtisstewart9426]

Humphrey Bogart left his fans too soon. There were a lot of great movies left in that man. Lauren was classy and beautiful too. They were a perfect couple, despite the age difference. RIP, Bogart and Bacall. We loved you both. Katherine Hepburn, one of the most accomplished actresses in Hollywood. Without a doubt.

[@onetwo2109]

Wow..her eyes.

[@alanfoster6589]

@Website guy There's an old episode of "What's My Line" where she is the celebrity guest. Very young, and simply destroys host John Daly.

[@GoldLeafPress]

Even after his death and very many years later she still calls Bogart “boggie”. That’s adorable

[@judithcarey3860]

Loved both ladies

[@txspacemom765]

2 of my favorite ladies!

[@Fabioman3]

The African Queen with Huston, Bogart and Hepburn as good as it gets!

[@thomasdewitt5705]

Love KH, ONE OF THE GREATS.. SHE WAS A STAR..

[@ianbauer4703]

They should do one with someone on the legend of Lauren Bacall...one of the greats!

[@katharina2537]

this made me want to be Katharine Hepburn's friend

[@michellefalleur960]

I adore Lauren Bacall, i think shes So classy, and i think Katherine Hepburn is a very unique person ❤

[@juvisage8427]

pleaaase do julie andrews on carol burnett (or carol burnett on julie andrews). their friendship is everything.

[@elizabethhestevold1340]

Beautiful, but also remarkable off Lauren Bacal. 💜👬💜🇩🇰🇺🇸🗽

[@bakedtater1144]

And will never be anyone like you amazing

[@mr.sherlockholmes6130]

Just Timeless

[@BrokebackBob]

Wonderful!

[@teeniebeenie8774]

ironic, she was a tuff mean lady.....loved to give folks a good cussin….I miss her terribly, the poker games are not the same...big hugs bb

[@jacquelinelarsen1721]

They don't make them like that anymore

[@dandygirl6]

Landsbury, Bacall and Close all hanging out to give Hepburn's honor, ladies lets have dinner

[@gothicwestern]

Most glamorous woman ever!! 💕

[@DianneElizabeth64]

Spencer Tracy’s wife’s family is from my city. Her family home is still occupied. She brought their kids back to grow up after they had a deaf child. Kathryn was with Spencer after.

[@samplerstitcher]

Kate and Baby...love them both!

[@jlt2693]

My mother was mistaken for her all the time.

[@tillyboos]

Bacall herself has ALWAYS been one of my favorites. I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ her whisky voice -- it's MARVELOUS! She's AH-MAHZING, regal and poised. EVERY INCH a FABULOUS diva. She's VERY classy, and I've NEVER thought of her as a "broad" she's FAR TOO elegant for that demonym.

[@akrenwinkle]

Do a Control + Find for "Katherine" and see how many times this unique, legendary lady's name was misspelled.

[@perkyporkpie]

God I loved Katherine H. Bizarrely I met Ms Bacall, here in London, at my Periodontist. I was very good though-I didn't let on-and just shot the breeze. I was only vaguely annoying

[@bojack40]

perkyporkpie I had a similar experience with Debbie Harry, shot the breeze and got out before I became too annoying

[@shaanz2.087]

What a refreshing change

[@mariaserban4502]

Hollywood Royalty indeed...

[@theresabollman8061]

Bacall was a very young woman with 2 little children when her beloved husband (Bogie) a much older man was dying at their home. Except to take the children to their religious classes she never left his side. She was his adoring and loyal wife til the very end. You bet Hepburn was impressed with her behavior, the entire world was.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

Sorry to burst your bubble... thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/while-bogie-was-in-bed-dying-with-cancer-lauren-bacall-was-having-an-affair-with-sinatra/

[@flybluemoons]

Bs

[@akrenwinkle]

@@flybluemoons Shhh! Don't tell her about Sinatra.

[@barbaratzitzi3595]

Bacall was an extremely beautiful woman

[@joycefolsom130]

I always liked her

[@madeleine9907]

Betty Bacall I adore you ♥️