What a wonderful woman! One could listen to that voice for hours - possibly with a less boring interviewer. Will never forget the emotions I felt when I saw her on stage in London, back in 1985. She literally filled the theatre with her outstanding personality and beauty. ❤
Don’t get me wrong. Lauren Bacall is my favorite star. When By Myself came out she said no plastic surgery for me. It’s obvious here she had surgery on her eye lids
Being a Native New Yorker I can relate to her idea of friendship because in New York it is imperative to have good friends. You get her take on life...she's a badass but dripping with class, and no one today has her distinctive flavor.
+Rafael Storm I have heard that. A friend did a film with her son in a distant location. When my friend returned to NYC he ran into Ms Bacall at a bodega of all places. He told her that he had just been working with her son and that everything was well with him (as he was still on location). She looked at him and said 'So?' All my friend could say was 'Oh well, goodbye' and walked away thinking what an odd reaction from a mother to news about her son.
My cat saw her in the Fancy Feast commercial where she serves it to her cat in a crystal stem glass. So I bought Fancy Feast for my cat. She said "what's with the plate? It's supposed to come in a crystal glass. And by the way, you're no Lauren Bacall. "
Ladies and gentlemen ! the last of the great actors with REAL talent. What a wonderful interview and a beautiful woman, honest , truthful and with great character. she will be immortalized along with her movies and never forgotten.
She will be as we all will be. No one in a hundred years will know who she was or what her films were; that's how life is! Everything is in the short term. No piece of music or classic film will remain.
I'd like to know who her cosmetic surgeon was. Look at her in home movies made in the '60's, she has had some clever help. She is so smart with it, a great lady.
@@MsMesem I admire her a great deal, and yes she had work done several times, starting in the 70's. See her in "Murder On the Orient Express"(1974) and she looked pretty bad.
One of the great icons on the 20th Century. For me it's her love of words, hunger for knowledge, character, how she lived her life, her fierce loyalty to her values, her work ethic and complete lack of phony sentimentality and cant. jxxx
In the ten years or so before her death, Bacall claimed that she had never had plastic surgery. But this interview is proof that indeed she had had at the very least, a very good eye lift. Her eyelids are clearly visible here, compared to television appearances, movies and still photos from around 1985 or earlier. Go back and watch clips of her (from even the 1960's) and her eyelids simply couldn't be seen. But here she is, looking better than ever… Nothing wrong with surgery of course. It's just a little disingenuous to claim one has never had it done when it's obvious that she had.
This is more of a "technicality" but here is one possible explanation: A friend of my family's had this surgery because her eyelids interfered with her field of vision. It was deemed medically necessary and insurance paid for it. She didn't consider it cosmetic/plastic. Or maybe she was disingenuous about it.
Rah Capek Good point, there's a possibility they could've interfered w/her vision at some point, but that usually isn't the reason they're done in show business, so I tend to agree w/your latter explanation. Especially since she could've come forward with the former if it were indeed true.
Eyes can hollow out naturally on their own. If you look at centenarians, this is very apparent, even in Asians. If she did have an eye lift procedure, it wouldn't be reaching to say she had it for medical reasons, not cosmetic reasons. I know an older woman whose eyes sagged so much that they blocked her vision, so she had to have them removed so she can see. This is not uncommon. Lauren Bacall always had heavy eyelids, so maybe it became a problem in that sense as she aged. If she were to do anything cosmetically, it should have been a lip lift! Her philtrum length increased dramatically.
Loved the Late show on BBC 2 always watched It and I always usully wished it was on longer - There were some specials which were longer ! - I must admit l missed this episode with Lauren Bacall ! Thanks for sharing It !
What a wonderful, simple concept this series was : the interviewer is self -effacing, allowing the camera to concentrate on each wonderful guest. It's also happily free of tittle-tattle questions.
I was aware of Ms. Bacall growing up as I had heard my parents speak of her, and I had seen a couple of her films, but after seeing her live on stage in "Woman of the Year" in the early 1980s, I was a fan! Her talent, energy and work ethic were all quite impressive. She certainly stayed busy, not just making movies and appearing on stage, but doing TV commercials that most legendary performers would have probably turned down, such as High Point instant coffee, or the now defunct brick-and-mortar discount retailer, Tuesday Morning. Rest in peace, Ms. Bacall.
I think she was extremely talented, no phony, straight to the point, great sense of humour, self awareness, stylish and very beautiful. As she grew older, she became an extremely sexy striking woman. My favourite ❤❤
I believe she and him were just what the other needed to be to feel content and confident in theirself. Good match and lucky, as she says nothing last forever so instead of 1st instinct to look back what about NOW she says I agree what about NOW. thank you Lauren.
'Bacall' was the anglicised spelling of her Jewish Romanian mother's last name. She did not pick a stage name completely unrelated to her, as she was close to her mother.
Very frank and insightful interview. Everybody should take a leaf out of Lauren Bacall's book of life and philosophy. Interestingly, both, she and her first husband, Humphrey Bogart, grew up in New York and both of their mothers were strong minded business women. She mentions the value of " honour amongst friends and their character", again, emphasising her own thoughtful attitude about life. She certainly was an unusual and unique woman who had the privilege of knowing many movers and shakers in Hollywood.
Lauren reminds me of my late nan. Nan on my mother's side, not my dad's side. Very nice lady and genuine it seems. Haven't seen her in much and I need shooting probably for that. I know she's a legend though. Her accent is a mix between British and American, it seems at times.
Tony Anastasio - I agree with you about Lauren’s accent. Grace Kelly had a ‘transatlantic English accent’, a mixture between both American and British one. I recently bought a book : “Teach yourself Transatlantic: Theatre speech for actors”, by Robert L. Hobbs. (Printed 1986) and it’s fascinating.
fyi- Lauren Bacall...born Bette Jean Perske went to Julia Richman HS in Manhattan....but LIVED in the Bronx from @age 5 until she was @15-16 years old. She used to take the old 3rd Avenue Elevated train. with my Aunt Mary....and after she moved to Greenwich Village with he mother (after her divorce), my aunt often walked with her across the southern end of Central Park to Colombus Circle, where my aunt went north on the D trim and Bette took a train....probably the #1 local downtown. (Christopher Street?)
...I'm surprised she brought this up.....and later in the interview, says "I never lie." All biographies of her speak about living in the Bronx....including all of her elementary school years. I'll need to listen to more interviews....and I'll also look for specific information on the PS #///1-8th grades. weird.
@@Themanwhocameback2 possibly....or perhaps it came from her mother...or perhaps from their common desire to separete tjings out from her father. I know when she talked to my Aunt Mary....neither talked about their deadbeat fathers. (my grandfather was a BAD drinker.) I don't think Betty/Lauren had any further contact with her father once they left the Bronx.
....back then....through the 1940s....nearly all of the Bronx was THE BEAUTIFUL BRONX...as discussed and photographed in the 1980s bestselling "coffee table book....by longtime Bronx hisotian lloyd Ultan...with many starts of stage, screen, art, clssical and popularmusic and vaudeville being born/raised here. I haven't read any biographies.
I never enjoy when people say they "don't look back" or they don't "live in the past, there's so much to do, etc. etc." We all live in the past, either by constant self-reflection or, worse, by pretending we don't. If she means she doesn't nostalgify, well that I can understand, I guess, since she became as success so early in life she may never have had a chance to get her bearings till she was quite a bit older, and by then she may have had to push that experience aside because, otherwise, it might have engulfed her life...which it did anyway!
