Bacall’s death was confirmed by the estate of the Bogart family on Twitter: “With deep sorrow, yet with great gratitude for her amazing life, we confirm the passing of Lauren Bacall.”
Known for her sultry looks and husky voice, Bacall was the star of dozens of Hollywood “golden age” films, including The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), How to Marry A Millionaire (1953) and Key Largo (1948).
Born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, the actress burst onto the silver screen in the ’40s and after meeting Humphrey Bogart on the set of To Have and To Have Not she married him the following year.
Despite Bogart being 25 years her senior, the couple stayed married until Humphrey’s death in 1957. They had two children, Stephen Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Bogart.
Bacall, who was briefly engaged to singer Frank Sinatra, later went on and wed actor Jason Robards Jr in 1961 and had another son, Sam Robards. The actress divorced the future Oscar winner in 1961 due to his severe alcoholism.
Bacall enjoyed many career successes and nabbed Tony Award in 1970 for her role in the musical Applause.
After starring in the critically acclaimed film, The Mirror Has Two Faces, alongside Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges in 1996, she won a Screen Actors Guild award, a Golden Globe and the San Diego Film Critics Society award for her work.
In 1993 she was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille honorary Golden Globe award and in 2009 she received an honorary Academy Award.
Bacall, who was an icon of old-school glamour throughout her life, even seemed dazzled by her success.
“Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, ‘Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?'” she told Vanity Fair in 2011. “‘Well, yes, I think I was,’ I reply. You realise yourself when you start reflecting – beacause I don’t live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are – that you can’t ignore it.”
