Hey there princess!
Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske (1924 - 2014), was an American film actress and singer. I have been obsessed with her movies, and her deep sultry voice for years now, and just had to share a little Bacall with you this morning.
She began her career as a model before landing her first role as leading lady to Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944). After this box office success, she went on to be the queen of the noir genre in films such as The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948). She even married Bogart in 1945, after falling in love with him on the set of their first film together.
While courting Bacall on the set of To Have and Have Not, Bogart gifted her a bracelet with a whistle charm on it, engraved with "If you need anything, just whistle." Now that's romance!
Bacall also expanded her acting-chops and appeared in one of my favorite films, How to Marry A Millionaire (1953) alongside Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable. Bacall never won an Oscar, but remains one of the most popular, recognizable faces of Hollywood's golden age.
She was everything that was needed of her for the noir genre: sexy, cool, and collected, with passion and fire burning from within and shining in her eyes. She is absolutely the kind of refined that all young women want to emulate.
Be like Bacall:
- Fall in love.
- Don't be afraid of a bold lip color.
- Speak low and slow.
- Tap into your mysterious side.
- Let your eyes smolder.
