"A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?" - Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall was barely 20 when she starred in her first film To Have and Have Not (1944) with Humphrey Bogart, whom she married soon after.
She reportedly practiced for months to get her voice at that low, dusky pitch for the role. It became her trademark and eventually became her day-in-day-out voice.
Memorable titles among her many movies include How to Marry a Millionaire with Marilyn Monroe, Harper with Paul Newman, The Shootist with John Wayne and Murder on the Orient Express with Sean Connery.
Bogart and Bacall both suffered from a mild vocal disorder that has been named for them, Bogart-Bacall Syndrome. BBS is now the medical term for an ongoing hoarseness that often afflicts actors, singers or TV/radio voice workers who routinely speak in a very low pitch.
Shortly after Bogart's death in 1957, Bacall had a relationship with singer and actor Frank Sinatra, shown below.
Lauren Bacall is still considered a fashion icon.
