Lauren Bacall: Get Outta My Face!

"You know how to get into a car, don't you, Steve? You just step off the curb, and go." 83-year-old Lauren Bacall (formerly Betty Joan Perske) was just 19 when she whispered words like that to her late husband, Humphrey Bogart, in her 1944 film debut as Slim in, "To Have and Have Not."


Miss Bacall was at Mr. Chow last night -- signing autographs and posing for paparazzi -- some of whom rarely see a star of her magnitude. Bacall chastised an autograph seeker who got to close to her famous visage, saying, "Don't stick things in my face!"

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16. I heard Kirsten Dunst was going to play her in a bio-pic but I think kirsten is way too pretty to play Lauren Bacall.

Posted at 1:44PM on Oct 19th 2007 by dunst=God

17. well clearly # 3 is one of those whiney idiots that has no concept of life.
old? #3...what will happen to you next year that you can't control? yeeeees, you'll be a year older!!! and it CONTINUES TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR! Saying "you're old" to someone is the equal to saying something like "hahahah you're hungry when you dont eat", yeah - - - you....kinda.....have...no control over it.
Lauren has been famous longer than that puss has been building up under your teenage pimples. Get an education, check in with us later.

Posted at 4:05PM on Oct 17th 2007 by yawn

18. ANYONE 83 YEARS OLD ... CELEBRITY OR NOT, WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT ... DESERVES A LITTLE RESPECT. HAVING THINGS PUSHED IN YOUR FACE IS VERY DISCONCERTING AT THAT AGE. GOOD MANNERS ARE LACKING IN OUR IN-YOUR-FACE SOCIETY AND THAT'S A SHAME!

Posted at 5:17PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Cindylou

19. Now there's a real woman and a real "star" the way they used to be....not flashing their crotch, looking like slobs.........And she doesn't take any crap from anyone. Bogey's cousin worked with me and I asked her about Bacall. The family called her Betty which is what she wanted and was a real, down to earth person. Unlike the trash flash you have on this website - good for a laugh on my break but that's about it. She is fantastic and like others of her class and talent is getting OLD. Yeah, some of us are OLD. You too will get OLD if you're LUCKY. The way people drink and drug and slut around, getting OLD will be a luxury. You tell em, Betty. Talent and class. Take a look, "entertainment persons" The great days are over.

Posted at 4:10PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Barbara

20. Finally news regarding a 'true celebrity'. To #3 I say: Just because you don't recognize a real star you should keep your trap shut. She paved the way for your generation (half of them I don't even know or care about and the only talent they seem to have is to remove their clothes).

Posted at 4:14PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Betty

21. She's the last of the "class acts" in hollywood and the only left with any intelligence. When she says "get out of her face", just do it. She knows what's she's talking about

Posted at 4:17PM on Oct 17th 2007 by I'll take that face over Britney's anyday

22. She is a legend! Her voice is jus tfine. That is the way she always sound. Damn sexy!
She could teach young hollywood a thing or two! They will not make it to her age. And the Lady still has sass. You will not see this again. This is what it is all about. Someone
mention how old she was and cigerettes. Well, look at her age. I see some young forks
sure will not look like that in 20 years. Take notes this is how it is done. She will always
live on. For those who don't know she was married to Bogie! Can't you tell by the tude?

Posted at 4:31PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Leo Woman

23. When she was young....she was probably the hottest women ever to come out of Hollywood, past and present.

Posted at 4:42PM on Oct 17th 2007 by TBA

24. She's from an era..when... woman... were classy...classy< being the keyword.....she was a wonderful actress..........today....it's literally disgusting.......all that you hear in the news.... Spears......Loham......Hilton..............3 of which really lack class.............their looked upon as objects....and basically that;s all their good for......oh and using drugs...and having your kids taken away............please.. there is no comparison....Lauren Bacall..............has more class on the tip of her fingernail......then the 3 I mentioned.... have in their enire body..............

Posted at 4:45PM on Oct 17th 2007 by easternsky1013

25. She has had a deep voice since age 19, when she had to deepen her very high-pitched voice to be an actress. She was very beautiful when young (check out this You Tube video from when she was 19: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFfuUu5xmMA) and is a very classy actress who would never have flashed her cooch.

Posted at 4:50PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Kaya

26. Lauren Bacall is a legend, and most of her pictures with Humphrey Bogart are classics! She is Hollywood royalty and a well respected actress who commands attention. Some of you idiots are even fit to be in her presence.

Posted at 4:47PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Diane

27. *aren't*

Posted at 4:48PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Diane

28. She's just an old crotchety lady. We will all get that way. She's still a great actress don't get me wrong, you just gotta laugh at her being cranky, God, she's 83! My grandmother is 83 and in a nursing home...

Posted at 4:49PM on Oct 17th 2007 by Trish

29. Trish,
Guess what, if you're lucky you'll make it to 83 and be a crotchedy old lady.

Posted at 4:58PM on Oct 17th 2007 by TBA

30. Looks like she had a few too many Vodka Stingers.

And at 83- she can be as crotchety as she wants to be.

Posted at 5:20PM on Oct 17th 2007 by JB

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