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Women Who Influenced Humphrey Bogart: From His Mother to Lauren Bacall

Variety
Story by Rosemary Rossi
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How Humphrey Bogart's powerful women, from his mother to Lauren Bacall, shaped his iconic acting career and persona
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  • Bogart's parents criticized him relentlessly, calling him an 'inadequate' actor and scholar, but he overcame their doubts to become a legendary Hollywood leading man
  • Bogart's on-screen chemistry and real-life romance with Lauren Bacall cemented his status as a silver screen icon, defining the 'Bogart mystique' for generations
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Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
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