Shimon Peres branching out into other commodities; his mother was a librarian. Peres had a younger brother, Gershon. He was related the American film star Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske), and they were described as first cousins, but Peres said, "In 1952 or 1953, I came to New York... Lauren Bacall called me, said that she wanted to meet, and we did. We sat and talked about where our families came from, and discovered that we were from the same family... but I'm not exactly sure what our relation is... It was she who later said that she was my cousin;
Betty Boyd uncredited role in "A Modern Hero". By the next year her career was all but over. She had only two film acting roles afterward, both in the late 1940s. Her last role was in 1949 when she was had an uncredited role in "Samson and Delilah". Boyd retired, but did not leave the Los Angeles area. She had married Charles N. Over Jr. in the 1930s, a marriage which ended in divorce. She died on September 16, 1971, in Los Angeles, aged 63, from undisclosed causes. Betty Boyd Elizabeth "Betty" Boyd (May 11, 1908 – September 16, 1971) was an