Lauren Bacall in "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (1996). Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in The Bronx, New York, the only child of Natalie ("née" Weinstein; 1901–1977), a secretary who later legally changed her surname to Bacal, and William Perske (1889–1982), who worked in sales. Both her parents were Jewish. According to Bacall, her mother emigrated from Iași, the Kingdom of Romania, through Ellis Island, and her father was born in New Jersey to parents who were born in Valozhyn, a significant center of Jewish life, in present-day Belarus, then in the Russian Empire. Soon after her
Betty Banafe Betty Banafe Betty Ibtisam Abu Bakar Banafe (born 14 November 1979), better known as "Betty Banafe" is a singer and actor from Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. Banafe's family is of Malay, Arab and Javanese descent. She became an actor despite opposition from her father and attended Universiti Teknologi Mara, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications - Public Relations (with honors), despite almost being expelled from University for being 'too active' in the film industry during her years of study. Betty Banafe married British-American businessman and technology consultant, Bruce Dargus on December 12, 2012. The couple currently reside