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;
Joan Bruce roles in "The Entertainer", "Travelling North", "Heartbreak House", "The Life and Times of Nicholas Appelby" and "Something Afoot". She married her second husband Kenneth William in 1978, and subsequently appeared on television in roles in "Chopper Squad" and "A Country Practice", before retiring in 1988. She was best known however for her long-running roles in the Australian soap opera "Certain Women" with Queenie Ashton and June Salter and for voicing the kangaroo and Dot's mother in the 1977 children's animation/live action film "Dot and the Kangaroo". She died in 2014, aged 86. Joan Bruce Joan Olive Bruce (born Joan Thompson)