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
Joan Perry September 1996 at age 85 in Montecito, California. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, under her married name of Joan Cohn. Joan Perry Joan Perry (July 7, 1911 – September 16, 1996), born Elizabeth Rosiland Miller, was an American film actress, model, and singer. She was known as Betty Miller when she was a model. Perry was born in Pensacola, Florida, the daughter of Fred A. and Laura Ophelia (née Satterwhite) Miller. She attended Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. Perry gained early acting experience by participating in class plays in Tampa, Florida. In the early