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 Cooper 1992 to Jan. 2012. She also was featured in "Betty's Diary", which published 40 issues from Apr. 1986–Apr. 1990. Currently, Betty is the co-star of "Betty and Veronica Digest Magazine", now known as "B&V Friends Double Digest", which was launched in Nov. 1980 and has published more than 250 issues; and "Betty and Veronica Double Digest", which has published 250+ issues since June 1987. She was the co-star of "Betty and Veronica", which ran for 347 issues (and eight annuals) from March 1950–April 1987. A new "Betty and Veronica" series published 278 issues from June 1987–late 2015. The limited series