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 Boop cartoons that featured Betty Boop or a similar character. Betty appeared in the first "Color Classic" cartoon "Poor Cinderella", her only theatrical color appearance in 1934. In the film, she was depicted with red hair as opposed to her typical black hair. Betty also made a cameo appearance in the feature film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988), in which she appeared in her traditional black and white and was voiced by Mae Questel. Betty Boop was the star of the "Talkartoons" by 1932 and was given her own series that same year, beginning with "Stopping the Show". From that point