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
Star Stage Feist, and Don Weis. Star Stage Star Stage was a half-hour US anothology series. It was sponsored by Campbell Soup Company and hosted by Jeffrey Lynn, who became host on the November 18th telecast. Thirty-nine episodes aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) from 1955-56. Two-thirds of the episodes were done live and the remainder were filmed. Guest stars included Sylvia Sidney, Greer Garson, Dennis Morgan, Joseph Cotten, Dan Duryea, Joan Fontaine, Betty Grable, Paul Douglas (actor), Polly Bergen, Cornel Wilde, Eddie Bracken, Jeanne Crain, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Young and Mary Astor. Directors included feature film directors, Robert Stevenson (director),