Kirk Douglas the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, which gave him a special scholarship. One of his classmates was Betty Joan Perske (later known as Lauren Bacall), who would play an important role in launching his film career. Bacall wrote that she "had a wild crush on Kirk," and they dated casually. Another classmate, and a friend of Bacall's, was aspiring actress Diana Dill, who would later become Douglas's first wife. During their time together, Bacall learned Douglas had no money, and that he once spent the night in jail since he had no place to sleep. She
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents or Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes is a 1993 French comedy film directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann and starring Josiane Balasko. She received her second nomination to the César Award for Best Actress for this role. In 1958 open referendum for the adoption of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic, the daily life of Irene, communist activist who was rescued from concentration camps by the Red Army when she was young, and who is married to Bernard