Or as Bogie referred to her, "steel with curves."

up in the heavens above, Bogie is smiling right now.

... another like her; even in this simple photo, she conveys so much.

She'll be sorely missed.

Her age in this photo. Girls were women a lot earlier in those days. (And Bogart was 44 at the time.)

Hollywood has lost another very class act.

Just her voice could make me go weak in the knees. I'm sorry to say it but the actresses of today will never match the combination of class, beauty and sophistication they had in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

"Class" is right, and Betty Perske, born in the Bronx and raised by a mother struggling after the father left when Betty was just 6, proved that class has nothing to do with birthright or money.

Whenever notable actresses have passed, I've always thought, "At least we still have the very best". The stars shine notably less bright tonight.

I'm grateful for the legacy left behind in still and motion film.

To be a very bad week.

Dave - You nailed it.

Betty Bacall could hold her own in any company; indeed, shine in any company.

There's "pretty," there's "beautiful," and then there's Lauren Bacall, sui generis. She will be missed.

Smart enough to go to head-to-head with Bogart (on screen and off), sexy enough to win leading lady roles for three decades, cool enough to get a front row seat for the Beatles' 1964 Carnegie Hall performance. She cannot be over-appreciated.