Lauren Bacall born Betty Joan Perske
Not related to this line, but found the following info on a movie website.
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Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924 in New York City. Her parents were middle-class with her father working as a salesman and her mother as a secretary. They divorced when she was five.
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Lauren Bacall says her damily was Jewish. Does anyone posting here know what the family line could be? How did this family name get to New York?