LAUREN BACALL SECRETS of Her Later Years

FOR MORE THAN HALF OF HER LIFE, THE BELOVED ACTRESS CALLED A FAMOUS BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY HOME

Upon arriving at Lauren Bacall’s apartment at New York’s landmark building the Dakota, a housekeeper would usher guests into the library. Sophie, her beloved papillon, would excitedly enter the room just ahead of the Golden Age star. Lauren liked to chat with guests while seated in her favorite chair in front of the fireplace. “I always called her ‘Grandmama,’” her grandson Jamie Bogart tells Closer.