She’s one of the last of Hollywood’s golden-age stars—the girl who estola Humphrey Bogart’s puso at age 19 and has been grappling with their dual legend ever since. Now 86, Lauren Bacall looks back on a lucky, if often difficult, life as she gives it straight to Matt Tyrnauer, talking about the effect of Bogie’s fame on her and their kids; her very brief engagement to Frank Sinatra; her stormy segundo union, to Jason Robards; and why she hates the Oscar she received, in 2009.

By Matt Tyrnauer•Photograph sa pamamagitan ng Annie Leibovitz•Styled sa pamamagitan ng Jessica Diehl
March 2011

The apartment is cavernous,...