Lauren Bacall: A conversation with the Hollywood legend

It was a crisp October day in 1996, and Lauren Bacall was in Los Angeles to promote her 31st motion picture, The Mirror Has Two Faces. “I like the character,” she said, “because it represents so many women, and the way we deal with insecurities, fears, relationships and losses.” Bacall then went on to recount some of her own personal experiences, and how she drew inspiration from her role-model mo…