Actress Lauren Bacall , the husky-voiced Hollywood icon known for her sultry sensuality , died Tuesday . She was 89 . Robbert de Klerk , co-managing partner of the Humphrey Bogart Estate , said Bacall died in New York . She was anointed a legend during her lifetime by the American Film Institute , but she was n't fond of that , she told CNN 's Larry King in an interview in 2005 . `` I do n't like the category . And to begin with , to me , a legend is something that is not on the Earth , that is dead , '' she said . Legends were part of the past , and Bacall preferred the present . But her international fame began before the backdrop of World War II , in 1944 with her first film , `` To Have and Have Not , '' which she made with future husband Humphrey Bogart . They married in 1945 , had two children and went on to make more films together , including `` The Big Sleep '' ( 1946 ) , `` Dark Passage '' ( 1947 ) and `` Key Largo '' ( 1948 ) . Bogart died in 1957 . Her memorable quotes . `` He was an extraordinary , extraordinary man . I mean , I 've been extremely lucky . God , I have no complaints at all , '' Bacall said of her late husband during a 2005 interview with CNN 's Larry King . Bacall 's grandson said he got a call early Tuesday from his father . `` She apparently had a stroke . A pretty massive stroke . That 's what happened , '' said Jamie Bogart , who last saw Bacall over the holidays . `` She was , you can say she was a tough personality . She wanted the best and if you were n't doing the best she let you know about it . She was a great person . Catch her on a bad day it could be interesting . She was a good grandma . She was lucky to have a pretty unique life , '' he said . A marriage to Jason Robards , which produced another child , actor Sam Robards , ended in divorce . Bacall was engaged to Frank Sinatra , briefly , between marriages . Friend Dick Cavett , a former TV talk show host , said he and his wife were in a cab just 36 hours before the death was announced , driving by where Bacall lived and wondering aloud how she was doing . `` Her presence was tangible , '' Cavett said . `` There was no nonsense , no affectation . She was n't tough . But she could play tough . '' Cavett added : `` She just was what a lot of young women would like to be . Someone that ca n't be pushed around . Someone that could tell you where to head in ... with a colorful , vile vocabulary if she needed to fall back on it . '' Bacall 's confident , smoldering expression -- the down-turned face and up-turned eyes -- earned her the nickname : The Look . Ironically , the young woman originally struck the pose because she felt insecure . Hollywood recalls screen legend Lauren Bacall . `` I mean , that was what started the look -- was nerves -- just trying to keep my head steady , '' Bacall once said . Bacall won two Tony Awards and an honorary Oscar ; she was nominated for three Emmy Awards . During the interview with King , Bacall said working on stage was her original dream . `` When the curtain goes up , [ the stage is ] ours . It 's ours to project what the playwright wants to say to an audience , what to convey and to get a response from the audience immediately . `` Movies are great fun and wonderful when they 're good . But you never get to see them till six months after they 're finished . `` So you never get a sense of whether they 're really well liked or how good they are . And you do n't really know what the finished product is going to be like , because it 's a director 's medium . '' Opinion : Bacall , the last existential heroine . Bacall was discovered by the wife of American film director Howard Hawks after she appeared on the cover of Harper 's Bazaar . As a lanky teen , she modeled to earn extra money . Hawks later gave Bacall , who was born Betty Joan Perske , the name Lauren . Her last name , Bacall , came from her mother 's maiden name . Her first autobiography , `` Lauren Bacall : By Myself , '' won the National Book Award in 1980 . `` By Myself and Then Some , '' her updated autobiography , was published in 2005 . What to know about Lauren Bacall . Bacall , Bogart and more reel-to-real romances . With passing of Bacall , all Madonna 's 'Vogue ' icons have died . People we 've lost in 2014 .
Her grandson says she apparently had a stroke . Bacall shot to international fame in 1944 with her first film , `` To Have and Have Not '' She married co-star Humphrey Bogart ; had three children . In the 1950s she was nominated for an Oscar as best actress for her role in'The Big Sleep'( which won ) but lost out to Katharine Hepburn who played opposite Bogie in " Breakfast at God , I have no complaints at all , '' Bacall said in 2005 .