Humphrey BOGART & Helen MENKEN & Mary PHILLIPS & Mayo METHOT & Lauren Bacall

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Humphrey BOGART
Helen MENKEN
Mary PHILLIPS
Mayo METHOT
Lauren BACALL

Husband: Humphrey DeForest BOGART
Birth: 23 Jan 1899, New York, NY
Death: 14 Jan 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles Co., CA
Disposition: buried Forest Lawn, Glendale, Los Angeles Co., CA
Occupation: actor
Father: Belmont de Forest BOGART
Mother: Maud HUMPHREY

Marriage-1: 20 May 1926
Divorce: 1927

Wife: Helen MENKEN
Death: 28 Mar 1966

Marriage-2: 1928
Divorce: 1938

Wife: Mary PHILLIPS
Birth: 23 Jan 1900, CT
Death: 22 Apr 1975, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA

Marriage-3: 1938
Divorce: 1945

Wife-3: Mayo METHOT
Birth: 3 Mar 1904, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR
Death: 9 Jun 1951, Multnomah, Multnomah Co., OR

Marriage-4: 21 May 1945

Wife-4: Betty Joan PERSKE, a.k.a., Lauren BACALL
Birth: 16 Sep 1924, New York, NY
Occupation: actor
Other Spouse: m2. 1961, Jason ROBARDS
Father: William PERSKE
Mother: Natalie WEINSTEIN, of Romania; d/o Max WEINSTEIN & Sophie __?__

Children with Helen MENKEN:

none

Children with Mary PHILLIPS:

none

Children with Mayo METHOT:

none

Children with Lauren BACALL:

1. Stephen Humphrey BOGART, b. 6 Jan 1949
2. Leslie Howard BOGART [female], b. 23 Aug 1952

There is a person calling herself "Heather BOGART" and claiming (at various places online and to me in emails) to be either the biological daughter or adopted daughter of Lauren BACALL. She gives a birthdate of 19 Jul 1946, sometimes giving a birthplace of Chicago and, at other times, Los Angeles. She has at times claimed that she was Humprey's biological child and at other times that she was his adopted child. She claims her name was originally "Lauren Heather BOGART," but that it was changed to "Jason Heather BOGART" when she was adopted by Jason ROBARDS.

She has also claimed to be a lovechild of Lauren BACALL's affair with Frank SINATRA, although that affair took place after Bogie's death in 1957. She has also claimed to be the daughter of Frank SINATRA and his first wife, Nancy BARBATO (online bios show that Frank & Nancy had three children: Nancy, born 8 Jun 1940; Frank Jr., born 10 Jan 1944; and Christina, born 20 Jun 1948).

I can find no evidence to support that Lauren BACALL had a daughter, Heather, biological or adopted. In reviews of her biography, By Myself and Then Some (see at Amazon.com [link died]), only three children are mentioned: Stephen and Leslie with Humphrey BOGART and Sam with Jason ROBARDS. Ditto other online bios. This individual also claims to still be living with Lauren BACALL in her New York apartment, another item not mentioned in the reviews of BACALL's biography nor in her recent extended interview on TCM.

This post at TeenForum and this one at MyJellyBean.com are examples of additional reasons for my giving no credence to these claims. (Why is a woman in her 60s posting on teenie-bopper web sites? And why is a woman in her 60s talking about getting married and having children some day?] If I've erred and Lauren BACALL really has an adopted daughter living with her, someone credible please contact me because she is pressuring me to add her name to this page as Lauren's child. Otherwise, someone please get this girl/woman some obviously needed help.

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Sources:

1. G.B. Roberts & W.A. Reitwiesner. 1984. American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD.

2. Kim Klausner. Lauren Bacall (1924- ) (online at JewishVirtualLibrary.org).

3. Biography for Lauren Bacall (online at IMDb.com)

4. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

5. Miscellaneous sites on the web.

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