Lauren Bacall & Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall
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Lauren Bacall and Frank Sinatra were engaged for 1 month. They dated for 10 months after getting together in Apr 1957. They were engaged in Feb 1958 but later separated in Mar 1958.

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American Actress Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on 16th September, 1924 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA and passed away on 12th Aug 2014 Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA aged 89. She is most remembered for To Have and Have Not. Her zodiac sign is Virgo.

American Singer Frank Sinatra passed away on 14th May 1998 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA aged 82. Born Francis Albert Sinatra on 12th December, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA and educated at A. J. Demarest High School, Frank Sinatra is most remembered for Vocalist for Tommy Dorsey Band in a career that spanned 1935–1995 and 1935–1998. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius.

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Relationship Statistics

StatusDurationLength
DatingApr 1957 - Feb 1958 10 months, 6 days
EngagedFeb 1958 - Mar 1958 28 days
Total Apr 1957 - Mar 1958 11 months, 4 days


Later, Humphrey Bogart fretted about his wife Lauren Bacall’s relationship with Frank. When Frank arranged a birthday party for Bacall in Las Vegas, in September 1956, her husband stayed away. He was “edgy and resentful” when she got home and she soon found out why. “He was somewhat jealous of Frank,” Bacall remembered, “. . . partly because he thought Frank was in love with me, partly because our physical life together, which has always ranked high, had less than flourished with his illness.”
After Bogart’s death, by the spring of 1957 Frank and Bacall were going out together. They were cruising off the coast of California aboard a rented yacht the day Frank’s divorce from Ava became final. At Christmas Frank asked Bacall to marry him but then, two days into the new year, he got drunk and behaved “like a maniac”. For more than a month the couple had no contact. In March Frank went to see her. He seemed contrite and proposed again. Bacall remembered: “ . . . he was very convincing . . . all my barriers fell . . . I said, ‘OK’.”
Just days later, on March 12, newspapers trumpeted: “Sinatra to Wed Lauren Bacall”. It was leaked either by the agent Swifty Lazar, or by Bacall herself. When a reporter got to Frank to ask if the marriage was on he got a brutal reply. “What for? Just so I have to come home earlier every night? Nuts!” Bacall had phoned Frank as soon as the story broke, and he had not seemed angry. Then, a few days later, Frank called accusing her of having leaked the proposal. Then he simply cut off all contact. Frank had behaved “like a complete shit”, Bacall remembered, and for years to come they did not speak at all.

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Relationship Timeline

March, 1958 - Breakup

February, 1958 - Engagement

April, 1957 - Hookup

Couple Comparison

Name
Lauren Bacall
Frank Sinatra
Lauren Bacall
Frank Sinatra
Age (at start of relationship)
32
41
Height
Female
5' 9" (175 cm)
Male
5' 7" (170 cm)
Zodiac
Virgo
Sagittarius
Occupation
Actress
Singer
Hair Color
Dyed Blonde
Brown - Dark
Eye Color
Green
Blue
Nationality
American
American
Religion
Jewish
Roman Catholic

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