Bronx Betty

Anybody catch TCM's Private Screenings interview with Lauren Bacall last night?
These one-on-one chats (with TCM's poised and gracious Robert Osborne) are priceless peeks at movie performers worth listening to for hours on end.
Bacall was exactly as Osborne said: "adorable,'' and funny and bright and lovely, too.
In 1994, I interviewed her in a group setting at a New York hotel, for the press junket on "Pret-a-Porter.'' Most of the other reporters were nervous because they'd heard that Bacall could be "difficult'' (a point that Osborne raised and debunked in his interview!).
Me, I was chomping at the bit _ Bacall, raised Betty Perske in the Bronx _ has always fascinated me: beautiful in a unique way; witty, not a great actress but an interesting screen presence; married to Bogey (and later, Jason Robards) and a great success on the Broadway stage, too.
Bacall did not disappoint; she was a charming storyteller and a classy woman.
If they rerun her TCM interview, do watch.