A friend of my dad once told a story about his day with Lauren Bacall a number of decades ago. He was home from college for the summer and doing work around Bacall’s house on Long Island. She was in her mid-30s and it was not too long after her husband Humphrey Bogart had died in 1957. Lauren was very pleasant and brought him refreshments in the morning. But at some point, I think she realized something was off. So while he was doing some outside work, she casually found out if he knew her name. “Oh yes, you’re Miss Backle (rhyming with tackle).” “That’s right, I’m Miss Backle.” She proceeded to head off, make them both lunch, and then invited him inside to join her. As they sat together eating, she had perked up. Miss Backle asked him about his life, showed concern for his problems, and gave him advice. She also shared some stories of her own (non-Hollywood ones...though he later figured out her "friend Jason" was future husband Jason Robards) and kept him laughing throughout. To say she was winning him over was an understatement. At one point after they had talked for a while, he said that he probably should get back to work. Miss Backle said that there was no hurry and that she hadn't enjoyed a conversation this much in a long time. The comment confused him as he thought surely this beautiful and charming woman must have more interesting friends than him, such as that Jason guy. But he later realized why… she loved how genuine he was and that he had absolutely no clue that he was talking to a famous movie star. The day went on with him doing interior and exterior jobs (while Miss Backle kept him company off and on) and it was by far the best working day of his life. Her charm did not ease up. When the day ended, she said she’d ask for him if she needed work done in the future. That never happened, but he'd forever have that one delightful day with Miss Backle. They’d always have plaster of Paris. The next day he went in to work to get his assignment. He started telling his co-workers about this wonderful woman. Now word had gotten around the previous day as to where he had been sent, so they just looked at each other in bafflement and amusement. Finally, after listening to him go on about her for a while, they let him know that he had been interacting with the famous movie star who was married to Humphrey Bogart, with a slightly different pronunciation to her last name.