American actress Lauren Bacall, circa 1955. Picture: Getty

Actress Lauren Bacall arrives backstage at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on March 7, 2010 in Hollywood. Picture: Getty

Lauren Bacall is embraced by Humphrey Bogart in a scene from the film ‘To Have And Have Not’, 1944. Picture: Getty

Actress Lauren Bacall pictured as a young child playing on a swing, USA, circa 1930. Picture: Getty

Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe pose for a portrait on the set of the 20th Century-Fox film ‘How to Marry a Millionaire’ in 1953 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: Getty

American actress Lauren Bacall (Betty Jane Perske) posing with her hand under her chin. 1940s. Picture: Getty

The American actress Lauren Bacall fondly plays with her children Leslie and Stephen; in the background is a portrait of Humphrey Bogart, the actress’ husband and father of the children, died in 1957. New York, 1960. Picture: Getty

Lauren Bacall and Nicole Kidman attend the “Dogville” New York Premiere in New York City. Picture: AFP

Lauren Bacall and her husband, Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957), support themselves by holding the mast on a small sailboat, circa 1950. Picture: Getty

American actress Lauren Bacall poses behind a pane of glass decorated with two giant eyes, circa 1950. Picture: Getty

American actor Lauren Bacall, as a seven month-old infant, laying in a baby carriage in a knit sweater and cap in 1925. Picture: Getty

American screen star Lauren Bacall wearing an ornate beaded necklacecirca 1945. Picture: Getty

Her late-husband’s estate, The Bogart Estate released the news on Twitter: “With deep sorrow, yet with great gratitude for her amazing life, we confirm the passing of Lauren Bacall”. Lauren Bacall attends the 2010 Oscars in Hollywood. Picture: Getty

Lauren Bacall, US actress, wearing a green double-breasted cardigan and red trousers as she poses beside a swimming pool, circa 1950. Picture: Getty

American screen star Lauren Bacall wearing a polo neck jumper circa 1945. Picture: Getty

Actress Lauren Bacall pictured as a young child, aged ten, in her first professional portrait, taken by photographer John Robert Powers, USA, circa 1934. Picture: Getty

Bacall was an American stage and film actress and model, known for her husky voice and sultry looks. Lauren Bacall, circa 1950. Picture: Getty

Circa 1945: American screen star Lauren Bacall, whose successful film career spanned more than fifty years. Picture: Getty

Screen legend Lauren Bacall has died in her home aged 89. Picture: Getty

Bacall got her big break in the 1944 thriller To Have and Have Not when she was just 19. It was here she met her future husband Humphrey Bogart and was the first of many “Bogie-Bacall” films. Picture: Supplied

Actor Marilyn Monroe with Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable in scene from film “How To Marry A Millionaire”. Picture: Supplied

Humphrey Bogart and actress Lauren Bacall speak backstage while filming the 1946 film, The Big Sleep. Picture: AP

Humprey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in 1946 film ‘The Big Sleep’. Picture: Supplied

Lauren Bacall and Cate Blanchett attend a special screening afterparty for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” in New York City. Picture: Getty

4th March 1954: Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Monroe share a joke. Picture: Getty

Humphrey Bogart with Lauren Bacall and son Stevie in 1951. Picture: Supplied

Lauren Bacall tenderly smiling to her children Leslie and Stephen. New York, 1960. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Bacall holds her honorary Oscar as she’s hugged by Anjelica Huston as they attend the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Inaugural Governors Awards held at the Grand Ballroom in 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Picture: Getty

Humphrey Bogart with wife Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn at London Airport 18 July 1951. Picture: EPA

Lauren Bacall with Humphrey Bogart. Picture: Supplied

Lauren Bacall, Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett. Picture: WireImage

Circa 1945: Full-length image of married American actors Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart standing by their car. Picture: Supplied

Lauren Bacall attends the 2009 Governors Awards Gala at the Grand Ballroom. Picture: Getty

Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart remained together until his death from esophageal cancer in 1957. Picture: Supplied

Lauren Bacall, Kate Bosworth and Amy Adams inside ELLE Magazine’s 14th Annual Women In Hollywood at the four seasons hotel in 2007 in Beverly Hills. Picture: Wireimage

Following her late-husbands death Bacall was romanced by music legend Frank Sinatra. The pair are pictured in 1960. Picture: AFP

Jack Nicholson chats with Lauren Bacall at the “The Departed” film premiere in 2006 in New York City. Picture: Getty

Frank Sinatra, right, and Lauren Bacall arrive at a film preview of “Pal Joey” in Hollywood. Picture: AP

Charlton Heston with singer Bob Dylan and actor Lauren Bacall at Kennedy Centre ceremony honouring them for their impact on the performing arts and American life. Picture: AP

Lauren Bacall in 1959. Picture: Supplied

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