Actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89

Actress Lauren Bacall died Tuesday at her home from a suspected stroke, Variety reports. She was 89.

Born Betty Joan Perske in 1924, Bacall was a model before making her film debut at 19 opposite Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not. The pair married and spent 12 years together until his death in 1956.

A star during the golden age of Hollywood, Bacall also appeared in The Big Sleep, The Mirror Has Two Faces, How to Marry a Millionaire, and Designing Woman. Making the move to Broadway, she won Tony Awards for 1970's Applause and 1981's Woman of the Year. In 2010, she received a Life Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

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Bacall is survived by her two children with Bogart, Stephen and Leslie, and her son with former husband Jason Robards Jr., actor Sam Robards.