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'''Humphrey DeForest Bogart''' (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed '''Bogie''', was an American actor. His performances in [[classic Hollywood cinema]] made him an American [[cultural icon]]. In 1999, the [[American Film Institute]] selected Bogart as the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|greatest male star]] of classic American cinema.
'''Humphrey DeForest Bogart''' (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed '''Bogie''', was an American actor. His performances in [[classic Hollywood cinema]] made him an American [[cultural icon]]. In 1999, the [[American Film Institute]] selected Bogart as the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|greatest male star]] of classic American cinema.
== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
[[File:245 W103 St Bogie plaque jeh.JPG|thumb|alt=See caption|Plaque commemorating Bogart's birthplace, 245 W. 103rd St., New York City]]
[[File:245 W103 St Bogie plaque jeh.JPG|thumb|alt=See caption|Plaque commemorating Bogart's birthplace, 245 W. 103rd St., New York City]]


Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on Christmas Day in 1899 in New York City. He was the kid of Belmont DeForest Bogart and Maud Humphrey.
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on [[Christmas Day]] 1899 in New York City, the eldest child of Belmont DeForest Bogart and [[Maud Humphrey]]. Belmont was the only child of the unhappy marriage of Adam Welty Bogart, an innkeeper from [[Canandaigua, New York]], and Julia Augusta Stiles, a wealthy heiress. The name "Bogart" derives from the Dutch surname "Bogaert," meaning "orchard." Belmont and Maud married in June 1898. He was a Presbyterian, of English and Dutch descent, and a descendant of [[Sarah Rapelje]], the first European Christian girl born in [[New Netherland]]. Maud was an Episcopalian of English heritage and a descendant of ''[[Mayflower]]'' passenger [[John Howland]]. Humphrey was raised Episcopalian but was non-practicing for most of his adult life.
 
Belmont DeForest Bogart was a doctor who fixed hearts and lungs. He was the child of Adam Welty Bogart and Julia Augusta Stiles.
 
Adam Welty Bogart ran an inn, in Canandaigua, New York. Julia Augusta Stiles had a lot of money. Maud Humphrey, a highly accomplished commercial illustrator, received her art training in New York and France, including studies under [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], and later became art director of the fashion magazine ''[[The Delineator]]'' and an active suffragette. The Bogarts’ marriage combined social prestige and artistic ambition, creating an environment rich in culture yet formal and emotionally restrained.
 
The name Bogart comes from the surname Bogaert, which means orchard. This shows that the Bogart family has a history that dates back to colonial times.
 
Humphrey Bogart was raised as an Episcopalian. However when he grew up he did not really practice this faith.
 
His family is interesting. His father Belmont was a Presbyterian. Belmonts family was from England and the Netherlands. He was also related to Sarah Rapelje. She was the Christian girl of European descent born in New Netherland.
 
Humphrey Bogarts mother Maud was, from England. Her family had a cool history too. She was a descendant of John Howland, who sailed on the Mayflower. This combination of historical lineage and cultural refinement informed Humphrey’s identity and sense of place within American society.
 
The Bogarts had a home on the Upper West Side. They also had a big house on a lake. This lake was called Canandaigua Lake. It was in upstate New York. The house was on a lot of land. 55 Acres.
 
Humphrey Bogart and his friends liked to put on shows at this house during the summer. They would do plays and other things to entertain people. This was good, for Humphrey Bogart because he got to learn about acting and telling stories. The Bogarts spent a lot of time at Canandaigua Lake during the summer. His parents, devoted to their respective careers, showed little physical affection, and Maud instructed her children to address her by her first name rather than "Mother," fostering a household of discipline and formality. Humphrey later recalled that a gesture of approval, such as a clap on the shoulder, was considered significant praise in his family.
 
Bogart had two sisters: Frances, also known as Pat and Catherine Elizabeth also known as Kay.
 
When Bogart was a kid other kids would tease him because of his hair and the way he dressed.
 
His mother liked to dress him up in clothes like the kind you see in Little Lord Fauntleroy.
 
She would also make him pose for pictures in advertisements, which made him feel really self-conscious.
 
Bogart got some things from his parents though.
 
He loved to go fishing and boating just like his father did.
 
Bogart also liked to sit and think, which is something his father enjoyed too.
 
From his mother Bogart got an eye, for art and design.
 
He also liked people who knew what they wanted and were not afraid to speak up which is something his mother taught him.
 
Bogart liked willed people, like his mother and he liked the way they lived their lives. These early influences contributed to the development of his nuanced and self-reliant character, laying the psychological foundations for his later screen persona.


The date of Bogart's birth has sometimes been disputed due to studio publicity tactics, with some sources listing January 23, 1900. However, contemporary records—including a birth announcement in the ''Ontario County Times'' on January 10, 1900—along with state and federal census records, confirm December 25, 1899, as his true birth date. Bogart consistently celebrated Christmas Day as his birthday, a fact corroborated by family and close acquaintances.
The date of Bogart's birth has been disputed. Clifford McCarty wrote that [[Warner Bros.]]' publicity department had altered it to January 23, 1900, "to foster the view that a man born on Christmas Day couldn't be as villainous as he appeared to be on screen." The "corrected" January birth date subsequently appeared—and in some cases, remains—in many otherwise-authoritative sources. According to biographers [[Ann M. Sperber]] and [[Eric Lax]], Bogart always celebrated his birthday on December 25 and listed it on official records, including his marriage license. [[Lauren Bacall]] wrote that Bogart's birthday was always celebrated on Christmas Day, and he joked about being cheated out of a present every year. A birth announcement in the ''Ontario County Times'' of January 10, 1900, along with state and federal census records from 1900, confirm a December 25, 1899, birth date. Bogart's birth record also confirms this.


Bogart went to a school called Delancey School. Then he went to Trinity School in New York City. He was not a good student at Trinity School. Bogart did not like academics or the other things you can do at school.
[[File:Maud Humphrey from American Women, 1897 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|alt=Photo of a standing Maud Humphrey, Bogart's mother|Maud Humphrey in the 1897 book ''American Women'']]


He went to Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts for school. This was a boarding school. Bogart got into Phillips Academy because his family knew people who could help him get in. Bogarts parents wanted him to go to Yale University for education.. Bogart left Phillips after just one semester. He did not do well in school. Failed four out of six classes.
Belmont, Bogart's father, was a cardiopulmonary surgeon. Maud was a commercial illustrator who received her art training in New York and France, including study with [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]]. She later became art director of the fashion magazine ''[[The Delineator]]'' and a militant [[suffragette]]. Maud used a drawing of baby Humphrey in an advertising campaign for Mellins Baby Food. She earned over $50,000 a year at the peak of her career, considerably more than her husband's $20,000. The Bogarts lived in an [[Upper West Side]] apartment, and had a cottage on a 55-acre estate on [[Canandaigua Lake]] in upstate New York. When he was young, Bogart's group of friends at the lake would put on plays.


There are a reasons why Bogart left school. Some people say he played pranks on the headmaster and the groundskeeper like throwing them into a pond on campus. He also. Drank and did not do well in his classes. Sometimes he even said things to the staff.
He had two younger sisters: Frances ("Pat") and Catherine Elizabeth ("Kay"). Bogart's parents were busy in their careers and frequently fought, showing little emotion towards their children. Maud instructed her offspring to call her "Maud" instead of "Mother," and displayed little, if any, physical affection. When she was pleased, she "[c]lapped you on the shoulder, almost the way a man does," Bogart recalled. "I was brought up very unsentimentally but very straightforwardly. A kiss, in our family, was an event. Our mother and father didn't glug over my two sisters and me."


Other people think that Bogarts father took him out of school because he was not doing enough. Bogarts father was not happy with his progress, at Phillips so he decided to withdraw him from the school. The experience left his parents disappointed in their educational aspirations for him, yet it allowed Humphrey to cultivate independence and a skepticism toward rigid authority.
Bogart was teased as a boy for his curls, tidiness, the "cute" pictures his mother had him pose for, and the [[Little Lord Fauntleroy]] clothes in which she dressed him, and for his first name. He inherited from his father a tendency to needle, a fondness for fishing, a lifelong love of boating, and an attraction to strong-willed women.


Despite academic struggles, Bogart's upbringing was deeply influential in shaping his emerging character. Exposure to art through his mother, combined with a disciplined yet emotionally restrained household, fostered a blend of aesthetic sensitivity, intellectual curiosity, and stoic resilience. His early life of privilege, creative exposure, and personal rebellion created the psychological and cultural foundations for the complex, enigmatic, and compelling presence he would bring to the silver screen.
Bogart attended the private Delancey School until the fifth grade and then attended the prestigious [[Trinity School (New York City)|Trinity School]]. He was an indifferent, sullen student who showed no interest in after-school activities. Bogart later attended [[Phillips Academy]] in [[Andover, Massachusetts]], a boarding school to which he was admitted based on family connections. Although his parents hoped he would go on to [[Yale University]], Bogart left Phillips in 1918 after one semester, although the Phillips Academy website claims he was in the graduating class of 1920. He failed four out of six classes. Several reasons have been given: according to one, he was expelled for throwing the headmaster (or a groundskeeper) into Rabbit Pond on campus; another cited smoking, drinking, poor academic performance, and possibly inappropriate comments made to the staff. In a third scenario, Bogart was withdrawn by his father for failing to improve his grades. His parents were deeply disappointed in their failed plans for his future.
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