I want to thank the little people

With as little as possible? From her vast estate Lauren Bacall gives her maid a little more than she gave her dog;

It was a fortune built up from a lifetime a films, her marriage to screen legend Humphrey Bogart, an esteemed art collection and the $9 million apartment she treasured on New York's Upper West Side.

And almost all of the Lauren Bacall's $26.6 million estate will be split amongst her three children.

However the Oscar-winning actress - who died of a stroke aged 89 on August 12 - was careful to make sure her beloved dog, Sophie, would be well looked after.

The first item of her will - filed in a rush order at Manhattan Surrogate’s Court on Friday, according to Page Six - left $10,000 to her son, Sam Robards, to take care of the spaniel.

And $15,000 to her maid of the last 14 years. Who was gracious enough to say thank you.