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Though primarily a talented stage actress, Tallulah Bankhead appeared in a number of features despite her distaste for Hollywood. In the 1920s and 1930s, Bankhead dazzled theater audiences in London and New York, though she ultimately became more famous for her tempestuous personality and...
Jan 15, 2024 · In Tallulah, first published in 1952 and a New York Times bestseller for twenty-six weeks, Bankhead's literary voice is as lively and forthright as her public persona. She details her childhood and adolescence, discusses her dedication to the theater, and presents amusing anecdotes about her life in Hollywood, New York, and London.
Tallulah Bankhead was one of the rare silent film stars that successfully made the transition to talkies, then radio and television. She was a fixture on Broadway. Her most notable "The Little Foxes" won her the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and repeated with a second award for "The Skin of Our Teeth".
Tallulah Bankhead was born the daughter of Congressman William Bankhead on January 31, 1902 in Huntsville, AL. Her mother died of sepsis soon after her birth and as a result Bankhead was raised by several relatives. After winning a beauty contest at 16, she headed to New York City and found stage work but little success.
24 quotes from Tallulah Bankhead: 'If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.', 'I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.', and 'Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.'.
Feb 15, 2010 · Tallulah Bankhead, the sandpaper-voiced actress who pronounced darling “dahling” and threw in a few extra syllables to boot, made only about a dozen movies, a number of them silent. Though she ...
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