Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an American actress. Primarily an actress of the stage, Bankhead also appeared in several films including an award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). She also had a brief but successful career on radio and made appearances on television.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Huntsville
- Educated at
- Mary Baldwin University
- Awards
- 🏆 Alabama Women's Hall of Fame🏆 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it."
"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner."
"Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."
"I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water — I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone."
"If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience."
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Timeline
1902
Born
Birth1968
Died
Death
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