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Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress. Primarily an actress of the stage, Bankhead also appeared in several prominent 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.
May 29, 2024 · Ask a Question Ask a Question Tallulah Bankhead (born January 31, 1902, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.—died December 12, 1968, New York, New York) was an American actress who was as famous for her personal life as for her theatrical achievements.. Bankhead, the daughter of Alabama congressman and future speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead, was named after her paternal grandmother ...
May 25, 2021 · Unlike Cruella, Bankhead wasn’t born bad—but pretty close. The daughter of a prominent political family in turn-of-the-century Alabama, Tallulah was a bad-tempered baby turned defiant child.
Tallulah Bankhead. Actress: Lifeboat. Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was born on January 31, 1902 in Huntsville, Alabama. Her father was a mover and shaker in the Democratic Party who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from June 4, 1936, to September 16, 1940. Tallulah had been interested in acting and, at age 15, started her stage career in the local theater troupes ...
May 8, 2005 · During her London years, Tallulah appeared in sixteen plays, ranging from outright junk (“Conchita,” “The Creaking Chair,” “Mud and Treacle”) to the Pulitzer Prize-winning “They Knew ...
Tallulah Bankhead. Actress: Lifeboat. Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was born on January 31, 1902 in Huntsville, Alabama. Her father was a mover and shaker in the Democratic Party who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from June 4, 1936, to September 16, 1940. Tallulah had been interested in acting and, at age 15, started her stage career in the local theater troupes ...
May 3, 2020 · Tallulah Bankhead, born in 1902, was a stage and screen actress who came from a prominent Alabama family. (Many of her male relatives served in office; her father became the Speaker of the House ...
Sep 29, 1972 · Part 1 of Brendan Gill’s classic Profile of the legendary film and stage star Tallulah Bankhead, exploring her Alabama upbringing, the garden parties, which inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ...
Sep 1, 2015 · The incomparable Tallulah Bankhead was born in Alabama in 1902 to a father who would become the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1936 until 1940.
Bankhead, Tallulah (1902–1968)American actress who eschewed formal training, built a career on the stage, and dipped into films, but eventually eclipsed her own career with the force of her public personality. Name variations: (childhood nickname) Dutch; (adult nicknames) Tallu, Lulas, Die Donner (the thunder). Pronunciation: Tuh-LOO-luh BANK-hed.
