| Tallulah Bankhead Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 2½ in |
| Weight | 50 kg |
| Date of Birth | January 31, 1902 |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Date of Death | December 12, 1968 |
Tallulah Bankhead was an American stage artist, actor, and voice actor who is regarded as one of the great stage actors of the 20th century. She was a member of the prominent Alabama political family named the Bankhead and Brockman family. Her filmography includes When Men Betray, Who Loved Him Best?, The Trap, Thirty a Week, My Sin, His House in Order, A Royal Scandal, Faithless, The Cheat, Tarnished Lady, Thunder Below, Devil and the Deep, The Daydreamer, Stage Door Canteen, Lifeboat, The Boy Who Owned a Melephant, Main Street to Broadway, and Fanatic.
Born Name
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Nick Names
Tallu, Talloo
Age
She was born on January 31, 1902.
Died
On December 12, 1968, Tallulah Bankhead died of pleural double pneumonia at the age of 66 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Resting Place
Saint Paul’s Churchyard, Kent County, Maryland, United States
Sun Sign
Aquarius
Born Place
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Nationality
Occupation
Stage Artist, Actor, Voice Actor
Family
- Father – William B. Bankhead (Politician, Served as the 42nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936 to 1940)
- Mother – Adelaide Eugenia “Ada” Bankhead (née Sledge)
- Siblings – Evelyn Eugenia (January 24, 1901 – May 11, 1979) (Older Sister)
- Others – John H. Bankhead (Paternal Grandfather) (Politician, Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama between 1907 and 1920), Tallulah James Brockman (Paternal Grandmother), James Bankhead (Great-Great-Grandfather), John H. Bankhead II (Paternal Uncle) (Politician, U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama), Walter W. Bankhead (Cousin) (Politician, U.S. Representative from Alabama), Blossom (Niece), Barbara (Niece), John Hollis Bankhead III (Nephew)
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 2½ in or 158.5 cm
Weight
50 kg or 110 lbs
Girlfriend / Boyfriend / Spouse
Tallulah Bankhead had dated –
- Jimmy Durante
- John Barrymore
- Frances Day
- Chico Marx
- Laurette Taylor
- Alla Nazimova
- Hugh Williams
- Humphrey Bogart
- Charles Boyer
- Henry Fonda
- Blyth Daly
- Burgess Meredith
- Katharine Cornell
- Charlie Chaplin
- Helen Menken
- Ella Logan
- Patsy Kelly
- Mercedes de Acosta
- Greta Garbo
- Yul Brynner
- Groucho Marx
- Sonya Levien
- Ona Munson
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Eva Le Gallienne
- Winston Churchill – RUMOR
- Lillian Hellman
- Leslie ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
- Martita Hunt
- George Raft
- Francis X. Bushman
- Kay Johnson
- George Sanders
- Ethel Barrymore
- Hattie McDaniel
- Leonard Bernstein
- Louis Armstrong
- Billie Holiday – RUMOR
- Errol Flynn
- Estelle Winwood
- Lilyan Tashman
- Louisa d’Andelot Carpenter
- Edward R. Murrow
- Blanche Yurka
- John Hodiak
- Libby Holman
- Toto Koopman
- Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
- Sarah Vaughan
- Cary Grant (1918)
- Napier Strut (1921)
- Kerry Johnson (1924)
- Glenn Anders (1926)
- Leslie Howard (1927) – RUMOR
- Anthony De Bosdari (1929-1930)
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1930)
- Gary Cooper (1931-1932)
- Marlene Dietrich (1932)
- Johnny Weissmuller (1933)
- John Emery (1937-1941) – On August 31, 1937, she got married to actor and stage artist John Emery at her father’s home in Jasper, Alabama. In May 1941, she filed for divorce in Reno, Nevada and it was finalized on June 13, 1941. The day her divorce was finalized, Bankhead told a reporter, “You can definitely quote me as saying there will be no plans for a remarriage.”
- Tommy Dorsey (1940-1941)
- Donald Cook (1948)
- William Langford (1948)
- Beatrice Lillie (1951)
- Marlon Brando (1956)
Note – She had no children.
Race / Ethnicity
White
Sexual Orientation
Bisexual
However, she never publicly used the term “bisexual” to describe herself and preferred to use the term “ambisextrous”.
Distinctive Features
- Husky voice
- Flamboyant personality
Religion
She was raised a Christian.
Tallulah Bankhead Favorite Things
- Baseball Team – New York Giants
Source – Wikipedia
Tallulah Bankhead Facts
- She was named after her paternal grandmother, who in turn was named after Tallulah Falls, Georgia.
- In 1944, Tallulah Bankhead co-starred as Constance “Connie” Porter in the survival film Lifeboat and this role won her the New York Film Critics Circle Award in the “Best Actress” category.
- She struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction and reportedly smoked 120 cigarettes a day.
- Some of her friends were Zelda Fitzgerald and Estelle Winwood.
- Tallulah Bankhead has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6141 Hollywood Blvd.
- She had 4 abortions and had a hysterectomy in 1933, at the age of 31.
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