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Tallulah Bankhead

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Bankhead, Tallulah (Brockman)

(1903–68) stage and film actress; born in Huntsville, Ala. Known for her husky, drawling voice and her sultry man-eating roles, she was first noticed in The Little Foxes in 1939.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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Tallulah Bankhead, Cole Porter, Peggy Guggenheim, Cecil Beaton, Jennifer Jones, David Selznick, Noel Coward, the Duchess of Windsor, Jackie Kennedy, Lee Radziwill, Barbra Streisand, Diana Vreeland, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Dorothy Kilgallen, Princess Margaret, Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Stephen Tennant, Andy Warhol, Rupert Everett--is there a relationship between homosexuality and name-dropping?
The actress Tallulah Bankhead had been in attendance, as well as various less famous, but no less well-heeled, members of London's smart set.
The actress Agnes Moorehead is included, but not Tallulah Bankhead. Barbara Stanwyck is included, again because the author sees her as a lesbian role model or icon, but Marlene Diet rich and Greta Garbo are overlooked in both categories.
His big break came playing opposite Tallulah Bankhead in the 1939 stage drama The Little Foxes.
Was", Alan anecdotally recounts his associations with such diverse fellow actors and performers as Paul Whiteman, Tallulah Bankhead, Zero Mostel, George Burns, Jack Benny, Peter Lorre, Clifton Webb, Jane Russell, Mickey Rooney, Jane Powell, Roddy McDowall, Red Skelton, Sonja Henie, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, and others.
(It is unlikely that impersonations of Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead possessed much currency in the gay culture of the late 1980s.) The death of camp, as it is defined traditionally, isn't explored--despite, the possibility that its decline may have contributed to Pierce's decision to retire in 1990.
The first major revival took place in 1956, with Tallulah Bankhead as Blanche.
Tallulah Bankhead is terrific as the poor little rich girl who learns the virtues of democratic life, and Walter Slezak does a nicely nasty turn as the Nazi in the woodpile.
In his mellifluous baritone voice, the GOP nominee pledged an administration of unity, peace, and prosperity, promising that America would continue to stand as "a beacon of freedom in the world." The actress Tallulah Bankhead, a supporter of Truman, ridiculed Dewey's references to unifying the country, asking: "Will all the candidates who are for disunity please stand?
Bowman remained active on stage and in films until her retirement in 1950, having worked with Helen Hayes and Tallulah Bankhead. Similar information is revealed in the remaining chapters, dealing with the Musical Spillers, Edgar Jones, the Black Troubadours, the Louisiana Troupes, Will Garland, Arabella Fields, the Black Diamonds, William McAllen, and Louis Douglas.
In another room the artist hung small portraits of Tallulah Bankhead and Louise Brooks as young women; he submerged this scene in semidarkness (the room was lit only by daylight), and stretched silk veils over the images, like shrouds or colored filters.
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