Most Recent Role: Herself on The Merv Griffin Show
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Birthday: 1-31-1902
Birth Name: Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Date of Death: 12-12-1968
Cause of Death: Pneumonia, New York City, USA
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Birthday: 1-31-1902
Birth Name: Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Date of Death: 12-12-1968
Cause of Death: Pneumonia, New York City, USA
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was born January 31, 1902/03, (the exact day and year are disputed), in Huntsville, Alabama. Her mother died shortly after her birth and her father sent her and her sister, Eugenia, to live with his parents, Senator and Mrs. John Bankhead, in Jasper, Alabama at their family home, "Sunset." The home is still there today. Tallulah was a spoiled, untamable child, as...
Most Recent Appearance
January 30, 1968
Tuesday 30 January 1968 on Syndicated
Merv's guests are silent screen star Tallulah Bankhead and I Spy actor Robert Culp and his wife actress France Nuyen.
Her chinese astrological sign is Aquarius.
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Her chinese astrological sign is Tiger.
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Tallulah starred in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth.
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Tallulah played Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1939.
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Tallulah nearly died following a 5-hour emergency hysterectomy for an advanced case of gonorrhea in 1933.
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Tallulah: Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
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Tallulah: I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me.
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Tallulah: They used to shoot her (Shirley Temple) through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum.
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Tallulah: It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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Tallulah: I'm as pure as the driven slush.
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Other Appearances
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Four Star Revue
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Batman (1966)
Black Widow Strikes Again Black Widow |
Batman (1966)
Caught in the Spider's Den Black Widow |
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Four Star Revue
April 18, 1953 Guest |
General Electric Theater
Eyes of a Stranger Katherine Belmond |
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Kraft Music Hall
Tallulah Bankhead Herself |
Person to Person
November 20, 1953 Herself |
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