"The most outrageous actress on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line is indisputably Tallulah Bankhead. With a career that spanned fifty years, she appeared in fifty-one plays, eighteen movies, and made countless radio, television and nightclub appearances; but she is best known for "molding her life into a stunning theatrical role," as Notable American Women puts it. Named for Tallulah Falls in her native Alabama, her throaty rasp, golden-blond hair, ripping wit, and absolute scorn for convention conquered everybody she encountered in real life, on screen, and especially on stage where she triumphed brilliantly playing her naturally quick wit and sterling rapport with others. … Nobody, past or present, could beat the stunning beauty, with huge expressive eyes, to a punch line."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
LGBT peopleNon-fiction authors from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesAutobiographers from the United StatesActresses from Alabama
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Seale Ballenger, in Hell's Belles: A Tribute to the Spitfires, Bad Seeds & Steel Magnolias of the New and Old South (1997), p. 54
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tallulah_Bankhead
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress of the stage, screen and radio, known for her husky voice, outrageous personality, devastating wit, and reputation as a libertine.
32 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Tallulah Bankhead →
Related Quotes
"The cynic says "blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." I say "blessed is he who expe…"
"Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have the time."
"I was raped in a driveway when I was eleven. … It was a terrible experience because we had all that gravel."
"I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water — …"
"No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the ide…"
"I'm as pure as the driven slush."
"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work — the night watchman."
"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…"
"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."
"I don’t know what I want. Nobody knows — or if they do, they don’t know for long. I mean, you don’t want the same thi…"