Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Brockman Bankheadwas an American actress of the stage and screen, and a reputed libertine. Bankhead was known for her husky voice, outrageous personality, and devastating wit. Originating some of the 20th-century theater's preeminent roles in comedy and melodrama, she gained acclaim as an actress on both sides of the Atlantic. Bankhead became an icon of the tempestuous, flamboyant actress, and her unique voice and mannerisms are often subject to imitation and parody...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth31 January 1903
CountryUnited States of America
Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right..
They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.
I think the Republican party should be placed in drydock and have the barnacles scraped off its bottom.
... all my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
They aren't making mirrors like they use to.
I have enemies I've never met - that's fame.
I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.
A Republican. A Republican. That's worse than being a goddamned Communist!
I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.'
I'm not childless, darling. I am childfree.
If you know your Bible and your Shakespeare and can shoot craps, you have a liberal education.
[To the critic who wrote a negative review:] I am sitting in the smallest room of the house. Your review is before me. Soon it will be behind me.
A frozen daiquiri of a scorching afternoon is soothing. It makes living more tolerable.