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Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an American actress of the stage and screen. 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.
Birth Name
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Born
Friday, 31 January 1902
Died
Thursday, 12 December 1968
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Sixties | Self - episode of Merv Griffin Show | 2013 |
| Time to Remember | Self | 2010 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Self | 2003 |
| I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special | (archive footage) | 2001 |
| Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter | Self | 1992 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 1967 |
| The Daydreamer | The Sea Witch (voice) / The Sea Witch | 1966 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Sixties | Self - episode of Merv Griffin Show | 2013 |
| Time to Remember | Self | 2010 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Self | 2003 |
| I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special | (archive footage) | 2001 |
| Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter | Self | 1992 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self | 1967 |
| The Daydreamer | The Sea Witch (voice) / The Sea Witch | 1966 |
| Batman | Black Widow | 1966 |
| Die! Die! My Darling! | Mrs. Trefoile | 1965 |
| Hollywood: The Great Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Herself | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| The Andy Williams Show | Self | 1962 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actress screen test | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Co-Host | 1961 |
| The Big Party | Self | 1959 |
| The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | Tallulah Bankhead | 1957 |
| The Polly Bergen Show | Self | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself / Herself - on film | 1957 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| The George Gobel Show | Herself | 1954 |
| Shower of Stars | Self | 1954 |
| The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Hedda Gabler / Lillian Throgmorton | 1953 |
| Main Street to Broadway | Tallulah Bankhead / Self | 1953 |
| Person to Person | Self - Actress | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Katherine Belmont | 1953 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Jessie Baxter | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Mme. Fragrant | 1951 |
| All Star Revue | Self - Hostess / Self / Nurse Edith Cavell (Sketch) / Self - Host / Actress (Sketch) | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actress / Joan Lansing | 1948 |
| A Royal Scandal | Catherine the Great | 1945 |
| Lifeboat | Connie Porter | 1944 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Tallulah Bankhead | 1943 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 | Self | 1933 |
| Faithless | Carol Morgan | 1932 |
| Devil and the Deep | Diana Sturm | 1932 |
| Make Me a Star | Tallulah Bankhead | 1932 |
| Thunder Below | Susan | 1932 |
| The Cheat | Elsa Carlyle | 1931 |
| My Sin | Ann Trevor / Carlotta | 1931 |
| Tarnished Lady | Nancy Courtney | 1931 |
| His House in Order | Nina Graham | 1928 |
| Thirty a Week | Barbara Wright | 1918 |
| When Men Betray | Alice Edwards | 1918 |
| Who Loved Him Best? | Nell | 1918 |
