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    Bankhead, Tallulah

    What was her first play in London?Tallulah Bankhead

      The Dancers. The producer was Gerald Du Maurier.

    Which great actress did she admire and mimicked at parties?Tallulah Bankhead

      Ethel Barrymore. She became a life long friend of the three Barrymore siblings.

    What was her first Noel Coward play? Tallulah Bankhead

      Fallen Angels. The theme of the play (two women getting drunk and talking about an ex-lover) provoked the wrath of the moral leagues.

    Huge groups of hysterical fans attended all her performances. What name was given to them?Tallulah Bankhead

      The Gallery Girls. One of them became her secretary and companion for the best part of her life.

    Whom did she marry ... and divorce?Tallulah Bankhead

      John Emery. It was her only and short-lived marriage.

    Who wrote "The Green Hat"?Tallulah Bankhead

      Michael Arlen. It was rumoured that the novel was based on her affair with Lord Arlington. The author was part of the same crowd.

    Who played her part in the film adaptation of "The Green Hat"?Tallulah Bankhead

      Greta Garbo. The title was changed to "A Woman of Affairs" directed by Clarence Brown.

    She was in George Cukor's "The Women"?Tallulah Bankhead

      false. She did work with Cukor but on an earlier film called "Tarnished Lady".

    Who was her leading man in "Faithless"?Tallulah Bankhead

      Robert Montgomery. Brook vas in "Tarnished Lady", Cooper in "The Devil and the Deep" and March in "My Sin".

    Who played her part in the film adaptation of "Forsaking All Others"?Tallulah Bankhead

      Joan Crawford. The movie starred Robert Montgomery and Clark Gable.

    Bette Davis played in the film version of "The Little Foxes" but what other Bankhead role did she play on film?Tallulah Bankhead

      Dark Victory. Bankhead was to play "Jezebel" on stage but she had to pull out at the last moment and was replaced by Miriam Hopkins.

    Who played her part in the film adaptation of "Clash by Night"?Tallulah Bankhead

      Barbara Stanwyck. Bankead never brought any of her stage parts to the screen.

    What was the name of her radio program?Tallulah Bankhead

      The Big Show. A one hour extravaganza that included the biggest names in show business at the time.

    What film was she in with Ethel and Lionel Barrymore?Tallulah Bankhead

      Main Street to Broadway. Lots of theatre stars had small roles in this movie.

    When did she die?Tallulah Bankhead

      12 December, 1968. Her last words were : "Codeine, Bourbon".

    What is Tallulah's middle name?Tallulah Bankhead

      Brockman.

    Tallulah often answered her front door in the nude?Tallulah Bankhead

      T. She always answered the door in the nude. Didn't matter who was there.

    Tallulah was born in which city of Alabama?Tallulah Bankhead

      Huntsville. She was daughter of William Bankhead.

    What day of the month, and month of the year was Tallulah born on in 1902?Tallulah Bankhead

      January 31. She shared her father's middle name.

    At which age did she make her debut in 'Squab Farm'?Tallulah Bankhead

      18. When she was fifteen she won a movie-magazine beauty contest and conviced her family to let her move to New York.

    Finish this quote from screenwriter, Anita Loos: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be _____"?Tallulah Bankhead

      Stupid.

    In what year did she make her debut on the London stage?Tallulah Bankhead

      1923. This is where she was to appear in over a dozen plays in the next eight years.

    Which famous Alfred Hitchcock film did Tallulah star in?Tallulah Bankhead

      'Lifeboat'. This was acknowledged as her best film.

    Tallulah died of what?Tallulah Bankhead

      Pneumonia. The pneumonia arised from influenza, and was complicated further by emphysema.

    Tallulah died on December 12, 1968 in Los Angeles?Tallulah Bankhead

      F. She died on December 12, 1968 in her beloved New York City.

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