Biography
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an American actress. Primarily an actress of the stage, Bankhead also appeared in several films including an award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). She also had a brief but successful career on radio and made appearances on television. In all, Bankhead amassed nearly 300 film, stage, television and radio roles during her career. She was posthumously inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981.
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Awards & recognition
- Alabama Women's Hall of Fame · 1981
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1961 · nominated
Filmography13 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Lifeboat
Batman
What's My Line?
Faithless
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
Die! Die! My Darling!
Stage Door Canteen
The Cheat
The Daydreamer
Devil and the Deep
Hollywood: The Selznick Years