Tallulah Bankhead

1902–1968 · American actress

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.

Tallulah Bankhead, in order

1. 1919 The Trap: acted · directed by Frank Reicher
2. 1928 His House in Order: acted · directed by Randle Ayrton
3. 1931 My Sin: acted · directed by George Abbott
4. 1931 Tarnished Lady: acted · directed by George Cukor
5. 1931 The Cheat: acted · directed by George Abbott
6. 1932 Devil and the Deep: acted · directed by Marion Gering
7. 1932 Faithless: acted · directed by Harry Beaumont
8. 1932 Thunder Below: acted · directed by Richard Wallace
9. 1943 Stage Door Canteen: acted · directed by Frank Borzage
10. 1944 Lifeboat: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 90%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla
11. 1945 A Royal Scandal: acted · directed by Ernst Lubitsch and Otto Preminger
12. 1965 Fanatic: acted · directed by Silvio Narizzano
13. 1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind: acted · directed by David Hinton · audiences 93%