Filmography
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Known For
Lifeboat Connie Porter (1944) -
Die! Die! My Darling! Mrs. Trefoile (1965) -
A Royal Scandal Catherine the Great (1945) -
Known For
Devil and the Deep Diana Sturm (1932) -
Actress
Batman Black Widow (1967) -
The Daydreamer The Sea Witch (1966) -
The Red Skelton Hour Mme. Fragrant (1965) -
Die! Die! My Darling! Mrs. Trefoile (1965)
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The United States Steel Hour Lillian Throgmorton (1954-1962) -
The Boy Who Owned a Melephant Narrator (1959) -
General Electric Theater Katherine Belmont (1957) -
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Tallulah Bankhead (1957) -
Schlitz Playhouse Jessie Baxter (1957) -
Main Street to Broadway Tallulah Bankhead (1953) -
![A Royal Scandal]( "A Royal Scandal")
A Royal Scandal Catherine the Great (1945) -
![Lifeboat]( "Lifeboat")
Lifeboat Connie Porter (1944) -
![Stage Door Canteen]( "Stage Door Canteen")
Stage Door Canteen Tallulah Bankhead (1943) -
![Faithless]( "Faithless")
Faithless Carol Morgan (1932) -
![Devil and the Deep]( "Devil and the Deep")
Devil and the Deep Diana Sturm (1932) -
![Make Me a Star]( "Make Me a Star")
Make Me a Star Tallulah Bankhead (1932) -
![Thunder Below]( "Thunder Below")
Thunder Below Susan (1932) -
![The Cheat]( "The Cheat")
The Cheat Elsa Carlyle (1931) -
![My Sin]( "My Sin")
My Sin Carlotta / Ann Trevor (1931) -
![Tarnished Lady]( "Tarnished Lady")
Tarnished Lady Nancy Courtney (1931) -
Her Cardboard Lover (1929)
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His House in Order Nina Graham (1928)
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![The Trap]( "The Trap")
The Trap Helen Carson (1919) -
![Thirty a Week]( "Thirty a Week")
Thirty a Week Barbara Wright (1918) -
![When Men Betray]( "When Men Betray")
When Men Betray Alice Edwards (1918) -
Actress
![Who Loved Him Best?]( "Who Loved Him Best?")
Who Loved Him Best? Nell (1918) -
Archive footage
![Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch]( "Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch")
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![The Sixties]( "The Sixties")
The Sixties (2014) -
![Time to Remember]( "Time to Remember")
Time to Remember (2010) -
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Shepperton Babylon (2005)
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![Inside the Marx Brothers]( "Inside the Marx Brothers")
Inside the Marx Brothers (2003) -
![Complicated Women]( "Complicated Women")
Complicated Women (2003) -
![I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special]( "I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special")
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![The Casting Couch]( "The Casting Couch")
The Casting Couch (1995) -
![The World of Hammer]( "The World of Hammer")
The World of Hammer (1994) -
![Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter]( "Murderers, Mobsters and Madmen: Hollywood Police Blotter")
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![The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind]( "The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind")
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![Hollywood: The Selznick Years]( "Hollywood: The Selznick Years")
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![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus (1968) -
![Hollywood: The Great Stars]( "Hollywood: The Great Stars")
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) -
Archive footage
![The Milton Berle Show]( "The Milton Berle Show")
The Milton Berle Show (1955) -
![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1987)
All Filmography
Videos
Awards
2 wins.Did You Know
Trivia
She was said to be the inspiration for the character of Cruella De Vil in Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961).
Quotes
I've played "Private Lives" everywhere except underwater.
Trademark
Flamboyant personality
Nickname
Tallu
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Died
(age 66)
Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Height:
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