Talk:Tallulah Bankhead
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My favorite quote of hers: "Noboby can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it!" sb0474@yahoo.com
we've got to put her cocaine quote in!
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[edit] Gay Icon Project
In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:05, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Thomas Brockman
Tallulah was the great-granddaughter of James Henry Brockman (1822-1844), who was the father of Tallulah James Brockman (Bankhead). James Henry Brockman was the son of Thomas P. Brockman, a SC -- not US -- politician. It seems a fairly obscure detail to include in this article (I could fill up the article with her genealogy, but I don't think it is relevant).
- Now that I take a closer look at this I think you may have some of the genealogy incorrect, but I think we should debate that offline. It *may* have a bit more relevance to the article. I've read that she was particularly close to her grandmother and her godsons ended up being named Brockman and Brock, I believe, but I'll look for a citation for that. Sandwich Eater 20:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Early career
A couple of sites related to Somerville, Massachusetts claim that Bankhead started her acting career at the Somerville Theatre before moving to New York: Somerville Theatre Online, [1], Lost Theatres of Somerville This doesn't quite fit with the implication in our article that she started out in New York. I'm not sure what to make of this. FreplySpang (talk) 16:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bankhead proves that a woman can walk on the wild side
Bankhead is a Camille Paglia wet dream, the wildest woman I've ever heard of. Roll over, Madonna and Janis Joplin!
Would someone add, if true, a bit about Bankhead being in the front row when Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in 1938, and her urging Louis on by yelling very choice Anglo-Saxon sexual metaphors at the top of her lungs?
About 20 years ago, I read a long interview with fellow Lifeboat cast member Hume Cronyn, who mentioned how Bankhead did not wear knickers during the entire production of the film, even though her part required her to lift her skirt quite a few times.
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