I've been becoming familiar with Tallulah Bankhead by listening to The Big Show, a fantabulous radio variety show. I never knew much about her, because, with a name like Tallulah Bankhead, I thought she was an actress who only did very serious and fancy pictures, but I have been surprised, and pleasantly, that she was a very brilliant comedienne.
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Elliot Norton Interviews Tallulah Bankhead (1963)
Elliot Norton Interviews Tallulah Bankhead (1963)
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Re: Elliot Norton Interviews Tallulah Bankhead (1963)
Yes, I knew she was a fine comedienne, and somewhat of a character, as well. 
I listened to some of this. Wasn't her voice amazingly low? And she used that as a technique, as she and the interviewer were discussing.
The only thing I've actually seen her in was an episode of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour in which she guest-starred.
I listened to some of this. Wasn't her voice amazingly low? And she used that as a technique, as she and the interviewer were discussing.The only thing I've actually seen her in was an episode of the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour in which she guest-starred.
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Re: Elliot Norton Interviews Tallulah Bankhead (1963)
She was in Hitchcock's Lifeboat and she was great, as were all the cast! One of his best movies.
I love her! To me she is a "poor man's" Judith Anderson. Or maybe Judith Anderson was a "poor man's Tallulah Bankhead.
I love her! To me she is a "poor man's" Judith Anderson. Or maybe Judith Anderson was a "poor man's Tallulah Bankhead.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!