Miss Tallulah Bankhead...

Tallulah Bankhead makes a spectacular entrance at The Ritz in London, August 20, 1964.

...now appearing in Fall! Fall! My Darling!

Give The Lady A Hand

"Kisses on your opening." -- A telegram allegedly sent by Tallulah Bankhead to Bette Davis, at the premiere performance of one of the latter's stage shows

The Gang's All Here

with Mae West

 

with Gina Lollobrigida and Carol Channing

 

with Marilyn Monroe

 

with Gloria Swanson and Tallulah Bankhead

 

with Joan Crawford

 

with George Nader

Everyone wanted a piece of the Rock.

Sing A Song

Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear.

Another Sloe Eyed Vamp

Bathing Broads

With a gimlet and a pool boy both within reach, no doubt.

Tallulah Thursday!

"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."

Nature's Call

...[Tallulah] had to go to the john, but found when she was settled in for the duration that there was no toilet paper at hand. "So I looked down and saw a pair of feet in the next stall. I knocked very politely and said: 'Excuse me, dahling, I don't have any toilet paper. Do you?' And this very proper Yankee voice said: 'No, I don't.' Well, dahling, I had to get back to the podium for Adlai [Stevenson]'s speech, so I asked her, very politely you understand, 'Excuse me dahling, but do you have any Kleenex?' And this now quite chilly voice said: 'No, I don't.' So I said: 'Well then, dahling, do you happen to have two fives for a ten?'" - from People Will Talk by John Kobal

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Tallulah Bankhead and friends at Finnochio's, ca. 1950's

"How should I know, dahling? He's never sucked my cock." - Tallulah Bankhead, queried about co-star Tab Hunter's sexual orientation

Tab Hunter and friends in The Girl He Left Behind (1956, Warner Bros.)

Constant Craving

"But really, dahlings -- sixty apples a day!" - Tallulah Bankhead, after being advised by a doctor to eat an apple each time she craved a drink

Rhythm of the Rain

Tallulah Bankhead in the stage production of Rain (1935)

"Dahling, you're divine. I just fucked your husband. You're next." - Tallulah Bankhead to Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford in Rain (1932, United Artists)

When Caught Between Two Evils...

"My father warned me about men and booze, but he never said a word about women and cocaine."

Sisters Under the Skin

"Alcohol does things to your face and skin. You don't get away scot-free. Pretense is futile. Look at Tallulah Bankhead. Or me." - Geraldine Page

...But She Drifted

"I'm as pure as the driven slush."

Three's a Crowd...

...Talu's a party!

Fasten Your Seatbelts

"Don't think I don't know who's been spreading gossip about me...After all the nice things I've said about that hag! When I get hold of her, I'll tear out every hair of her mustache!" - Tallulah Bankhead on Bette Davis

She Bangs

She looks like a flower, but she stings like a bee.