Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Tallulah Bankhead, born January 31, 1902!
In the world of classic Hollywood, there are those I wish I could have worked with, those I wish I could’ve befriended, and those I wish I could have partied with. Tallulah Bankhead is the one I wish I could have partied with. I’ll be honest with you, faithful readers — I’ve only seen two of her films: Life Boat and Die, Die, My Darling. Most of my Bankhead knowledge comes from what I’ve read and one thing I could never stop reading was her quotes. I mean, half the reason I want to party with this lady IS the quotes. So, to celebrate this great star of the stage and screen, let’s look at some her best quotes.
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Tallulah Bankhead with John Hodiak in Lifeboat (1944, Alfred Hitchcock director)
“If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.”
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.”
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Young Tallulah Bankhead.
“I have three phobias which, could I mute them,would make my life as slick as a sonnet,but dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up and I hate to be alone…”
“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”
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Tallulah Bankhead at a party with Ronald Colman. Why can’t I be there?
“I’d rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.”
“They say it’s the good girls who keep diaries. The bad girls never have the time. Me, I just wanna live a life I’m gonna remember even if I don’t write it down.”
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Minoo Allen for Classic Movie Hub
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Wonderful photos and article. I think she was an incredible Actress. Loved her in Life Boat, but she made another movie with Robert Montgomery (unfortunately I can’t remember the name ) very dramatic role, wonderful movie rarely shown. Die My Darling was a little strange & scary. ♡♥♡♥♡♥♡
Please correct the caption under the first photo. That is NOT William Bendix, it is John Hodaik.
Oh my! Thank you so much. 🙂