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Tallulah Bankhead Radio personality

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 31, 1902
  • Died: Dec 12, 1968

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead was an American actress of the stage and screen, talk-show host, and reputed libertine. Bankhead was also known for her deep voice, flamboyant personality, and support of liberal causes, which broke with the tendency of Southern Democrats at the time to support a more conservative agenda. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1981.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. being funny & life

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after. morning

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car. cars & time

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time. being good & time

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds. education & greatness

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education. education

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me. love

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 other thoughts from Dave Barry

27 other thoughts from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 views from Winston Churchill

74 views from Winston Churchill