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Tallulah Bankhead[tulOO´lu] Pronunciation Key, 1903–68, American actress, b. Huntsville, Ala.; daughter of William Brockman Bankhead. After her debut in 1918, Bankhead had great success on the London stage (1923–30). She was acclaimed for her Broadway performance as Regina in The Little Foxes (1939) and for her film performance in Lifeboat (1944). In the latter, she brought to the role the wit, sophisticated aplomb, and uninhibited behavior that made her a legend.
See her autobiography (1952); biographies by B. Gill (1972), L. Israel (1972), and K. Tunney (1973).
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