Tallulah Bankhead Biography

Short Biography

The first white woman to appear on the cover of Ebony magazine. Once owned a pet lion named Winston. A bisexual she had affairs with Hattie McDaniel, and Billie Holiday. Had a disdain for Bette Davis and the feeling was mutual.

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Friends and Family
  • George Cukor [Friend]
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  • Katharine Hepburn [Friend]
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  • Nat King Cole [Friend]
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  • Noel Coward [Friend]
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  • Jeanne Eagels [Friend]
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  • Libby Holman [Friend]
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  • Ethel Merman [Friend]
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  • Tennessee Williams [Friend]
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  • Otto Preminger [Friend]
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  • J. Edgar Hoover [Friend]
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  • Marlene Dietrich [Friend]
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  • Truman Capote [Friend]
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  • Ada Eugenia Bankhead [Sister]
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  • Adelaide Eugenia Bankhead [Mother]
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  • William Brockman Bankhead [Father]
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    Pets
  • Winston - a lion
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