Tallulah+Bankhead

====Tallulah Bankhead  ==== ====By Carly,  Riley,    P     rika,  Jordan, Savannah, and Chasity      ====



  **Tallulah Bankhead was born in 1902 Jasper, Alabama the same date as her mom and dads anverisy.Three weeks later she was born her mom died of blood poisoning.She grew up living with her grandmother and her sister.Her father barely came to visit them.Tallulah was not that well behaved. Once she and her sister took one of their dads cigarettes and tried to smoke. Thier dad caught them and allowed them to keep smoking! One day their dad took the girls to thier first play where Tallulah fell in love with acting. Her dad had to grab her by the collar before she fell off of the balcony. She swore like a fisherman. Tallulah and her sister never grew out of the smoking. She also drunk. She was on drugs and she loved animals. Miss Bankhead was an actress by vacation. Her rise to international stardom was a first for a native Alabama woman. It was based on a flamboyant and colorful personality developed as the daughter of a prominent deep South family. A character of strong will, independence, and charm, coupled with a deep husky voice, brought attention to her and redefined popular concepts of Alabama women. Miss Bankhead was a dedicated professional. She was an inspiration to fellow actors and actresses in refusing to cancel performances even through sicknesses and deaths. Her performances were often the saving touches on bad dramas. For her finest performances she received two awards: The Critics' Award for "The Skin of Our Teeth" in 1942, and the New York Screen Critics' Award for the Alfred Hitchcock film "Lifeboat" in 1943. She was dedicated to her craft and fellow craftsmen. She died in ST. Lukes Hostpital in New York. **         **"Alabama has produced no actress, and indeed the nation has produced few who were in a class of professional competency with Miss Bankhead. The consensus of the dramatic world seems to have been that if you had Tallulah in a play, the script and supporting cast were of only minor importance," so wrote Carl Elliot, Sr. He also said, "I fear Tallulah has suffered from the sometimes swashbuckling, sometimes naughty characters she played on stage and screen. However, I feel, and on the basis of that feeling, I argue that she should be primarily judged on her qualities as a dramatic actress. By that yardstick she is eternally great."** Lukes Hospital in New York City of double pneumonia arising from from influenze, complicated by emphysema, at the age of 66 on December 12, 1968 and is buried in Saint Paul`s churchyard, Chestertown, Maryland.Her grave was next to her father's She was known as<span style="COLOR: #fd8917; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"> <span style="COLOR: #be31f6; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="COLOR: #fd8917; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif">Alabama's <span style="COLOR: #f58024; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #fd8917; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif"> Bad Girl Star, beacuase of her bad behavior. <span style="COLOR: #e93025; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #f254da; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace"> ====<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #e23212; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #0033ff; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">Tallulah Bankhead   ==== ====<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #e23212; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #0033ff; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">Tallulah when she was 21 years old. ==== ====<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #e23212; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #0033ff; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">She said if she had another chance do it again, but faster. ==== ====<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #f278ed; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #e23212; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="COLOR: #0033ff; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">   ====

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Tallulah Bankhead by:Alecia Sherard Archibald