Who is Tallulah Bankhead?
Tallulah Bankhead is seen as one of the “bad women” of society, primarily because her behavior on a day-to-day basis did not match the societal views of her time. She was a stage actress from Alabama, born into a politically connected family in the early 1900s. Her dramatic childhood turned into a life of chaos.
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Her name was at the top of Will Hay’s infamous “Doom Book,” a book for studios detailing which women were okay to work with and which were deemed “unsuitable for the public.” Naturally, this was the type of energy they were looking for; not only did she have a big personality, but she had an even bigger reputation.