Tallulah Bankhead - Quiz
Tallulah Bankhead
  • 1. Where is a collection of 50 portraits of Tallulah Bankhead from her London years housed?
A) Library of Congress
B) United Kingdom's National Portrait Gallery
C) University of Alabama in Birmingham
D) Walker County Arts Alliance
  • 2. Which artist painted a portrait of Tallulah Bankhead considered one of his greatest pieces?
A) Jeffrey Carrier
B) Frank Dobson
C) Augustus John
D) Brendan Gill
  • 3. Who sculpted a bust of Tallulah Bankhead during her London period?
A) Lee Israel
B) Augustus John
C) Kieran Tunney
D) Frank Dobson
  • 4. Which library houses numerous works of Tallulah Bankhead?
A) University of Alabama Press
B) Library of Congress
C) Harper & Bros.
D) United Kingdom's National Portrait Gallery
  • 5. What is the title of Tallulah Bankhead's autobiography published in 1952?
A) Tallulah, A Memory
B) Miss Tallulah Bankhead
C) Tallulah: My Autobiography
D) Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady
  • 6. Who authored 'Tallulah: Darling of the Gods'?
A) Pamela Cowie Patrick
B) Brendan Gill
C) Kieran Tunney
D) Denis Brian
  • 7. Which biography was published by Greenwood Press in 1991?
A) Tallulah: My Autobiography
B) Tallulah: Darling of the Gods
C) Tallulah Bankhead, A Bio-Bibliography
D) Tallulah, A Memory
  • 8. Who wrote 'Tallulah Bankhead: Alabama's Bad Girl Star'?
A) David Bret
B) Jeffrey Carrier
C) Bryony Lavery
D) Alecia Sherard Archibald
  • 9. When was the Tallulah Bankhead Tribute held in Jasper, Alabama?
A) November 1977
B) 1952
C) 2004
D) June 11–15, 2015
  • 10. Which character's voice and personality were inspired by Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Tallulah
B) Margo Channing
C) Cruella De Vil
D) Betty Lou Gerson
  • 11. Which studio described Cruella De Vil as a 'manic take-off' on Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Robson Books/Parkwest
B) Walt Disney Pictures
C) Macmillan
D) HarperCollins
  • 12. Which character in 'All About Eve' was compared to Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Cruella De Vil
B) Betty Lou Gerson
C) Margo Channing
D) Tallulah
  • 13. Where did Tallulah Bankhead move to in the late 1950s?
A) 230 East 62nd Street
B) 333 East 57th Street
C) St. Luke's Hospital
D) St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  • 14. What was the cause of Tallulah Bankhead's death?
A) Pleural double pneumonia
B) Hong Kong flu
C) Emphysema due to smoking
D) Malnutrition
  • 15. Where was Tallulah Bankhead buried?
A) St. Luke's Hospital
B) St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
C) St. Paul's cemetery in Chestertown, Maryland
D) Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 16. What was the value of Tallulah Bankhead's estate at her death?
A) $1 million
B) $3 million
C) $10 million
D) $2 million (equivalent to $18,516,746 in 2025)
  • 17. Which church held a private funeral for Tallulah Bankhead?
A) St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City
B) St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chestertown, Maryland
C) St. Luke's Hospital Chapel
D) Hollywood Forever Cemetery
  • 18. Which award did Tallulah Bankhead win for her work in the film Lifeboat?
A) New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress in a Film
B) Oscar
C) Tony Award
D) Variety Award
  • 19. Tallulah Bankhead was the first white woman to be featured on the cover of which magazine?
A) Life
B) Variety
C) Ebony
D) Time
  • 20. In what year was Tallulah Bankhead inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame?
A) 1968
B) 1980
C) 1955
D) 1972
  • 21. What were Tallulah Bankhead's last coherent words reportedly?
A) 'I love acting'
B) A garbled request for 'codeine ... bourbon'
C) 'Goodbye'
D) 'Thank you all'
  • 22. Which city held a memorial service for Tallulah Bankhead two days after her funeral?
A) Chestertown, Maryland
B) Los Angeles
C) New York City
D) London
  • 23. What was a notable aspect of Tallulah Bankhead's personality that benefited her career?
A) Her eccentric personality
B) Her shyness
C) Her sobriety
D) Her modesty
  • 24. Which community found Tallulah Bankhead to be an enormously popular icon?
A) The Hollywood elite
B) The film industry moguls
C) The Broadway critics
D) The theatrical and especially the gay community
  • 25. Which critic commented on Tallulah Bankhead's life choices after her death?
A) Brooks Atkinson
B) Orson Welles
C) Elia Kazan
D) John Barrymore
  • 26. What was Tallulah Bankhead's reputation like towards the end of her life?
A) She had fallen from former grandeur and was often scandalous.
B) She was widely respected and admired.
C) She became a recluse.
D) She retired quietly from public life.
  • 27. In which U.S. presidential election did Tallulah Bankhead vote for Robert La Follette of the Progressive Party?
A) 1924
B) 1960
C) 1948
D) 1932
  • 28. Which Democratic presidential nominee did Tallulah Bankhead support in 1956?
A) Adlai Stevenson II
B) Estes Kefauver
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 29. Who did Tallulah Bankhead boo during the 1949 inauguration parade?
A) The South Carolina float led by Strom Thurmond
B) The Texas float led by Lyndon B. Johnson
C) The California float led by Adlai Stevenson II
D) The New York float led by Thomas E. Dewey
  • 30. Which term did Tallulah Bankhead prefer over 'bisexual' to describe her sexuality?
A) "Heterosexual"
B) "Ambisextrous"
C) "Homosexual"
D) "Pansexual"
  • 31. Who was Tallulah Bankhead's lifelong friend whose children she was the godmother to?
A) Dola Dunsmuir
B) Patsy Kelly
C) Jane Bowles
D) Eugenia Rawls
  • 32. Which U.S. president did Tallulah Bankhead support in the 1948 election?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Thomas E. Dewey
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Richard Nixon
  • 33. Which British spy agency tried to investigate allegations about Tallulah Bankhead in the 1920s?
A) MI5
B) FBI
C) CIA
D) KGB
  • 34. Who did Tallulah Bankhead reportedly lose her virginity to at age 29?
A) Rex Whistler
B) John Emery
C) Johnny Weissmuller
D) David Herbert
  • 35. Which actor did Tallulah Bankhead describe as a 'very satisfied Jane' after an affair?
A) Johnny Weissmuller
B) Henry Fonda
C) Spencer Tracy
D) Clark Gable
  • 36. Which Democratic presidential nominee did Tallulah Bankhead switch her support to in 1968 after her original pick failed?
A) Hubert Humphrey
B) Robert F. Kennedy
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
D) Eugene McCarthy
  • 37. What procedure did Tallulah Bankhead undergo in 1933?
A) Appendectomy
B) Tonsillectomy
C) Gallbladder removal
D) Hysterectomy
  • 38. Which actress confirmed having a sexual relationship with Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Patsy Kelly
B) Dola Dunsmuir
C) Jane Bowles
D) Eugenia Rawls
  • 39. In which film did Tallulah Bankhead play the character Constance Porter?
A) Psycho
B) Rear Window
C) Lifeboat
D) Rebecca
  • 40. Who directed the film 'Lifeboat' in which Tallulah Bankhead starred?
A) Orson Welles
B) Alfred Hitchcock
C) Frank Capra
D) Howard Hawks
  • 41. What did Tallulah Bankhead famously not wear during the production of 'Lifeboat'?
A) A hat
B) Underwear
C) Jewelry
D) Shoes
  • 42. How much was Tallulah paid for her work on 'Who Loved Him Best'?
A) $150
B) $75
C) $100
D) $50
  • 43. Where did Bankhead move into after arriving in New York City?
A) The Plaza Hotel
B) A boarding house
C) A private apartment
D) The Algonquin Hotel
  • 44. Which actress attempted to persuade Bankhead to change her name?
A) Greta Garbo
B) Ethel Barrymore
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Bette Davis
  • 45. Which substance did Bankhead claim was not habit-forming?
A) Tobacco
B) Cocaine
C) Alcohol
D) Marijuana
  • 46. What was Tallulah Bankhead's first stage play in New York?
A) Death of a Salesman
B) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
C) The Squab Farm
D) A Streetcar Named Desire
  • 47. In which year did Bankhead make her stage debut?
A) 1921
B) 1919
C) 1920
D) 1922
  • 48. When was Tallulah Brockman Bankhead born?
A) March 3, 1899
B) June 15, 1915
C) December 12, 1968
D) January 31, 1902
  • 49. In which city was Tallulah Bankhead born?
A) Huntsville, Alabama
B) New York City, New York
C) Memphis, Tennessee
D) Montgomery, Alabama
  • 50. What illness did Tallulah Bankhead suffer from as a child that affected her voice?
A) Asthma
B) Pneumonia
C) Tuberculosis
D) Chronic bronchitis
  • 51. Who were Tallulah Bankhead's famous childhood friends?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
C) Wilbur Wright
D) Orville Wright
  • 52. What was the name of Tallulah Bankhead's family estate?
A) Huntsville Manor
B) Bankhead House
C) Sunset
D) Brockman Estate
  • 53. What cause did Tallulah Bankhead support that was related to social justice?
A) Abolitionism
B) Prohibition
C) The civil rights movement
D) Women's suffrage
  • 54. How many cigarettes did Tallulah Bankhead reportedly smoke per day?
A) 75
B) 50
C) 200
D) 120
  • 55. What was the cause of Tallulah Bankhead's mother's death?
A) Car accident
B) Blood poisoning (sepsis)
C) Cholera
D) Heart attack
  • 56. What was Tallulah Bankhead's voice type described as?
A) Mezzo-basso
B) Tenor
C) Soprano
D) Alto
  • 57. What year did Tallulah Bankhead's father die?
A) 1936
B) 1968
C) 1940
D) 1950
  • 58. In which year did Tallulah Bankhead make her debut on the London stage?
A) 1922
B) 1924
C) 1931
D) 1923
  • 59. At which theatre did Tallulah Bankhead make her London stage debut?
A) West End Theatre
B) Lyric Theatre
C) Royal Opera House
D) Wyndham's Theatre
  • 60. Which play earned Tallulah Bankhead fame in 1924?
A) They Knew What They Wanted
B) The Dancers
C) Conchita
D) The Gold Diggers
  • 61. Who wrote the play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1925, starring Tallulah Bankhead?
A) George Cukor
B) Irving Thalberg
C) Avery Hopwood
D) Sidney Howard
  • 62. What type of car did Tallulah Bankhead buy while in London?
A) Ford
B) Bentley
C) Rolls-Royce
D) Aston Martin
  • 63. What was Tallulah Bankhead's first film in Hollywood?
A) Devil and the Deep
B) They Knew What They Wanted
C) Tarnished Lady
D) Faithless
  • 64. Who directed Tallulah Bankhead's first Hollywood film?
A) Robert Montgomery
B) George Cukor
C) Sidney Howard
D) Irving Thalberg
  • 65. Which producer did Tallulah Bankhead meet in Hollywood and ask about social life?
A) Irving Thalberg
B) Sidney Howard
C) Robert Montgomery
D) George Cukor
  • 66. Who starred opposite Tallulah Bankhead in 'Faithless'?
A) Robert Montgomery
B) Irving Thalberg
C) Gary Cooper
D) Cary Grant
  • 67. Which play marked Tallulah Bankhead's return to Broadway in 1933?
A) Forsaking All Others
B) The Little Foxes
C) Jezebel
D) The Skin of Our Teeth
  • 68. Who starred in the film adaptation of 'Forsaking All Others'?
A) Tallulah Bankhead
B) Bette Davis
C) Vivien Leigh
D) Joan Crawford
  • 69. Which character did Tallulah Bankhead play in 'The Circle'?
A) Scarlett O'Hara
B) Regina Giddens
C) Elizabeth
D) Cleopatra
  • 70. Who did Tallulah Bankhead play in 'The Skin of Our Teeth'?
A) Cleopatra
B) Scarlett O'Hara
C) Sabina
D) Regina Giddens
  • 71. In which play did Tallulah Bankhead appear in a revival from 1948 to 1950?
A) The Glass Menagerie
B) The Big Show
C) Private Lives
D) The All Star Revue
  • 72. Who was Bankhead's frequent co-star and close friend from the 1920s?
A) Estelle Winwood
B) Dorothy Parker
C) Gertrude Lawrence
D) Laurette Taylor
  • 73. How much could Bankhead command of a play's gross after her success with 'Private Lives'?
A) 10%
B) 5%
C) 15%
D) 20%
  • 74. Who wrote the monologues that Bankhead performed on The Big Show?
A) Irving Rapper
B) Tennessee Williams
C) Dorothy Parker
D) Noël Coward
  • 75. Who was ultimately cast as Amanda in the film version of The Glass Menagerie?
A) Gertrude Lawrence
B) Tallulah Bankhead
C) Laurette Taylor
D) Estelle Winwood
  • 76. In what year was Tallulah Bankhead's autobiography 'Tallulah: My Autobiography' published?
A) 1955
B) 1949
C) 1960
D) 1952
  • 77. What was the weekly payment Tallulah Bankhead received for her performances at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas?
A) $10,000
B) $20,000
C) $15,000
D) $25,000
  • 78. Which city hosted Tallulah Bankhead's successful stage act that critics initially bet would flop?
A) New York City
B) Los Angeles
C) Las Vegas
D) Chicago
  • 79. How long did Tallulah Bankhead return to perform at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas?
A) Two years
B) One year
C) Five years
D) Three years
  • 80. Who was originally slated to play the part in 'The Celebrity Next Door' before Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Greta Garbo
B) Bette Davis
C) Marilyn Monroe
D) Joan Crawford
  • 81. What was the reason Bette Davis could not play her part in 'The Celebrity Next Door'?
A) Cracking a vertebra
B) Scheduling conflict
C) Illness
D) Family emergency
  • 82. In which year did Tallulah Bankhead appear as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire?
A) 1947
B) 1957
C) 1963
D) 1956
  • 83. For which play did Tallulah Bankhead receive a Tony Award nomination?
A) A Streetcar Named Desire
B) Antony and Cleopatra
C) The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
D) Midgie Purvis
  • 84. What was the nature of Bankhead's role in Midgie Purvis?
A) A supporting character
B) A young ingenue
C) A villain
D) A bizarre 50-year-old mother
  • 85. What physical demand did Bankhead insist on performing herself in Midgie Purvis?
A) Climbing a ladder
B) Sliding down a staircase banister
C) Running across the set
D) Jumping off the stage
  • 86. How long did Midgie Purvis last before closing?
A) For one year
B) Indefinitely
C) Beyond a month
D) Over six months
  • 87. How many performances did Tallulah Bankhead make in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore?
A) Fifteen
B) Twenty
C) Ten
D) Five
  • 88. In which BBC radio program did Tallulah Bankhead make one of her last appearances?
A) Desert Island Discs
B) Woman's Hour
C) The Archers
D) The Today Programme
  • 89. What health issue did Tallulah Bankhead suffer from during her Desert Island Discs interview?
A) Bronchitis
B) Emphysema
C) Pneumonia
D) Asthma
  • 90. Who recalled Tallulah Bankhead's frail appearance during their interview?
A) Jimmy Young
B) John Peel
C) Roy Plomley
D) David Attenborough
  • 91. What was the original title of Tallulah Bankhead's last motion picture?
A) Die! Die! My Darling!
B) The Haunting
C) Psycho
D) Fanatic
  • 92. How did Tallulah describe her appearance in Fanatic during a private screening?
A) Looking youthful and vibrant
B) Looking older than God's wet nurse
C) Looking like a Hollywood starlet
D) Looking glamorous
  • 93. In which TV series did Tallulah Bankhead play the villainous Black Widow?
A) Superman
B) Batman
C) The Green Hornet
D) Wonder Woman
  • 94. On what date did Tallulah appear on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour?
A) January 5, 1968
B) December 17, 1967
C) February 10, 1968
D) November 25, 1967
  • 95. In which skit did Tallulah appear on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour?
A) Joan of Arc
B) Cleopatra
C) Elizabeth I
D) Mata Hari
  • 96. How did Tallulah Bankhead identify religiously?
A) As an Episcopalian
B) As a Baptist
C) As a Catholic
D) As a Methodist
  • 97. Which playwright wrote the play 'Everyday' specifically for Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Zoe Akins
B) Tennessee Williams
C) Lillian Hellman
D) Rachel Crothers
  • 98. Which playwright described Tallulah Bankhead as resulting from the crossbreeding of a moth and a tiger?
A) Rachel Crothers
B) Lillian Hellman
C) Zoe Akins
D) Tennessee Williams
  • 99. How many female roles did Tennessee Williams write specifically for Tallulah Bankhead?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 100. In which musical is there a song with the line 'I'm not so fond of Bankhead, but I'd love to meet Tallulah'?
A) Sweet Bird of Youth
B) The Skin of Our Teeth
C) A Streetcar Named Desire
D) I'd Rather Be Right
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