The first time Eileen Bowman saw Tallulah Bankhead she was “probably 8 or 9” years old and watching a rerun of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Comedy Hour,” a short-lived TV sequel to the classic “I Love ...

Tallulah Bankhead once said, “Say anything about me, darling, as long as it isn’t boring.” The Roustabouts Theatre Company rose to that challenge with “Looped.” It is a delightfully funny play ...

In its 2025-2026 season, Carpenter Square Theatre is jumping from a true-crime drama and a hilarious murder-mystery to a fact-based comedy about a memorable day with intoxicated actress Tallulah ...

She came from a prominent Alabama political family — her grandfather and uncle were U.S. senators; her father, William Brockman Bankhead, served as Speaker of the House. After winning a beauty contest ...

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Midgie Purvis (by Mary Chase) presents Tallulah Bankhead as an oddball society matron who masquerades as a very old lady. Young-hearted Midgie Purvis has long embarrassed her family as a kind of ...

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It’s not a pleasant portrait, though it offers up hilarious nuggets about big-name stars and their offscreen antics. Bankhead's loathing of LA is spewed out in great arcs of cutting remarks, delivered ...