Tallulah Bankhead
(1902-1968), ActressSitter in 50 portraits
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Bankhead, made her stage debut in 1918. She travelled to England in 1923 to appear in C B Cochran's production of The Dancers. This was the start of an eight-year stay in which she appeared in 24 plays and established her reputation in productions such as Noel Coward's Fallen Angels and Michael Arlen's The Green Hat. Bankhead attracted a loyal female following of gallery girls who chanted ' Tallulah Tallulah' or ' Tallulah Hallelujah' when she appeared on stage.
by Dorothy Wilding
whole-plate glass negative, 1925
NPG x35440
Tallulah Bankhead as Sarah Bernhardt
by Cecil Beaton
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 17 October 1928
NPG x193434
Tallulah Bankhead in 'Her Cardboard Lover'
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1928
NPG x7247
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print on tissue mount, 1929
NPG x13693
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print on tissue mount, 1929
NPG x13694
Tallulah Bankhead; Augustus John
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1930
NPG x194045
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide postcard print, 1930
NPG x198178
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1934
NPG x4364
by Dorothy Wilding
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x34789
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print on tissue and white card mount, 12 September 1939
NPG x13695
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 12 September 1939
NPG x4372
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 12 September 1939
NPG x4373
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 12 September 1939
NPG x4366
by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print, 12 September 1939
NPG x4367
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