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Tallulah Bankhead

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Actress

The Resume

    (January 31, 1902-December 12, 1968)
    Best known for her role in the Alfred Hitchcock film 'Lifeboat (1944)' and other movies
    Starred in countless Broadway productions, including 'The Little Foxes (1939)' and 'The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She smoked.
    Though she appeared in acclaimed movies and plays, she was most famous for being an outrageous lush.
    She drank two bottles of Old Grand Dad whiskey every day.
    She did just about anything to get attention.
    She liked to answer her front door naked to shock people.
    She called everyone 'dahling' because she was bad at remembering names.
    Actress Marlene Dietrich said she was 'the most immoral woman who ever lived.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She had a low, sultry voice.
    She acknowledged her shortcomings with such pithy phrases as 'I'm as pure as the driven slush' and 'Cocaine isn't habit forming ... I should know - I've been using it for years.'
    The character of Margo Channing in 'All About Eve' was based upon her.
    She is considered one of Broadway's greatest actresses.
    On her death bed, her last word was 'bourbon.'

Credit: JinnFiend


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 64 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 470 Votes: 25.32% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 58 Votes: 43.10% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 77 Votes: 46.75% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 62 Votes: 59.68% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 163 Votes: 46.63% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 849 Votes: 35.45% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 330 Votes: 32.12% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 165 Votes: 43.64% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 189 Votes: 41.27% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 449 Votes: 43.65% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 838 Votes: 47.26% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 643 Votes: 46.19% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1150 Votes: 43.04% Annoying