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They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
Tallulah Bankhead
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Tallulah Bankhead
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 31
Died: 1968
Died: December 12
Actress
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Gauze
Shirley
Temple
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Linoleum
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