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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

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Tallulah Bankhead
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 31
Died: 1968
Died: December 12
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Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
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