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I have been tight as a tick! Fried as a mink! Stiff as a goat!
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
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Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
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