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A Republican. A Republican. That's worse than being a goddamned Communist!

Tallulah Bankhead

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Tallulah Bankhead
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 31
Died: 1968
Died: December 12
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
Communist
Worse
Republican
Goddamned

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