Tallulah: My Autobiography (Southern Icons) by Bankhead, Tullulah

University Press of Mississippi, 2004. Softcover. VG/na. some rubbing & edgewear; a couple small corner creases; lig ht scuff on foredge; otherwise overall clean & tight. 341 pages

Her father and her uncle were U.S. congressmen. Her grandfather was a U. S. senator. Although born to privilege in Alabama and groomed in a convent school, Tallulah Bankhead resolved not to be just another Southern belle. Quickly she rose to the top and became an acclaimed actress of London's West End and on the Broadway stage. Her performances in many plays of the 1920s brought her to the notice of Hollywood. She starred in such Paramount films as My Sin, Faithless, The Devil and the Deep, and Thunder Below. Even though she won a New York Film Critics Circle Award for her leading role in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944), she never achieved the prominence in movies that she enjoyed in the theater and on radio. On the New York stage she originated the starring roles of Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes and of Sabina in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. Tallulah, like Eudora, Flannery, and Coretta, was a southern woman identifiable by her first name. Her flamboyant public… Read More

University Press of Mississippi, 2004-07-07. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. A recent printing (2022, likely on-demand). Binding tight and sturdy, text very good+, light shelfwear. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

University Press of Mississippi. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

UNIV PR OF MISSISSIPPI. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Univ Pr of Mississippi, 2004. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 360 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. In Tallulah, first published in 1952 and a New York Times bestseller, Tallulah Bankhead's literary voice is as lively and forthright as her public persona. She details her childhood and adolescence, discusses her dedication to the theater, and presents amusing anecdotes about her life in Hollywood, New York, and London.

University Press of Mississippi, 2004-07-07. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!