From 'the more things change the more thing stay the same file' comes this report about a Hollywood celebrity whose rise to stardom from young teenage starlet is marred by alcoholism, drug taking, exhibitionism including taking her clothes off in public and less than discreet bisexual affairs.Who is it?
Britney Spears?
Lindsay Lohan?
Nope it's Tallulah Bankhead who, to give her credit though, had more talent in her right hand than either of the two airheads mentioned above combined.
Tallulah managed to control her self-destructive tendencies to live for 66 years but the truth is her life was filled with missed career opportunities caused by her behaviour and also as roles she owned on stage such as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire went to other actresses when it came to their filming.
Although, based on her pithy quotes including: "If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner", it seems certain Bankhead would argue that she had nothing to regret.
One wonders whether in another 30 years Spears, Lohan, Richie and Hilton could claim the same.
Here's an online tribute we've found for Miss Bankhead:
1 comment:
She was certainly one of the underrated greats. I've heard her on old-time radio shows. She had a distinctive voice. Maybe that quote you mentioned was the inspiration for another singer's "I did it my way".
In 30 years, Spears, Lohan and Hilton will be long forgotten. I think there'll always be a niche somewhere (most likely in the Web) where she'll have a spot in the limelight.
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