Norman Lear recounts a story about when Tallulah Bankhead guest-starred on the Martha Raye Show...

Norman Lear recounts a story about when Tallulah Bankhead guest-starred on the Martha Raye Show and a racial incident almost got the show cancelled. For more on this and over 600 interviews, please visit emmytvlegends.org

[@102936]

Otto Preminger, a Jewish director, was forever grateful to Tallulah for helping his family get them out of Nazi Germany, at the risk of her own life... she was indeed extraordinary, despite all of her personality quirks.

[@den81164]

the singer and the black star he is referring to and can't remember are petula clark and harry belefonte

[@Mazeppa4]

"My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine" ~Tallulah Bankhead~

[@itgetseasierlessitry]

The more I hear of Bankhead the more she impresses and the more i want to know about her. The clips of her are tantalising- she must have something else on stage.

[@DiabolicalAngel]

Yes that does not surprise me..Tallulah was way ahead of her time..amazing woman, just amazing.

[@MrFrontrowkid]

Tallulah Bankhead was the hostess of a big time radio show, called "The Big Show." It was on Sunday nights in the early Fifties, with a lot of big stars. The idea was to pull back the audience which had been lost to television. Tallulah's "theatah" way of talking probably put some people off. Her manner of speaking became a source of humor among radio commedians.

[@jslasher1]

I believe that Tallulah is up there in Heaven, holding court, as was her forte. Yes, she most certainly was an amazing person.

[@whirlaway05]

Geez Norman Lear, spit it out, would ya??!!

[@marlakellyjones7413]

check out the Billie holiday documentary. She and tallulah were lovers

[@GandharaBlogspotCa]

She was also a pansexual & exhibitionist.