1. In her autobiography, Bankhead claimed that her "first performance" was witnessed by none other than the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur. Her Aunt Marie gave the famous brothers a party at her home near Montgomery, Alabama, in which the guests were asked to entertain. "I won the prize for the top performance, with an imitation of my kindergarten teacher," Bankhead wrote. "The judges? Orville and Wilbur Wright."
2. During her early New York years, she became a peripheral member of the Algonquin Round Table and was known as a hard-partying girl-about-town. During this time she began to use cocaine and marijuana, going as far as saying "Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know – I've been using it for years."
3. She professed to having a ravenous appetite for sex, but not for a particular type. "I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic. And the others give me either stiff neck or lockjaw", she said.
Another story holds that Bankhead met Chico Marx at a party. According to Dick Cavett, after Marx had been cautioned to be on his best behavior with Bankhead, the two first spoke at the punch bowl.
"Miss Bankhead."
"Mr. Marx."
"You know, I really want to fuck you.".
She replied, "And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy."
4. Bankhead's first film was Tarnished Lady (1931), directed by George Cukor, and the pair became fast friends. Bankhead behaved herself on the set and filming went smoothly, but she found film-making to be very boring and didn't have the patience for it. The opportunity to make $50,000 per film, however, was too good to pass up. She didn't like Hollywood either, though. When she met producer Irving Thalberg, she asked him, "How do you get laid in this dreadful place?" She later said, "The only reason I went to Hollywood was to fuck that divine Gary Cooper."
5. In 1933, Bankhead nearly died following a five-hour emergency hysterectomy due to venereal disease. Only 70 pounds (32 kg) when she left the hospital, she stoically said to her doctor, "Don't think this has taught me a lesson!"
Her last coherent words reportedly were "Codeine... bourbon."
"Miss Bankhead."
"Mr. Marx."
"You know, I really want to fuck you.".
She replied, "And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy."
4. Bankhead's first film was Tarnished Lady (1931), directed by George Cukor, and the pair became fast friends. Bankhead behaved herself on the set and filming went smoothly, but she found film-making to be very boring and didn't have the patience for it. The opportunity to make $50,000 per film, however, was too good to pass up. She didn't like Hollywood either, though. When she met producer Irving Thalberg, she asked him, "How do you get laid in this dreadful place?" She later said, "The only reason I went to Hollywood was to fuck that divine Gary Cooper."
5. In 1933, Bankhead nearly died following a five-hour emergency hysterectomy due to venereal disease. Only 70 pounds (32 kg) when she left the hospital, she stoically said to her doctor, "Don't think this has taught me a lesson!"
Her last coherent words reportedly were "Codeine... bourbon."
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