Biografia

Was walking down Madison Avenue in New York City when she suffered her fatal brain aneurysm in 1985.

Maternal granddaughter of architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), born in Wisconsin, and his first wife, Catherine Tobin (1871-1959), born in Illinois.

Was on life support for eight days until family members agreed that brain function had ceased.

While Bette Davis and Anne were both the stars of Eva contro Eva (1950), it was thought that they would both stand a better chance at Oscar trophies if Anne were to be placed in the "Supporting Actress" category, thus avoiding each canceling the other out. Anne refused to be put in the supporting category. Sure enough, both actresses were nominated for "Best Actress" Oscars and both lost to Judy Holliday in Nata ieri (1950).

When she was a child, she fell out of a sled and broke her nose. She never fixed it because she wanted to be known for talent and not her appearance.

[on Eva contro Eva (1950)] I patterned Eve [Harrington] after the understudy I had in a Broadway play when I was 13. She actually threatened to finish me off. She was the bitchiest person I ever saw.

Il filo del rasoio (1946) contained my only great performance. When we shot that hospital scene in which "Sophie" loses her husband, child and everything else, I relived the death of my brother, whom I adored and who died at three. It gives me chills right now to think of it.

I'm an actress, not a personality. It's more successful to be a personality. But can you use it in every role? I don't spill over into everything I do. I do what I do from inside someone else's skin.

[on Frank Lloyd Wright] Like many famous men, my grandfather had been too busy to be a good father. But he was a charming grandfather. He designed plans for me for a doll-house. On his wedding night, he wore nothing but a red sash. Now that's what I call a true romantic.

Tallulah Bankhead is a marvelous female impersonator.