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  1. May 8, 2005 · Apparently, her first affair was with the celebrated actress Eva Le Gallienne, three years her senior, but although she liked to boast about her irregular love life—“I’m a lesbian,” she ...

  2. May 1, 2020 · As The New Yorker notes, Bankhead claimed to have slept with 500 people, and was rumored to have had affairs with a slew of stars—including actor Eva Le Gallienne and actor John Emery,...

  3. There are reports that Le Gallienne was romantically involved with actresses Tallulah Bankhead, Beatrice Lillie and Laurette Taylor, but there is no evidence for these claims among Le Gallienne's documents.

  4. Romantically, Bankhead was linked to many men and women and jokingly referred to herself as “ambisextrous.” Notable lovers included Patsy Kelly, Billie Holiday, Alla Nazimova, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel, Mercedes de Acosta, Beatrice Lillie, Barbara Stanwyck, Daly and Le Gallienne. She was married to actor John Emery from ...

  5. lgbthistorymonth.com › sites › defaultTallulah Bankhead

    A self-described ambisexual, Bankheads sexual liaisons included the British theater actress Eva Le Gallienne and jazz legend Billie Holiday. Despite Bankheads notoriety, she was widely admired, including by President Harry Truman. Bankheads colorful personality immortalized her in ways that few actresses have achieved.

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  7. It was Nazimova who coined the phrase "sewing circles", to describe the intricate and secret lesbian relationships lived by many actresses of the day. Le Gallienne also was involved for some time with actresses Tallulah Bankhead, Beatrice Lillie and Laurette Taylor during that time.

  8. Jul 20, 2023 · Three of the four were non-heterosexual: Bankhead and Daly were bisexuals, and Le Gallienne was a lesbian. Bankheads father had warned her to avoid alcohol and men when she got to New York; Bankhead later quipped “He didn’t say anything about women and cocaine.”