Jasper native Tallulah Bankhead starred in Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic treatment of the John Steinbeck short story "Lifeboat" in 1944, a performance that earned her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Jasper native Tallulah Bankhead starred in Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic treatment of the John Steinbeck short story "Lifeboat" in 1944, a performance that earned her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.