The Skin of Our Teeth
Bankhead earned another "Variety" award and the New York Drama Critics' Award for Best Performance by an Actress followed her role in Thornton Wilder's "The Skin of Our Teeth", in which Bankhead played Sabina, the housekeeper and temptress, opposite Fredric March and Florence Eldridge (husband and wife offstage). About her work in Wilder's classic, the "New York Sun" wrote: "Her portrayal of Sabina has comedy and passion. How she contrives both, almost at the same time, is a mystery to mere man." She also clashed with Elia Kazan on "The Skin of Our Teeth" and during rehearsals of "Clash by Night" she called the producer, Billy Rose a "loathsome bully" who retorted that "How could anyone bully Niagara Falls?".