Fanny Farrelly:
We've been shaken out of the magnolias.
--Lucile Watson (as Fanny Farrelly) in Watch on the Rhine
--Lucile Watson (as Fanny Farrelly) in Watch on the Rhine
Mme. Maret:
Martyrs are fools who die because they want to. My son wants to live!
--Lucile Watson (as Mme. Maret) in Uncertain Glory
--Lucile Watson (as Mme. Maret) in Uncertain Glory
Mrs. Mary Kimball:
[to Jess] Our kind of people wear black.
--Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation
--Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation
Mrs. Mary Kimball:
[to Jess] The world allows considerable liberty to wives it has never allowed to widows. I notice, for instance, you're no longer wearing black.
--Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation
--Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation
Princess Bitotska:
The Lafuentes have more of everything. In fact, most of their children were born with eleven fingers.
--Lucile Watson (as Princess Bitotska) in The Emperor Waltz
--Lucile Watson (as Princess Bitotska) in The Emperor Waltz
Maj. Scott Landis:
Can we start all over again from the beginning?
Maj. Scott Landis: No, we cannot. I can see that you're a thorough-going scalawag, young man!
Maj. Scott Landis: I'm delighted to hear you say so, madam.
Mrs. Mary Kimball: And kindly stop calling me madam!
--Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation
Maj. Scott Landis: No, we cannot. I can see that you're a thorough-going scalawag, young man!
Maj. Scott Landis: I'm delighted to hear you say so, madam.
Mrs. Mary Kimball: And kindly stop calling me madam!
--Lucile Watson (as Mrs. Mary Kimball) in My Reputation
Isabella:
Who is he?
Elderly nobleman: The most vulgar, impossible, obnoxious, ill-mannered...
Princess Bitotska: In one word, he's an American!
--Lucile Watson (as Princess Bitotska) in The Emperor Waltz
Elderly nobleman: The most vulgar, impossible, obnoxious, ill-mannered...
Princess Bitotska: In one word, he's an American!
--Lucile Watson (as Princess Bitotska) in The Emperor Waltz