Violet Bick: [being dragged into a squad car by police] That sailor's a liar!


--Gloria Grahame (as Violet Bick) in It's a Wonderful Life

Luke Jordan: Where do you come from?
Susan Caldwell aka Estrellita: Azusa. Azusa, California.
Luke Jordan: Azusa?
Susan Caldwell aka Estrellita: It's kind of a made-up word. Different letters. They put them together - that's how they got the name. Everything from A to Z, USA. A-ZU-SA.


--Gloria Grahame (as Susan Caldwell / Estrellita) in A Woman's Secret

Chief Joe Conroy: Are you in the habit of hauling in cut-up strangers?
Marianna: Yeah. It's a hobby with me.


--Gloria Grahame (as ) in Naked Alibi

[Debby surveys Bannion's undistinguished hotel room]
Debby Marsh: Hey, I like this. Early nothing!


--Gloria Grahame (as Debby Marsh) in The Big Heat

[first lines]
Karen McIver: Can I give you a ride?


--Gloria Grahame (as Karen McIver) in The Cobweb

Angel: [Sebastian almost drives his car into the elephant Angel is riding] Hey! Don't crowd, mister! Can't you see an elephant or do I have to paint her red?
Sebastian: I was blinded by the memory of a beautiful night in Paris.
Angel: [to the other circus performers] Blow up your water wings, girls, here comes the big wave!
[to Sebastian]
Angel: How come no husband ever shot you?
Sebastian: I never offer a sitting target.
Angel: I thought I'd seen the last of you when you got mixed up with that wire walker in Lisbon.
Sebastian: You will never see the last of me, Angel.
Klaus: ANGEL!
Angel: That will be arranged when you meet Klaus.


--Gloria Grahame (as Angel) in The Greatest Show on Earth