Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry
Lillie Langtry, usually spelled Lily Langtry in the United States, was celebrated as a young woman of beauty and charm, who later established a reputation as an actress and producer. Her looks and personality attracted interest, commentary, and invitations from artists and society hostesses...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth13 October 1853
Lillie Langtry quotes about
british-actress minute nor woman younger
There isn't any woman who doesn't look every day and minute of her age. We can't be, nor look, younger than we are, but we can be well preserved.
life exercise sunshine
Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.
sympathy pain doe
Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
get-better dear-god ends
I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.
kind ifs
It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.
humble doors visitors
A complete transformation seemed to have place in my life overnight. It was quite staggering, and thenceforward visitors and invitations continued to pour in daily until they became a source of grievance to our landlady, who was obliged to engage an extra servant to respond to the battering of powdered footmen on her humble and somewhat flimsy door.
drawing agents england
My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.
angel angels-singing singing
After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.
lonely memories actresses
I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress
lonely artistic-life years
I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.
racing acting lapses
I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.
flower house monaco
I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.
garden lasting gladness
The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.
night saws fame
They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.