Grande Dame/Quotes

""Why are they laughing, Julie?""

- Margaret Dumont -- Attributed to her by Groucho Marx (whose real first name was "Julius"), who often claimed she never understood any of The Marx Brothers' jokes.

""The air is the air -- what can be done?""

- T'Pau (Celia Lovsky) -- Star Trek the Original Series: "Amok Time"

""I regard the entire personnel of the ensemble of our musical comedy theatres as -- if you will pardon me being Victorian for a moment -- painted hussies."

"They've got to paint."

"Well, they needn't huss.""

- Lady Julia Fish to her son Ronnie -- Heavy Weather