Film Quotes by Bette Davis
182 quotes
Year: 1944
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Director:
Vincent Sherman
Dr. Byles:
I'm sorry to have to have to be so blunt with you, Mrs. Skeffington, but you're one of a vast army of silly women. Capital "S". Capital "W". You're over dressed, you're over made-up and you're most certainly over perfumed.
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: Dr. Byles, you are the rudest man I have ever met.
Dr. Byles: Did you come here to consult a gentlemen or a doctor?
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: I strongly suspect that you are neither!
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: Dr. Byles, you are the rudest man I have ever met.
Dr. Byles: Did you come here to consult a gentlemen or a doctor?
Fanny Trellis Skeffington: I strongly suspect that you are neither!
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Bette Davis
(as Fanny Trellis)
in
Mr. Skeffington
(1944)
Year: 1955
Director:
Henry Koster
Director:
Henry Koster
French Ambassador:
May I compliment you, Madam, on this most beautiful palace? There is no other like it in all of Europe.
Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.
French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes... but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?
Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.
Queen Elizabeth I: It was my father's. I'll tell him when I see him.
French Ambassador: [not fully understanding her answer] Yes... but King Henry is dead. Madame jests?
Queen Elizabeth I: Madame never jests.
--
Bette Davis
(as Queen Elizabeth I)
in
The Virgin Queen
(1955)
Year: 1933
Director:
Robert Florey
Director:
Robert Florey
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Bette Davis
(as Helen Bauer)
in
Ex-Lady
(1933)
Year: 1934
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Charles Wallingham:
You'd better give this case your personal attention.
Miss Joan Martin: I'll get on it right away before Jimmy Corrigan and his Tarzans get wind of it.
Charles Wallingham: Wait a minute. Corrigan doesn't get any... tips from the emergency.
Miss Joan Martin: I don't trust him! He'd bribe a corpse to sit up and telephone!
Miss Joan Martin: I'll get on it right away before Jimmy Corrigan and his Tarzans get wind of it.
Charles Wallingham: Wait a minute. Corrigan doesn't get any... tips from the emergency.
Miss Joan Martin: I don't trust him! He'd bribe a corpse to sit up and telephone!
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Bette Davis
(as Miss Joan Martin)
in
Jimmy the Gent
(1934)
Year: 1949
Director:
King Vidor
Director:
King Vidor
Jenny:
Mrs. Moline, let's not start calling each other names. I got some fancy ones saved up just achin' to be used.
Rosa Moline: You get out of this house! No red indian is gonna talk to me like that in my own house!
Rosa Moline: You get out of this house! No red indian is gonna talk to me like that in my own house!
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Bette Davis
(as Rosa Moline)
in
Beyond the Forest
(1949)
Year: 1937
Director:
Lloyd Bacon*Michael Curtiz
Director:
Lloyd Bacon*Michael Curtiz
Estelle Porter:
Oh, you can understand that, can't you, Mary?
Mary Dwight Strauber: I only understand that Betty was my sister, that Vanning killed her, and that you won't help me do anything about it.
Mary Dwight Strauber: I only understand that Betty was my sister, that Vanning killed her, and that you won't help me do anything about it.
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Bette Davis
(as Mary Dwight Strauber)
in
Marked Woman
(1937)
Year: 1964
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Charlotte:
Get outta here, Luke Standish! You smirkin' Judas!
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Bette Davis
(as Charlotte Hollis)
in
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Year: 1964
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Charlotte:
What do you think I asked you here for? COMPANY?
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Bette Davis
(as Charlotte Hollis)
in
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Year: 1964
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Charlotte:
You're a vile, sorry little bitch!
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Bette Davis
(as Charlotte Hollis)
in
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Year: 1935
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Director:
Michael Curtiz
Ellen Garfield:
You make me so mad I could... well, I could spit!
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Bette Davis
(as Ellen Garfield)
in
Front Page Woman
(1935)