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Film Quotes by Maria Ouspenskaya

8 quotes
Dodsworth
Year: 1936

Director:
William Wyler
Baroness Von Obersdorf: [to Fran] Have you thought how little happiness there can be for the... *old* wife... of a young husband?
-- Maria Ouspenskaya (as Baroness Von Obersdorf) in Dodsworth (1936)
Kings Row
Year: 1942

Director:
Sam Wood
Madame Marie von Eln: Don't cry, Anna, for me. It will be worse for him. My troubles are almost over and his are just beginning. Growing up is so difficult, Anna. The disappointments and the heartbreaks, the frightening problems, the menaces and cruelties of the world. How often have I wished that his mother will live or his father, or that I were his mother! It isn't fair that a young boy should be brought up by an old woman who will leave him when he needs her most.
-- Maria Ouspenskaya (as Madame von Eln) in Kings Row (1942)
Kings Row
Year: 1942

Director:
Sam Wood
Madame Marie von Eln: I only know that you have to judge people by what you find them to be and not by what other people say they are.
-- Maria Ouspenskaya (as Madame von Eln) in Kings Row (1942)
The Rains Came
Year: 1939

Director:
Clarence Brown
Maharani: [Last lines, spoken to Major Safti, who is assuming leadership of Ranchipur] The time is here, Rama. Your people are waiting.
The Rains Came
Year: 1939

Director:
Clarence Brown
Maharani: [Major Safti has just been handed an important note] What is it, Major?
Major Rama Safti: It has come sooner than I expected: several cases of the plague in the Sweepers Quarters. On top of that, half the water in Ranchipur must be polluted.
Maharani: Do what you can to keep the plague from spreading. Burn down the whole Quarter if you must.
The Rains Came
Year: 1939

Director:
Clarence Brown
Maharani: [Regarding what to do about Lady Esketh] I want to do the right thing. I'd trample her without mercy. But then, of course, I was brought up in the hills, where charity is a sign of weakness.
The Rains Came
Year: 1939

Director:
Clarence Brown
Maharani: What is Lady Esketh doing at the hospital?
Thomas 'Tom' Ransome: Every conceivable filthy and drudging task.
Maharani: Yes, I suppose Miss MacDaid would have seen to that.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Year: 1943

Director:
Roy William Neill
Maleva: He is not insane. He simply wants to die.