A biography for Lillie Langtryhasn’t been written yet.
“I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.”
“I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.”
“It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.”
“Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.”
“Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?”
“The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.”
“I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.”
“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.”
“Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.”
“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.”
“I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.”