A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.
Never get caught acting.
The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.
The stage was our school, our home, our life.
What you get is a living, what you give is a life.
You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.
You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.
Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton.
Awards & Nominations:: 1946 Academy Award Nomination for a Best Supporting Actress for her role as Laura Belle McCanles in Duel in the Sun. 1970 Honorary Academy Award for her contribution to the progression of motion pictures. 1982 Kennedy Center Honors. 1984 American Film Institute, Lifetime Achievement Award.
Lillian's height was 5' 5?".
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