| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47746 |
| QUOTATION: | The society girl meets more dangers than the girl on the stage. There is more danger at a tango tea than in the theatre. The actor is less dangerous than the dancing master. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lillian Russell (1861–1922), U.S. actor. As quoted in Famous Actors and Actresses on the American Stage, vol. 2, by William C. Young (1975).
From an article entitled, “Is the Stage a Perilous Place for a Young Girl?,” first published in Theatre magazine in January 1916. Russell, a renowned beauty and very popular musical comedy star, was reacting to the “bad name” that the stage had at the time. She herself had been married four times and observed: “If a girl is pretty she will be tempted.” |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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