The Anniversary (1968)

Bette Davis: Mrs. Taggart

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Taggart : [Suddenly turning to face Shirley]  Shirley my dear, would you mind sitting somewhere else? Body odor offends me.

  Shirley Blair : [Looking completely outraged]  I DON'T HAVE BODY ODOR!

• Mrs. Taggart : [on being accused of actively hoping Shirley would miscarry]  God! *What* kind of a woman do you think I am?

  Tom Taggart : I'll tell you. You wouldn't have been content just knitting away during the French Revolution like the other hags. Oh, no. You'd have been up there working the guillotine yourself! And *then* you'd have gone around with the basket, selling the heads for doorstops!

• Karen Taggart : [Mrs Taggart wants Karen to sign an I.O.U]  Will ink do or would you like it in blood?

  Mrs. Taggart : Ink will be fine dear.

• Mrs. Taggart : [Mrs. Taggart to her daughter-in-law Karen, upon hearing the children causing commotion from the kitchen]  "They're getting impatient. I know... I've had three chicks of my own. Only three I grant you Karen; natural good manners told me when to put the plug in!"

• Mrs. Taggart : [to her middle son]  I promise you, I'll have your skin for rags, and wipe the faces of your children with them!