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Les Girls (1957)

Mitzi Gaynor: Joanne 'Joy' Henderson

Les Girls

Mitzi Gaynor credited as playing...

Joanne 'Joy' Henderson

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Quotes17

  • Joy Henderson: Would you like a glass of water?
  • Barry Nichols: Why, do you want to soak your feet?
  • Joy Henderson: Barry, remember what the doctor told you!
  • Barry Nichols: The doctor told me not to dance. I'm not gonna dance.
  • Angèle Ducros: ls he - unhappy to be away from his - wife?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Barry fell in love with himself the first time he looked in a mirror and he's been faithful ever since.
  • Lady Sybil Wren: Where were you working before, Angèle?
  • Angèle Ducros: l was last in a ballet called 'Le Coquerico'. All about chickens.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Did you lay an egg?
  • Angèle Ducros: l do not understand.
  • Lady Sybil Wren: Joy means, ''did you get fired?''
  • Angèle Ducros: Oh, no. l quit! Nobody could see me behind all those feathers.
  • Barry Nichols: Have you any idea how much time l put in day and night teaching her how to dance?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Especially nights.
  • Barry Nichols: lf l need jokes, l'll hire a comedian.
  • Angèle Ducros: [after a performance of 'Les Girls'] Barry, Barry, Barry, Feel my heart, you can almost hear it pounding.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Does it chime the hour?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson, Lady Sybil Wren, Angèle Ducros: [singing] Ah, what charms they disclose, From their hats to their hose, From the tips of their toes, Up to their - curls!
  • Angèle Ducros: [referring to Barry] l like him.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: What about Pierre?
  • Angèle Ducros: Oh, Pierre is in La Porte. And l'm in Paris. l mustn't allow myself to be despondent.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Vive la France.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Don't you ever knock before you walk into a room?
  • Barry Nichols: What for? You got secrets?
  • Pierre Ducros: Do you work with Angèle at the hospital?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Oh, no. No, we flunked out. Couldn't tuck a sheet.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: There's an interesting thing about Poughkeepsie, it's south of Claverack, and it's west of Mahopac, it's east of Nyack and it's north of Hackensack.
  • Sir Gerald Wren: Bit of a sticky wicket, what?
  • Angèle Ducros: Put the coffee on. I'll get the bed ready.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Fill the bath.
  • Lady Sybil Wren: With Gin!
  • Lady Sybil Wren: l was very naughty, wasn't l?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Yeah. Maybe a cool damp cloth'll help.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Barry, what do you want to talk about?
  • Barry Nichols: Books, vegetables, cauliflower, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, l don't care!
  • Barry Nichols: There. Was I all right?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: You were a perfect little gentleman. I promise not to tell. I know what your reputation means to you.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: l like companionship and l like men. Only, the ones l meet, companionship is not what they're looking for.
  • Barry Nichols: Where'd you get that dress?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: l bought it for your party.
  • Barry Nichols: How do you like that?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: l wanted to look especially nice for you.
  • Barry Nichols: It's beautiful. Beautiful.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: Yeah.
  • Barry Nichols: What is it? ls it silk?
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: No. Peau d'ange.
  • Barry Nichols: Peau d'ange. Angel skin. lt sure feels like it.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: lt cost a fortune.
  • Barry Nichols: Not much back to it.
  • Joanne 'Joy' Henderson: With this kind of a dress, you know, you're paying for what they leave out.

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