her character reminded me of other personal assistants / secretaries i've seen and admired in the (old school) movies
for example, eve arden as the "sardonic" legal secretary maida rutledge in anatomy of a murder
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| eve arden looking sardonic, as maida rutledge |
If this refrigerator gets any more fish in it, it will swim upstream and spawn all by itself.
like most "secretary / personal assistant" roles, it's very second fiddle. this film is all murder defence, courtroom drama and a very sultry, girdle-less (shocking for the times) lee remick.
she does have some killer lines though!
Paul Biegler: You're fired.
Maida Rutledge: You can't fire me until you pay me.
other favourites,
thelma ritter in all about eve as Birdie Coonan - she plays Bette Davis/Margot Channing's maid/personal assistant, with some great lines
She's the first to clock Anne Baxter / Eve Harrington as the cynical grasping climber she is, and gives many sardonic glances and steady looks
she does have some killer lines though!
Paul Biegler: You're fired.
Maida Rutledge: You can't fire me until you pay me.
other favourites,
thelma ritter in all about eve as Birdie Coonan - she plays Bette Davis/Margot Channing's maid/personal assistant, with some great lines
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| "I haven't got a union. I'm slave labor." |
"What a story. Everything but the blood hounds snapping at her rear end." |
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