Anna Held
Anna Held
Helene Anna Held, known professionally as Anna Held, was a Polish-born French stage performer and singer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth19 March 1872
CountryPoland
hard possibly stare time
No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.
bath home milk miss paris
At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.
art
To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.
trying
I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.
alone asks good man marriage seeking shall soon woman
Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'
disgrace silver spoon time
There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
tells
No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.
The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.
mistake age rewards
Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
known
I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.
trying use given
I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.
married fortune
A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
beautiful very-beautiful knows
I know I am very beautiful.
people want sometimes
I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.