Prime Suspect (1991)
Zoë Wanamaker: Moyra Henson
Quotes
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[to a nosy neighbour, about her husband]
Moyra Henson : What are you staring at? He's gone out, now he's back, all right?... Nosy old bitch.
[Looks up and sees the police, who have been spying on her flat. She hesitates before unzipping her top and flashing her breasts]
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DCI Jane Tennison : Did you also do a hairdressing course?
Moyra Henson : No.
DCI Jane Tennison : So you're not a hairdresser?
Moyra Henson : No. But I once had a Siamese cat.
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[Searching Moyra Henson's house]
DI Frank Burkin : Where's your bathroom?
Moyra Henson : [voice] This is harrassment you know! You've already been here two days on the trot! What are you looking for this time? I've got an appointment to keep you know!
[Moyra comes into camera view]
Moyra Henson : How long are you going to be this time?
[Frank picks up her laundry basket]
Moyra Henson : And you can put that laundry back, sonny! Unless your a perverted crotch sniffer. Those are my dirty knickers! And I know how many there are!
DCI Jane Tennison : How'd you feel about your boyfriend picking up prostitutes?
Moyra Henson : I love it! Gives me a night's rest!
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[George is talking about a day out with his mother when he was a child]
George Marlow : Just as we got to the gates. The lads they all saw it... The wind blew her wig off.
Moyra Henson : [begins to laugh] You're kidding me? Blew her wig off? No...
[she bursts into hysterical laughter]
George Marlow : It wasn't funny, Moyra!
Moyra Henson : [laughing] I'm sorry.
George Marlow : Dad ran down the road to try and get it back.
[Moyra continues to laugh]
George Marlow : Mum just stood there. I didn't know she had no hair... Well, Dad tried to help her put it back on, but he got the parting on the wrong...
[Moyra continues to laugh hysterically]
George Marlow : Underneath all that glamour she was... ugly. Like she was someone I never knew.
Moyra Henson : Did all the kids see it?
[George nods]
Moyra Henson : Did she ever mention it again?
[George shakes his head]
Moyra Henson : I've never said anything; it's always been obvious to me, I mean... Just thought it was old age. How long has she been bald then?
George Marlow : Dunno, she never mentions it. Still pretends, always telling me she needs a good shampoo and trim.
Moyra Henson : Just goes to show you - the Rita Hayworth of Warrington was really Yul Brynner in disguise.
[they both slowly burst into laughter]