Agnes van Rhijn

Agnes van Rhijn is the widowed matriarch of the van Rhijn family. She is a socialite who holds tight to her "old money" ways.

Mother of Oscar van Rhijn, she has also taken in her sister Ada Brook and her orphaned niece Marian Brook.

Actress Christine Baranski plays Agnes van Rhijn in the HBO series The Gilded Age.

 

Agnes van Rhijn Quotes

Marian: I teach watercolors at St. Marys. On Thursdays.
Agnes: The day is immaterial.

I’d say that I fear it may harm you to be seen in that company, but I know you would only think me cruel and mean-spirited.

Agnes

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The Gilded Age Quotes

I may be a bastard, Mr. Thorburn, but you are a fool -- and of the two, I think I know which I prefer.

Mr. George Russell

I know he feels what he thinks is love, but I disagree with his definition.

Peggy Scott

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