Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976 TV Movie)
Marguerite DeLain: Frankie Lee
Quotes
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Frankie Lee : [Frankie Lee is talking to Gloria, another hooker in her pimp Swan's stable. Frankie is showing off a brand new Swan tattoo on her leg] My price is gonna' go up with this.
Gloria : Swan not gonna' like it, Frankie.
Frankie Lee : [indignantly] I'm doin' it for him!
Gloria : Swan don't like his girls to look like they hookers.
Frankie Lee : Hey! I look like a hooker 'cause that's what I am. I'm 17, girl, and this rose is fadin' fast! I gotta' jazz it up.
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Dawn Wetherby : [desperate for work, Dawn seeks out Frankie Lee for career advice. She finds Frankie on Hollywood Blvd and asks her about her chosen profession] How long have you been a -
[she can't say it]
Frankie Lee : [laughs] Feels like forever. But I figured: Might as well sell it. Ain't worth singin' about. Hey. I left home like you. Thinkin' I was gonna' find something. Grits! That's what I found.
[grimly]
Frankie Lee : You got no choice. Believe me.
Dawn Wetherby : I don't know if I could do what you do. I'm not -
[struggling for the word]
Dawn Wetherby : - experienced.
Frankie Lee : [small laugh] Do you think they care?
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Frankie Lee : [after chasing off a mugger who took money from Dawn] How much he get from you?
Dawn Wetherby : Five Dollars.
Frankie Lee : [tosses Dawn five dollars from the mugger's loot] This street gonna' eat you up, girl. Got a place to stay?
Dawn Wetherby : Sure.
Frankie Lee : [smiles] Just remember. Us girls don't ever have to go hungry.
[winks and starts to leave]
Frankie Lee : My name's Frankie Lee. You need help? Ask for me. Everybody knows Frankie Lee.