Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.

Belmont was involved in the Metropolitan Opera Association as the first woman on the Board of Directors and Eleanor Robson Belmont founded the Metropolitan Opera Guild. Mrs. These organisations helped shape the multi-source public-private funding model used by U.

George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her but contractual problems prevented her from playing the role. Eleanor Robson Belmont (13 December 1879 – 24 October 1979) was an English actress and prominent public figure in the United States.