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Also known as Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold

English actress (1897–1987)

Person · Open Library

Born
1897
Died
1987
Works
7

Top works

  • How to grow old disgracefully
  • John Murray Anderson's almanac
  • Hermione Gingold wrote these sketches and monologues
  • My own unaided work
  • Sirens should be seen and not heard

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1897-12-09
Active to
1987-05-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4,023
Total plays
12,217

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Hermione Gingold (December 9, 1897 – May 24, 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother encouraged her not to remove. She appeared on stage, on radio, in films, on television, and in recordings. ------------------------------------------------------- Born Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold in London, England <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hermione

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Quotes

  • Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.
  • My family were of good English peasant class from St. John's Wood. My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

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Key facts

Born
Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold , ( 1897-12-09 ) 9 December 1897, Maida Vale , London, England
Died
24 May 1987 (1987-05-24) (aged 89), New York City, U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale, California , U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1909–1984
Spouses
Michael Joseph ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1918 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1926 ) ​ Eric Maschwitz ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1926 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1945 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold (/ˈɡɪŋɡoʊld/; 9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric character. Her signature drawling, deep voice was a result of nodules on her vocal cords she developed in the 1920s and early 1930s.

After success as a child actress, she established a stage career spanning comedy, drama, experimental theatre, and radio broadcasting. Finding her milieu in revue, she played from the 1930s to the 1950s, co-starring several times with the English actress Hermione Baddeley. Later she played formidable elders in the film and stage musicals Gigi (1958), Bell, Book and Candle (1958), The Music Man (1962), and A Little Night Music (1977).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hermione Gingold” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.