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Hermione Gingold (1897–1987)

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One of stage, screen, radio and TV's most delightful, inimitable eccentrics, Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold was born the daughter of an upscale Austrian financier and English homemaker. She made her stage debut in 1908, thus beginning a long, commanding presence in London playing everything from Jessica... See full bio »

Born:

Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold
in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK

Died:

(age 89) in New York City, New York, USA
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1984 Garbo Talks
Elizabeth Rennick
 
1983 Hotel (TV series)
Felicity
– Charades (1983) … Felicity
 
1983 How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days (TV movie)
Miss Sandwich
 
1982 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Pincus
– Amy & the Angel (1982) … Pincus
 
1981 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Nanny Millie Winthrop
– Mother Dearest (1981) … Nanny Millie Winthrop
 
1977 A Little Night Music
Mme. Armfeldt
 
1977 Simple Gifts (TV movie)
Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
 
1975 Tubby the Tuba
Miss Squeek (voice)
 
1972 The Special London Bridge Special (TV movie)
The Lady Bus Conductor
 
1971 Banyon (TV series)
Peggy Revere
– Pilot (1971) … Peggy Revere
 
1971 Love, American Style (TV series)
Jane (segment "Love and the Heist")
– Love and the Heist/Love and the Love Potion/Love and the Teddy Bear (1971) … Jane (segment "Love and the Heist")
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Vivian Forsyte
– Aquarius Descending (1970) … Vivian Forsyte
 
1970 Ironside (TV series)
Ernestine Mugford
– Check, Mate, and Murder: Part 2 (1970) … Ernestine Mugford
– Check, Mate and Murder: Part 1 (1970) … Ernestine Mugford
 
1969 Winter of the Witch (TV short)
Witch
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Duchess Christina
– The Lay of the Land (1968) … Duchess Christina
 
1967 Those Fantastic Flying Fools
Angelica
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Major Stella Irosian
– The Low Blue C Affair (1967) … Major Stella Irosian
 
1967 Before the Fringe (TV series)
 
1966 Munster, Go Home!
Lady Effigie Munster
 
1965 Promise Her Anything
Mrs. Luce
 
1965 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Betsy Mae Meadows
– Betsy Mae (1965) … Betsy Mae Meadows
 
1965 Harvey Middleman, Fireman
Mrs. Koogleman
 
1965 The Itch (short)
Woman (voice) (uncredited)
 
1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
Miss Grimshaw
 
1964 The World of Henry Orient (scenes deleted)
 
1963 A Cry of Angels (TV movie)
Caroline
 
1962 Gay Purr-ee
Mme. Rubens-Chatte (voice)
 
1962 The Music Man
Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
 
1961 The Naked Edge
Lilly Harris
 
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Charlotte Hope
– The Schartz-Metterklume Method (1960) … Charlotte Hope
 
1959 Art Carney Special (TV series)
– Small World, Isn't It? (1959)
 
1958 Bell Book and Candle
Bianca de Passe
 
1958 Gigi
Madame Alvarez
 
1958 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– Episode #4.6 (1958)
 
1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
Lady Bracknell
– The Importance of Being Earnest (1957) … Lady Bracknell
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Sporting Lady
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Alice
– Sting of Death (1955) … Alice
 
1953 The Adventures of Sadie
Spinster
 
1953 The Slasher
Queenie
 
1952 The Pickwick Papers
Miss Tompkins
 
1943 The Butler's Dilemma
Aunt Sophie
 
1938 Meet Mr. Penny
Mrs. Wilson
 
1937 Merry Comes to Town
Ida Witherspoon
 
1936 Someone at the Door
Lizzie Appleby (uncredited)
 
1932 Dance Pretty Lady (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
1977 A Little Night Music (performer: "A Weekend in the Country")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "I Remember It Well" 1958 - uncredited)
 
1972 The Special London Bridge Special (TV movie) (performer: "London Town")
 
1958 Gigi (performer: "The Night They Invented Champagne" - uncredited, "I Remember It Well" - uncredited)
 
1955 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
– Sting of Death (1955) (performer: "Ramona" 1928 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1967 Before the Fringe (TV series)
 
Show ShowSelf (31 titles)
1962-1980 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 8 August 1980 (1980) … Herself
– Episode dated 8 October 1974 (1974) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 June 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 9 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 22 January 1968 (1968) … Herself
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1977 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 December 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1976 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 February 1976 (1976) … Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 12 January 1976 (1976) … Herself - Guest
 
1975 Celebrity Cooks (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1975) … Herself
 
1974 Day at Night (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Hermione Gingold (1974) … Herself - Guest
– Hermione Gingold in New York (1974) … Herself - Guest
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 30 June 1971 (1971) … Herself
– Episode dated 23 March 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1968 Personality (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967-1968 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.180 (1968) … Herself
– Episode #2.179 (1968) … Herself
– Episode #2.178 (1968) … Herself
– Episode #2.177 (1968) … Herself
– Episode #2.176 (1968) … Herself
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1963-1968 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 April 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 27 January 1967 (1967) … Herself
– Episode dated 11 February 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1967 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.6 (1967) … Herself
 
1965-1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.8 (1966) … Herself
– Episode #1.21 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 The New London Palladium Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 10 October 1965 (1965)
 
1965 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.33 (1965) … Herself
 
1964 Get the Message (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 December 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1959-1963 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 8 September 1963 (1963) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 19 April 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1963 Talent Scouts (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 August 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1963 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 January 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Herself
– The Beauty of a Woman (1962) … Herself
 
1957-1962 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 21 March 1962 (1962) … Herself
– Episode dated 19 June 1961 (1961) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #3.109 (1960) … Herself
– Episode #3.83 (1960) … Herself
– Episode #3.77 (1960) … Herself
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1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 26 June 1961 (1961) … Herself
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Herself
– Fun Fair (1960) … Herself
 
1960 The Frances Langford Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 May 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1958 The Garry Moore Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.2 (1958) … Herself
 
1954-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #12.3 (1958) … Herself
– Episode #11.35 (1958) … Herself
– Episode #11.30 (1958) … Herself
– Episode #9.22 (1956) … Herself
– Episode #8.19 (1955) … Herself
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1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.28 (1958) … Herself
 
1958 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.16 (1958) … Herself
 
1956 Home (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 June 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #3.33 (1956) … Herself
 
1954 One Minute Please (TV series)
Herself/panelist
 
1951 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Actress
– Episode #1.31 (1951) … Herself - Guest Actress
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Gigi'
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clip from 'Gigi' (uncredited)
 
1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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(1965) Stage: Appeared in Arthur Kopit's "Oh Dad, Poor Dad" at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, England, with Murray Melvin in the cast. See more »

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Personal Quote:

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue. See more »

Trivia:

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum. See more »

Trademark:

Deepening voice See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius