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Hermione Baddeley(1906-1986)

  • Actress
  • Soundtrack
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Hermione Baddeley in Wonder Woman (1975)
When American couple Janet and Mike move to England for his business, she soon fears he's having an affair with his attractive secretary and decides to get back at him by pretending she has been unfaithful.
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Do Not Disturb (1965)
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A brash character actress who specialized in cinema, television, and theater, Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley was born on November 13, 1906 in Broseley, Shropshire. She was the youngest of four sisters - including Angela Baddeley, also an actress - and her half-brother, Very Rev William Baddeley, was a Church of England Minister.

Not much is known about Baddeley's early life. She made her stage debut in 1918, and became popular in London stage comedies and revues prior to World War II, known for her dancing talent and natural comic ability. She memorably performed several times with Hermione Gingold. Baddeley made her film debut in 1927, with a role in the extremely obscure silent comedy A Daughter in Revolt (1927), but didn't come to attention until twenty years later, when she portrayed the affable but blowzy Ida in the film noir Brighton Rock (1948).

Known for her memorable character roles, Baddeley dabbled in such movies as Passport to Pimlico (1949), A Christmas Carol (1951), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951), The Pickwick Papers (1952), The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954), Mary Poppins (1964), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her acid-tongued performance in Room at the Top (1958). At two minutes and thirty-two seconds, it is the shortest performance to ever be nominated for the award.

Baddeley became a household favorite for her role as irritable cockney housekeeper Mrs. Naugatuck on the '70s comedy series Maude (1972). She landed guest spots on multiple other shows, including but not limited to Hancock's Half Hour (1956), The Patty Duke Show (1963), Bewitched (1964), Night Gallery (1969), The Bionic Woman (1976), The Love Boat (1977), Charlie's Angels (1976), Wonder Woman (1975), Fantasy Island (1977), and Magnum, P.I. (1980).

Baddeley's two marriages failed, and she had a daughter, Pauline Tennant, from her first. She was in a long-term relationship with actor Laurence Harvey until he left her for Margaret Leighton, and died on August 19, 1986 at the age of 79 following a series of strokes.
BornNovember 13, 1906
DiedAugust 19, 1986(79)
BornNovember 13, 1906
DiedAugust 19, 1986(79)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Wil Wheaton, John Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Elizabeth Hartman, and Arthur Malet in The Secret of NIMH (1982)
The Secret of NIMH
7.5
  • Auntie Shrew(voice)
  • 1982
Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)
Maude
7.3
TV Series
  • Mrs. Nell Naugatuck
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins
7.8
  • Ellen - Maid
  • 1964
A Christmas Carol (1951)
A Christmas Carol
8.1
  • Mrs. Cratchit
  • 1951

Credits

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Actress



  • Shadow Chasers (1985)
    Shadow Chasers
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Melody
    • Melody Lacey
    • 1985
  • Tom Selleck in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
    Magnum, P.I.
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Bernice
    • 1984
  • The Last Leaf (1983)
    The Last Leaf
    8.2
    Short
    • Mrs. McCleary
    • 1983
  • This Girl for Hire (1983)
    This Girl for Hire
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Edwina Gaylord
    • 1983
  • I Take These Men (1983)
    I Take These Men
    4.8
    TV Movie
    • Mrs. Lomax
    • 1983
  • Rock Hudson and Jack Scalia in The Devlin Connection (1982)
    The Devlin Connection
    7.0
    TV Series
    • 1982
  • Wil Wheaton, John Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Elizabeth Hartman, and Arthur Malet in The Secret of NIMH (1982)
    The Secret of NIMH
    7.5
    • Auntie Shrew (voice)
    • 1982
  • Oliver Clark, Peter Cook, Dana Hill, and Mimi Kennedy in The Two of Us (1981)
    The Two of Us
    7.1
    TV Series
    • 1982
  • Pernell Roberts in Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
    Trapper John, M.D.
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Freida Holloway
    • 1981
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Aunt Bella
    • 1981
  • Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)
    Vega$
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Lottie
    • 1981
  • There Goes the Bride (1980)
    There Goes the Bride
    3.4
    • Daphne Drimond
    • 1980
  • Valerie Bertinelli, Red Buttons, and Conrad Bain in C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
    C.H.O.M.P.S.
    4.9
    • Mrs. Flower
    • 1979
  • Wonder Woman (1975)
    Wonder Woman
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Mary Jane Thrip
    • 1979
  • Sweepstakes (1979)
    Sweepstakes
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Billie
    • 1979

Soundtrack



  • Diminishing Returns (2016)
    Diminishing Returns
    3.0
    Podcast Series
    • performer: "Sister Suffragette"
    • 2018
  • Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins: Sing a Long - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (1994)
    Mary Poppins: Sing a Long - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
    7.5
    Video
    • performer: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
    • 1994
  • Bea Arthur in Maude (1972)
    Maude
    7.3
    TV Series
    • performer: "I Am Woman"
    • 1976
  • Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (1964)
    Mary Poppins
    7.8
    • performer: "Sister Suffragette", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
    The Unsinkable Molly Brown
    6.6
    • performer: "He's My Friend" (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock (1948)
    Brighton Rock
    7.3
    • performer: "Let Bygones Be Bygones", "Hello Hello!" (uncredited)
    • 1948

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Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Hermoine Baddeley
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Born
    • November 13, 1906
    • Broseley, Shropshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • August 19, 1986
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(stroke)
  • Spouses
      Major J.H. WillisDecember 1940 - 1946 (divorced)
  • Children
    • Pauline Tennant
  • Parents
      W.H. Clinton-Baddeley
  • Relatives
      Dennis Clinton(Cousin)
  • Other works
    In 1966, she co-starred in an unsold ABC comedy pilot called "Sedgewick Hawk-Styles: Prince of Danger" where Paul Lynde played a bumbling detective in late 19th Century England.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 5 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Hermione's first husband was the Honourable David Pax Tennant, a descendant of William the Conqueror.
  • Quotes
    I have spent most of my life working in the theatre - which is always my greatest love, but the films and television were the providers of the little luxuries of life.
  • Trademark
      Her thick Cockney accent - droping h's

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