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Hermione Gingold

ActorBorn 1897, died 1987On stage 1953 to 19737 productions on this page

Hermione Gingold
Allan warren (Allan Warren)

Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold (; 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). From…

On stage

7 productions, 20 years
1953
John Murray Anderson's AlmanacBroadway Imperial Theatre. Original. Directed by Cyril Ritchard
229 performances
1959
First ImpressionsBroadway Alvin Theatre. Original. Directed by Abe Burrows
92 performances
1960
From A to ZBroadway Plymouth Theatre. Original. Directed by Ray Harrison
21 performances
1961
Milk and HoneyBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original. Directed by Albert Marre
543 performances
1963
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So SadBroadway Morosco Theatre. Original. Directed by Jerome Robbins
47 performances
1973
A Little Night MusicBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Harold Prince
601 performances
1973
Sondheim: A Musical TributeBroadway Shubert Theatre. Original. Directed by Burt Shevelove

Worked with more than once

10 names

Also credited on

6 works

Company
New Faces
Tommy
Kelly
Ambassador
The Music Man

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