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Hermione Gingold

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 the early 1950s, Gingold lived and made her career mostly in the U.S. Her American stage work ranged from John Murray Anderson's Almanac (1953) to Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1963), the latter of which she played in London. She became a well-known guest on television talk shows. She made appearances in revues and toured in plays and musicals until an accident ended her performing career in 1977.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 9, 1897 (London (capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom)), Died May 24, 1987 (New York City (most populous city in the United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 87358 1/20/1955 Tea and Ceylon Billy De Wolfe ; Hermione Gingold speaker  
Decca 87359 1/20/1955 Winter in Palm Springs Billy De Wolfe ; Hermione Gingold speaker  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gingold, Hermione," accessed January 21, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/317826.

Gingold, Hermione. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 21, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/317826.

"Gingold, Hermione." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 21 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/317826

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