Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold
| Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Dec 9, 1897 London, UK |
| Died | May 24, 1987 New York City, NY |
| Age | Died at 89 |
| Final Resting PlaceForest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) | |
Hermione Gingold | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1909-1977 |
| Known for | Eccentric aunts |
| Top Roles | Undetermined Role, Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn, Lilly Harris, Lizzie Appleby, Madame Alvarez |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance, Drama, Family, Musical, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Based on Play, Romance (Comic) |
| Top Collaborators | Leslie Caron, Walter Fitzgerald, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Baddeley |
| Shares birthday with | Kirk Douglas, Broderick Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. see more.. |
Hermione Gingold Overview:
Legendary character actress, Hermione Gingold, was born Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold on Dec 9, 1897 in London, UK. Gingold died at the age of 89 on May 24, 1987 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.
MINI BIO:
Hermione Gingold was a red-headed British comic actress with wonderfully unique tones, adept at playing eccentric aunts. She is remembered by many for her revue roles and radio characters including the long-running Mrs. Doom. Her best two film roles, in "Gigi" and "Bell, Book and Candle", came in the same year, 1958.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Gingold was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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Hermione Gingold Quotes:
Gaston Lachaille:
I must consider my next move very carefully. All of Paris is watching me.
Madame Alvarez: Gaston, what are you talking about? The whole world is watching you!
[Gastone brings some champagne for Mamita]
Gigi: Can I take a glass of champagne, Mamita?
Madame Alvarez: Have you lost your mind, Gigi? Of course not!
[heads towards the kitchen; Gaston quickly slides his glass over to Gigi]
Honore Lachaille: I'll tell you about that blue villa, Mamita. I was so much in love with you, I wanted to marry you. Yes, it's true. I was beginning to think of marriage. Imagine, marriage, ME! Oh, no! I was really desperate! I had to do something. And what I did was the soprano!
Madame Alvarez: Thank you, Honore. That was the most charming and endearing excuse for infidelity I've ever heard.
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Madame Alvarez: Gaston, what are you talking about? The whole world is watching you!
[Gastone brings some champagne for Mamita]
Gigi: Can I take a glass of champagne, Mamita?
Madame Alvarez: Have you lost your mind, Gigi? Of course not!
[heads towards the kitchen; Gaston quickly slides his glass over to Gigi]
Honore Lachaille: I'll tell you about that blue villa, Mamita. I was so much in love with you, I wanted to marry you. Yes, it's true. I was beginning to think of marriage. Imagine, marriage, ME! Oh, no! I was really desperate! I had to do something. And what I did was the soprano!
Madame Alvarez: Thank you, Honore. That was the most charming and endearing excuse for infidelity I've ever heard.
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