Hermione Gingold

Hermione Gingold

1897-12-09 London, England, UK 32 Credits

Biography

Hermione Gingold (9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric persona, an image enhanced by her sharp nose and chin, as well as her deepening voice, a result of vocal nodes which her mother reportedly encouraged her not to remove. She starred on stage, on radio, in films, on television, and in recordings. She also appeared on the NBC interview program Here's Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hermione Gingold, licensed under ...

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And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

1984

as Elizabeth Rennick

6.2
Acting

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: ...

How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

1984

as Miss Sandwich

4.0
Acting

A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.

Amy and the Angel

Amy and the Angel

1982

as Pincus

5.5
Acting

Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy ...

Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts

1977

as Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)

Acting

A collection of animated Christmas shorts: An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the earl...

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

1977

as Madame Armfeldt

6.2
Acting

A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count C...

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9
Acting

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical num...

Death Brings Roses

Death Brings Roses

1975

as Madame Germaine

3.5
Acting

Chuck Watts, a fugitive wanted for manslaughter in Kentucky, has been keeping a relatively low profile as an enforcer for Andrew Max, the man who cont...

Tubby the Tuba

Tubby the Tuba

1975

as Ms. Squeek (voice)

Acting

When Tubby the Tuba sets out to find a melody all of his own, his journey results in this enchanting and exciting musical tale. Tubby joins the circus...

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

The Special London Bridge Special

1972

as The Lady Bus Conductor

Acting

In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befud...

Banyon

Banyon

1971

as Peggy Revere

Acting

Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon'...

Winter of the Witch

Winter of the Witch

1969

as Witch

8.0
Acting

The life of a witch is disrupted by the arrival of a boy and his mother. The intruders' presence makes her struggle to adjust to the modern world, and...

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

1967

as Angelica

5.5
Acting

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbi...

Munster, Go Home!

Munster, Go Home!

1966

as Lady Effigy Munster

6.4
Acting

Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Fr...

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

1965

as Mrs. Koogleman

3.0
Acting

Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a be...

I'd Rather Be Rich

I'd Rather Be Rich

1964

as Miss Grimshaw

5.8
Acting

An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet h...

A Cry of Angels

A Cry of Angels

1963

Acting

Hallmark presents the story of how the greatest oratorio, George Frederic Handel's "The Messiah," came to be written in the English language.

Gay Purr-ee

Gay Purr-ee

1962

as Mme. Rubens-Chatte (voice)

6.6
Acting

Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and ...

The Music Man

The Music Man

1962

as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

7.1
Acting

A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.

The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge

1961

as Lilly Harris

6.2
Acting

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the cri...

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra

1959

as Self - Singer

Acting

At the beginning of the program, Peter Lawford explains that Frank Sinatra's plans to film his TV special outdoors in sunny Palm Springs have foundere...

Bell, Book and Candle

Bell, Book and Candle

1958

as Bianca de Passe

6.4
Acting

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.

Gigi

Gigi

1958

as Madame Alvarez ("Mamita")

6.2
Acting

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone f...

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

as Sporting Lady

6.6
Acting

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...

Sting of Death

Sting of Death

1955

Acting

Horror legend Boris Karloff stars in this rarely-seen mystery tale, directed by Daniel Petrie (A Raisin in the Sun, Sybil) . Sidney Silchester, a coll...

Our Girl Friday

Our Girl Friday

1953

as Spinster

5.1
Acting

Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and ...

Cosh Boy

Cosh Boy

1953

as Queenie

5.5
Acting

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things...

The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

1952

as Miss Tompkins

6.7
Acting

The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...

The Butler's Dilemma

The Butler's Dilemma

1943

as Aunt Sophie

4.5
Acting

Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...

Someone at the Door

1936

as Lizzie Appleby

Acting

When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally wi...

Dance Pretty Lady

1931

Acting

During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.