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name: "Hermione Gingold"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hermione-gingold"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 December 1897"
died: "24 May 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T04:05:21.112201+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Hermione Gingold

Actor. Born 9 December 1897 in London, England, UK. Died 24 May 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 December 1897, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 24 May 1987
- **Active:** 1956–1962
- **Also known as:** Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 63 (1), 1960s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermione_Gingold, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q293067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320006/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20603

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Music Man*](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md) (78)

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## Biography

Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold (9 December 1897 – 24 May 1987) was an English actress. She made her professional stage debut as a child and later appeared in London revues before moving to the United States in the early 1950s, where she performed on Broadway.

Her film roles include Madame Alvarez in *Gigi* (1958) and Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn in *The Music Man* (1962). She also appeared in *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958) and provided the voice of Mme. Rubens-Chatte in the animated feature *Gay Purr-ee* (1962).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Music Man* (1962), Fi1m 78, as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md)
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Fi1m 63, as Sporting Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Garbo Talks* (1984), as Elizabeth Rennick
- *How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days* (1984), as Miss Sandwich
- *Amy and the Angel* (1982), as Pincus
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Felicity
- *Death Brings Roses* (1981), as Madame Germaine
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor
- *Simple Gifts* (1977), as Narrator (segment "The Great Frost") (voice)
- *A Little Night Music* (1977), as Madame Armfeldt
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage)
- *Tubby the Tuba* (1975), as Ms. Squeek (voice)
- *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Special London Bridge Special* (1972), as The Lady Bus Conductor
- *Banyon* (1971), as Peggy Revere
- *Winter of the Witch* (1969), as Witch
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Jane
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Vivian Forsyte
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Duchess Christina
- *Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon* (1967), as Angelica
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Ernestine Mugford
- *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Major Stella Irosian
- *Munster, Go Home!* (1966), as Lady Effigy Munster
- *Harvey Middleman, Fireman* (1965), as Mrs. Koogleman
- *I'd Rather Be Rich* (1964), as Miss Grimshaw
- *A Cry of Angels* (1963), Actor
- *Gay Purr-ee* (1962), as Mme. Rubens-Chatte (voice)
- *The Music Man* (1962), as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-man.md)
- *The Naked Edge* (1961), as Lilly Harris
- *Bell, Book and Candle* (1958), as Bianca de Passe
- *Gigi* (1958), as Madame Alvarez
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), as Sporting Lady — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Miss Hope
- *Sting of Death* (1955), Actor
- *Our Girl Friday* (1953), as Spinster
- *Cosh Boy* (1953), as Queenie
- *The Pickwick Papers* (1952), as Miss Tompkins
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Princess Caroline
- *The Butler's Dilemma* (1943), as Aunt Sophie
- *Someone at the Door* (1936), as Lizzie Appleby
- *Dance Pretty Lady* (1931), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Hermione Gingold (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/1238739/gallery-2da3831bf781.jpg) Hermione Gingold (1973) — Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Hermione_Gingold_2_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Hermione_Gingold_2_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hermione Gingold](https://film.one/media/person/1238739/gallery-84ffd880252b.jpg) Hermione Gingold — Allan warren (Allan Warren)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Hermione_Gingold_%281973%29_by_Allan_Warren.jpg/1280px-Hermione_Gingold_%281973%29_by_Allan_Warren.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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