One of stage, screen, radio and TV's most delightful, inimitable eccentrics, Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold was born the daughter of an upscale Austrian financier and English homemaker. She made her stage debut in 1908, thus beginning a long, commanding presence in London playing everything from Jessica in The Merchant of Venice to Cassandra in Troilus and Cressida. Her flair for quirky comedy was discovered in the 30s when she appeared to scene-stealing effect in a host of musical revues. She ...[Read Story]
"Startime"Fun Fair
(1960)