Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley ( born November 13, 1906 in Broseley, Shropshire, England; † August 19, 1986 in Los Angeles, USA; actually Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton - Baddeley ) was a British actress. Her sister was the actress Angela Baddeley. Both are a direct descendant of the British General Henry Clinton.
Career
Her stage debut was Hermione Baddely as a child in 1918. Since the mid- 1920s, she was engaged at various comedy and revue theaters in London. From 1927 she appeared in films with sound in silent films, beginning in 1930. Your first major success in a film starring she could in 1947 recorded with the English feature film Brighton Rock ( Richard Attenborough ). For her portrayal of " Elspeth " in Room at the Top (1959 ) she was nominated for the 1960 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but then received the Shelley Winters.
From 1960 he lived and worked Baddeley mainly in the U.S.. Here they played significant roles among others in the films Midnight Lace (1960 ), Mary Poppins (1964) and three times to Mexico (1965). Even as a speaker in cartoons they worked, such as in The Aristocats (1970). At the express request of Tennessee Williams Hermione Baddeley took over the lead female role of "Flora Goforth " in the world premiere of his play The Milk Train Does not Stop Here Anymore in 1963 on Broadway. That earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress; However, she succumbed Uta Hagen.
Unlike her sister Angela refused Hermione Baddeley as long to play in TV series. Producer Norman Lear was able to persuade 1974, to appear in the sitcom Maude, where she was involved until 1977 in several episodes. In 1976, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in the area series, miniseries or TV movie. From 1977 to 1979 she appeared in a supporting role in the TV series Little House on.
In 1984 Baddeley her autobiography The Unsinkable Hermione Baddeley. The title refers to the movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown ( 1964), in which she had played the role of " Buttercup Grogan ". Your last performances they had in 1985 in some episodes of the U.S. television series Shadow Chasers. Hermione Baddeley died in 1986 at the age of 79 in her adopted home of Los Angeles to the effects of a stroke.
Hermione Baddeley was married twice, his first marriage she had two children. Early to mid -1950s, she was romantically involved with more than 20 years younger actor Laurence Harvey.