Hermione Baddeley


Hermione Youlanda Ruby ClintonBaddeley, known as Hermione Baddeley, was an English character actress of theatre, film and television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Room at the Top and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for The Milk Train Doesnt Stop Here Anymore in 1963. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as brassy or blowsy.

Baddeley was born in Broseley, Shropshire, England. She is a descendent of British American Revolutionary War General Sir Henry Clinton. Her elder sister, Angela Baddeley, was also an actress. Her halfbrother, Very Rev William Baddeley, was a Church of England priest who became Rural Dean of Westminster.

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