Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley is the kind of performer I find myself quietly rooting for. Specializing in brash, blowsy, vulgar characters is no small thing; it takes real nerve to play unglamorous and own it completely. I love that she thrived in revue, that messy, immediate, hard-to-archive form, sparring with Hermione Gingold. Actors who refuse to be tidy tend to outlast the polished ones, and there is something deeply honest about a long career built on characters nobody else wanted. To me she embodies the unsung craft of British theatre, where charisma matters more than vanity.

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Name (English)

Hermione Baddeley

Name (Japanese)

ハーマイオニー・バデリー

Reading

はーまいおにー・ばでりー

Born

November 13, 1906 – August 19, 1986

Origin

Broseley, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermione%20Baddeley
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443030

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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