Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as "brassy" or "blowsy". She found her milieu in revue, in which she played from the 1930s to the 1950s, co-starring several times with the English actress Hermione Gingold.
Baddeley at home by Allan Warren, 1970s
Baddeley (left) as Mrs Naugatuck in Maude, with Bea Arthur
Baddeley (left) and Reta Shaw in the film Mary Poppins (1964)
Baddeley in 1978
Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold was an English actress known for her sharp-tongued, eccentric character. Her signature drawling, deep voice was a result of nodules on her vocal cords she developed in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Gingold in 1973, by Allan Warren
Gingold as a guest on I've Got a Secret with host Garry Moore
Gingold in the 1950s
Gingold in 1973