Emerging from a well-off Jewish family in Maida Vale, London, Hermione Gingold began performing at eleven after training at Rosina Filippi’s stage school, quickly moving from child parts in productions such as Pinkie and the Fairies to leading roles on tour. A vocal problem in the late 1920s gave her the deep, drawling voice that became her trademark, steering her toward revue work at the Gate The…
