Hermione Gingold

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.

9 December 1897

Born on the same birth day (9 December): Bixente Lizarazu • Dick Butkus • Fabio Artico • Gastón Gaudio • Henry Way Kendall • Jim Slater (ice hockey) • Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption • Joseph Pilates • Kirk Douglas • Kwadwo Asamoah • Mardy Fish • Margaret Brundage • Mona Hanna-Attisha • Peter Pelham (composer)

Born in the same month (December 1897): Albert Aalbers • Alfredo Bracchi • Drew Pearson (journalist) • Fletcher Henderson • Gershom Scholem • Ivan Bagramyan • Kurt Schuschnigg • Margaret Chase Smith • Nunnally Johnson • Rewi Alley • Robert Redfield • Ronald Skirth • Ville Pörhölä • Väinö Sipilä • William Gropper