Hermione Baddeley, born Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley, (13 November 1906 — 19 August 1986), was a British character actress best known for playing brassy, blowsy characters.
She started on the stage, appearing both in revue and in Noël Coward's plays. Baddeley progressed to film appearances in The Roaring '20s. She played Ida Arnold, one of the leads in Brighton Rock, which was followed by films including Passport to Pimlico, Scrooge (1951), The Pickwick Papers, The Belles of St. Trinian's, Mary Poppins, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
In 1958, she played Elspeth in Room at the Top. Despite only being onscreen for two minutes and nineteen seconds, she was nominated for an Academy Award; the shortest to ever be nominated. In the mid-60s, she moved from the UK to America, where she made several guest shots on American television.
She joined the cast of Maude from Season 3 to 5, playing Mrs. Naugatuck, Maude's elderly and vulgar housekeeper. In 1975, Baddeley won a Golden Globe Award for the role, and in 1977, she was Put on a Bus, with Mrs. Naugatuck marrying her lover Bert Beasley and moving to Ireland. In her later years, Baddeley provided voices for The Aristocats and The Secret of NIMH.
She died of a stroke at the age of 79.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Films- Brighton Rock (1948) — Ida Arnold
- Passport to Pimlico (1949) — Edie Randall
- Scrooge (1951) — Mrs. Cratchit
- The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) — Miss Drownder
- Room at the Top (1958) — Elspeth
- Midnight Lace (1960) — Dora
- Mary Poppins (1964) — Ellen
- Marriage on the Rocks (1965) — Jeannie MacPherson
- The Happiest Millionaire (1967) — Mrs. Worth
- The Aristocats (1970) — Madame Adelaide Bonfamille
- Up the Front (1972) — Madame Monique
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) — Auntie Shrew
- Hancock's Half Hour, episode "The Dancer" (1956) — Dance Instructress
- Danger Man, episode "Under the Lake" (1961) — Mrs. Grahame
- The Patty Duke Show, episode "It Takes a Heap of Livin'" (1965) — Historical Society Member (Uncredited Role)
- Bewitched, episode "I Get Your Nannie, You Get My Goat" (1967) — Elspeth
- Batman, 3 episodesshow list (1968) — Frontier Fanny
- On the House, episode "Forty Feet of Roofing Felt Do Not Just Get Up and Walk Away" (1970) — Nellie
- Night Gallery, episode "Lindemann's Catch/The Late Mr. Peddington/A Feast of Blood" (1972) — Mrs. Gray
- Maude, 45 episodes (1974-77) — Mrs. Nell Naugatuck
- The Bionic Woman, episode "Black Magic" (1976) — Aunt Tess
- Little House on the Prairie, 3 episodesshow list (1977-79) — Kezia Horn
- The Love Boat, episode "Ex Plus Y/Golden Agers/Graham and Kelly" (1977) — Mrs. Kitty Pickrel
- Charlie's Angels, episode "Mother Angel" (1978) — Mrs. McNaughton
- Wonder Woman, episode "A Date with Doomsday" (1979) — Mary Jane Thrip
- Vegas, episode "The Andreas Addiction" (1981) — Lottie
- Fantasy Island, episode "The Searcher/The Way We Weren't" (1981) — Aunt Bella
- Trapper John, M.D., episode "Second Sight" (1981) — Freida Holloway
- Magnum, P.I., episode "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" (1984) — Bernice
- Shadow Chasers, 3 episodesshow list (1968) — Melody Lacey
