Day at Night: Hermione Gingold, actress

Hermione Gingold explains why she shuns personal relationships.
CUNY TV is proud to re-broadcast newly digitized episodes of DAY AT NIGHT, the popular public television series hosted by the late James Day. Day was a true pioneer of public television: co-founder of KQED in San Francisco, president of WNET upon the merger of National Educational Television (NET) and television station WNDT/Channel 13, and most recently, Chairman of the CUNY TV Advisory Board. The series features fascinating interviews with notable cultural and political figures conducted in the mid 1970's.
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[@gmaureen]

She was 76 at the time of this interview and still sharp, funny and engaging.

[@iainjoseph4393]

I'm her great-grandson

[@mxylpx]

+Iain Joseph You must be very proud. What an excellent actress who was bright and witty!

[@peterthepersonalstylist]

Iain Joseph how fabulous!! After work, ive sat down with my dinner and 'happened' upon this fabulous interview.... FABULOUS LADY XXX

[@randysills4418]

lain: I am wondering if she ever completed her autobiography? She had told Merv Griffin earlier that she would never write one... She appeared with The San Francisco Opera in about 1974. I have a reel to reel recording of the performance and she was hilarious, of course! She had the speaking role of "The Duchess of Krackenthorp" (sp?) in "The Daughter Of The Regiment" with Beverly Sills...I think that I am going to have that transferred to a CD... How wonderful for you that you are a descendant! She was such a splendid lady!

[@fidobarks]

how blessed are u !!! congrats...

[@donchase2261]

She was an absolute delight. an original.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

iv just got her autobiography cant wait to read it .

[@yvonnepaterson8031]

She was on the Queen Elizabeth, sailing from Southampton on April 15, 1965 to New York when I immigrated to the U.S. It was fascinating to see her around the ship from time to time.

[@TheLamf]

In 1944 Hermione Gingld joined our ship in Port Said together with Chilli Boucher and Harry Roy & orch.Serving wiith the Royal Marines I used to mount a guard 24/7 on he Cabin until we reached England.She gave talks about her life in showbiz to our lads on the mess deck.

[@dantean]

Brilliant hearing an interview with anyone who'd so much as MET Ellen Terry. Wow. Not that the glorious Hermione requires justifying on any terms but her own. Thank you.

[@geoffreyprince]

LOVE this woman!!!

[@XX-gy7ue]

this interview is so great , someone should make a Broadway show of it , maybe add a song or two ! IT'S SPECTACULAR !

[@SexyStudChris]

Ive taken a photo of her wall crypt at forest lawn in Glendale, Ca. Always wondered what she sound like. She died in 1987. R.I.P

[@lamontrussell1524]

She would have been a great Endora on Bewitched.

[@scotnick59]

YES

[@MatthewMcClellan]

A unique and fascinating lady. I loved her in Bell, Book and Candle.

[@christinepaige2575]

Yes, Bell, Book and Candle is a wonderful movie - perfectly cast, funny, engaging, visually beautiful and also very poignant in its way. One of my favorites.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

one of the alltime great personalitys....

[@user-bi8rz5ci1m]

"personalitys"?

[@Peter-CT]

This fantastic one-of-a-kind lady is mistaken. She and Billy De Wolfe did indeed do that sketch on TV. I was there. I still think about her sister in Ceylon. Looking for it is how I got to be here today (haven't turned it up yet). An unforgettable moment in my young life, causing my father to practically wet his pants laughing. And 55+ years later I'm still laughing at the memory. She may have also done it with Ed Wynn, but I didn't see that one. Billy De Wolfe was almost as funny as she was, and someone should FIND THAT CLIP AND PUT IT UP HERE!!! Hey Mr. Great Grandson -- how about some help here?

[@MaryPinkHair]

She had a bubbling personality. I don't suppose we will hear about any trouble it might have gotten her into. Her happiness was the important thing.

[@BellaFirenze]

Hermione Gingold would come often to Alexander's Department Store on Lexington Avenue where I worked. Checks of a certain amount had to be approved and that is how I met her. She was very sweet and polite. I have fond memories of her.

[@tracer740]

Such a delightful and interesting woman.

[@paulkasner977]

Where can I hear her brilliant tale of "my sister, who is from Ceylon, and who is a masseuse. Don't mind if I dooo"?

[@florinest]

She's a love. Her autobiography is called "How to Grow Old Disgracefully."

[@peterlewis6324]

Wonderful she was always fabulous in all her movies.

[@scotnick59]

Talk about a colorful person!

[@TheLamf]

Hermiony Gingold embarked on my ship 1944 in port Said Egypt with Chili Bouchier,I was serving with the Royal Marines and responsible for mounting a guard on their cabin they gave talks on the mess decks about the film industry & a Great Caberate with Harry Roys Band,Harry Cleminson Stafford.

[@GeorgeDaymondLush]

Well I'm old enough to remember her in her hayday( and I've never had to spell that) when she was sharper and funnier and much more sharp tongued than here. I know you can still get the DVD which included the skit with Billy de Wolfe. "What did you think of New York Ms Gingold?" "Well first of all there's the sky line and then that enormous statue of John Murray Anderson."

[@brucemartin7081]

I adore her!

[@vincentmcgrath4179]

Nothing like Maddona who is a product this is an original.

[@NOVELBITES]

*Madonna

[@AnitaLife27]

OMG, Madonna in a few short years! I love HG. Thanks for posting!

[@blipblip88]

Sounds and looks like Mollie Sugden....

[@henrygrove100]

Genius!!!

[@maxlinder5262]

VERY INTERESTING CAREER......!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rippingtons60]

"Winter of the WItch" brought me here.

[@cunytv]

March 29, 1974.

[@joansmith69]

Did she have the same stylist as Jon Pertwee?

[@newtongrubby]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@pbunting]

She's unapologetically candid. He's likely the worst interviewer I've ever seen.

[@fidobarks]

no one like her:::I adore her.

[@melissakosmicki]

What a wonderful lady. I must say it is clear that she was imbibing chemical stimulants during this interview- different era.

[@HhappyBirthday]

3:01 What is the definition of Loyalty, in relation to friends, friends for life? She doesn't say. I think that the notion of any _loyalty_ from friends, is an wish full fantasy. o0o

[@SuperEmmitt1]

He's a close sitter.

[@joeadm3771]

accent so posh it makes queen Elizabeth sound like a chambermaid

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Are any of her sons still living id like to contact one of them .

[@randysills4418]

I know that one of her sons died quite young in the 1960s or early 1970s...

[@FiFi-wt9zj]

Both died

[@BlytheWorld1972]

@@FiFi-wt9zj Aw so sad she was a legend i wander why she never got any awards from the queen a OBE or dame hood ?

[@FiFi-wt9zj]

@@BlytheWorld1972 Yes I wonder why. I believe she has grandchildren living. I think her son Leslie moved to Scotland and had two boys..sure I read that somewhere.

[@Linelia]

Madonna should play her! If she will take more acting lessons.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

@cunytv75 thanks wonder what age she was here ....sure dont make them like her anymore ..

[@randysills4418]

She was 75.

[@randysills4418]

Sorry...76...

[@BlytheWorld1972]

what year was this please????

[@Myviewoftheworldful]

2011

[@emobloom]

Awesome chick! :)

[@AlexKing29353]

Who is her didter

[@AlexKing29353]

Who is her sister ?

[@BlytheWorld1972]

she is very British very stiff upper lip

[@BlytheWorld1972]

cut the filth .