"Room at the Top" Hermione Baddeley Signed Contract Dated 1967 Todd Mueller COA

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"Room at the Top" Hermione Baddeley Hand Signed Contract Dated 1967.
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Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley
(13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English-American actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as "brassy" or "blowsy".
[1]
[2]
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 was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her performance in
Room at the Top
(1959) and a
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
for
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
in 1963. She portrayed Ellen the maid in the 1964 Disney film
Mary Poppins
. She voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the 1970 Disney animated film,
The Aristocats
. In 1975 she won a
Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her portrayal of Nell Naugatuck on the TV series
Maude
. Baddeley was born in
Broseley
,
Shropshire
, to W.H. Clinton-Baddeley; her mother, Louise Bourdin, was
French
.
Baddeley was a descendant of British
American War of Independence
General
Sir Henry Clinton
. Her elder sister,
Angela Baddeley
, was also an actress. Her half-brother,
William Baddeley
, was a
Church of England
clergyman who became
Dean of Brisbane
and Rural Dean of Westminster.
An early stage appearance came in 1923 when she appeared in
Charles McEvoy
's play
The Likes of Her
in London's
West End
. Baddeley was known for
supporting
performances in such
films
as
Passport to Pimlico
(1949),
Tom Brown's Schooldays
and
Scrooge
(both 1951),
The Pickwick Papers
(1952),
The Belles of St Trinian's
(1954),
Mary Poppins
(as Ellen, the
maidservant
), and
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(both 1964), although she first began making films back in the 1920s. One of her more important roles was in
Brighton Rock
(1947), in which she played Ida, one of the main characters, whose personal investigation into the disappearance of a friend threatens the anti-hero
Pinkie
. She also had a stage career. She had a long professional relationship with
Noël Coward
, appearing in many of his plays throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The most successful was her teaming with
Hermione Gingold
in Coward's comedy
Fallen Angels
, though the two women were reportedly "no longer on speaking terms" by the end of the run.
Baddeley was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her portrayal of
Simone Signoret
's best friend in
Jack Clayton
's
Room at the Top
(1959).
[2]
With 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time,
[7]
her role is the shortest ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. In 1960 she played prostitute
Doll Tearsheet
in the BBC's series of Shakespeare history plays
An Age of Kings
, acting alongside her sister Angela as
Mistress Quickly
. In 1963, she was nominated for Broadway's
Tony Award
as Best Actress (Dramatic) for
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
. She was known to American audiences for roles in
Bewitched
,
The Cara Williams Show
,
Batman
,
Little House on the Prairie
,
Camp Runamuck
and
Maude
(playing the title character's second housekeeper, Nell Naugatuck).
[2]
Toward the end of her career, Baddeley was also a
voice-over actress
, including roles in
The Aristocats
(1970) and
The Secret of NIMH
(1982).