Hermione Gingold
Birth Name: Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold
Date of Birth: 9 December 1897
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 24 May 1987
Place of Death: New York, New York
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Hermione Gingold was a British actress. Her parents, Kate (Walters) and James Gingold, were both Jewish. Her father was born in Austria.
Hermione’s paternal grandparents were Moritz/Max Gingold (the son of Moses Gingold and Jente) and Hermine Gute Sulzer (the daughter of Salomon Sulzer and Fanny Francisca Hirschfeld Levi). Moritz was born in Focșani, Județul Vrancea, Romania. Hermine was born in Vienna, Austria. Salomon was a famous hazzan (cantor) and composer.
Source: Genealogy of Hermione Gingold (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
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