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Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Actor · Born 1907-06-04 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame Dennis in the film Auntie Mame. She won all 5 Golden Globes for which she was nominated, and was tied with Meryl Streep for wins until 2007 when Streep was awarded a sixth. Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town (a musical based the film My Sister Eileen, in which she also starred). Russell was known for playing character roles, exceptionally wealthy, dignified ladylike women. She had a wide career span from the 1930s to the 1970s and attributed her long career to the fact that, although usually playing classy and glamorous roles, she never became a sex symbol, not being famous for her looks.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. His Girl Friday (1940) — Hildy Johnson
  2. The Women (1939) — Sylvia Fowler
  3. Auntie Mame (1958) — Mame Dennis
  4. Picnic (1955) — Rosemary - The School Teacher
  5. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  6. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  7. Gypsy (1962) — Rose Hovick
  8. The Trouble with Angels (1966) — Mother Superior
  9. Night Must Fall (1937) — Olivia Grayne
  10. That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage)
  11. China Seas (1935) — Sybil Barclay
  12. The Citadel (1938) — Christine Manson
  13. The Velvet Touch (1948) — Valerie Stanton
  14. Evelyn Prentice (1934) — Mrs. Nancy Harrison
  15. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
  16. My Sister Eileen (1942) — Ruth Sherwood
  17. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  18. The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994) — Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
  19. Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) — Lavinia Mannon
  20. Forsaking All Others (1934) — Eleanor
  21. Sister Kenny (1946) — Elizabeth Kenny
  22. They Met in Bombay (1941) — Anya Von Duren
  23. Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) — Mother Simplicia
  24. Craig's Wife (1936) — Harriet Craig
  25. A Majority of One (1961) — Bertha Jacoby
  26. The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) — Janet Ames
  27. Four's a Crowd (1938) — Jean Christy
  28. Never Wave at a WAC (1953) — Josephine McBain
  29. Reckless (1935) — Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
  30. Take a Letter, Darling (1942) — A.M. MacGregor
  31. Rendezvous (1935) — Joel Carter
  32. The Casino Murder Case (1935) — Doris Reed
  33. No Time for Comedy (1940) — Linda Paige Esterbrook
  34. Man-Proof (1938) — Elizabeth Kent
  35. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
  36. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad (1967) — Madame Rosepettle
  37. The Feminine Touch (1941) — Julie Hathaway
  38. Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971) — Mrs. Pollifax
  39. Design for Scandal (1941) — Judge Cornelia C. Porter
  40. Flight for Freedom (1943) — Tonie Carter