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Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

ActingBorn June 4, 1907Died November 28, 1976 (age 69)Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

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.

Filmography

2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr

as Self (archive)

Movie
2017
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2009
Life is a Banquet

as Self (Archive Footage)

Movie
2006
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1995
The Flood of ‘55

as Herself (archive footage)

Movie
1994
That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

Movie
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1973Movie
1972
The Crooked Hearts

as Laurita Dorsey

Movie
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

as Mrs. Pollifax

Movie
1968Movie
1967
Rosie!

as Rosie Lord

Movie
1966
The Trouble with Angels

as Mother Superior

Movie
1962
Gypsy

as Rose Hovick

Movie
1962
Five Finger Exercise

as Louise Harington

Movie
1961
A Majority of One

as Bertha Jacoby

Movie
1959
Startime

as Self – Host

TV
1958
Auntie Mame

as Mame Dennis

Movie
1958
Wonderful Town

as Ruth Sherwood

Movie
1955
Picnic

as Rosemary - The School Teacher

Movie
1955
The Girl Rush

as Kim Halliday

Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953TV
1953
Never Wave at a WAC

as Josephine "Jo" McBain

Movie
1950
A Woman of Distinction

as Susan Manning Middlecott

Movie
1950TV
1949
Tell It to the Judge

as Marsha Meredith

Movie
1948
The Velvet Touch

as Valerie Stanton

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra

as Lavinia Mannon

Movie
1947Movie
1946
Sister Kenny

as Elizabeth Kenny

Movie
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Dr. Susan A. Lane

Movie
1945
Roughly Speaking

as Louise Randall Pierson

Movie
1944Movie
1943
What a Woman

as Carol Ainsley

Movie
1943
Flight for Freedom

as Tonie Carter

Movie
1942
My Sister Eileen

as Ruth Sherwood

Movie
1942
Take a Letter, Darling

as A.M. MacGregor

Movie
1941
Design for Scandal

as Judge Cornelia C. Porter

Movie
1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1941
The Feminine Touch

as Julie Hathaway

Movie
1941
They Met in Bombay

as Anya Von Duren

Movie
1940Movie
1940
No Time for Comedy

as Linda Paige Esterbrook

Movie
1940
Hired Wife

as Kendal Browning

Movie
1940
His Girl Friday

as Hildy Johnson

Movie
1939
The Women

as Sylvia Fowler

Movie
1939
Fast and Loose

as Garda Sloane

Movie
1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Citadel

as Christine Manson

Movie
1938
Four's a Crowd

as Jean Christy

Movie
1938
Man-Proof

as Elizabeth Kent

Movie
1937
Live, Love and Learn

as Julie Stoddard

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Night Must Fall

as Olivia Grayne

Movie
1936
Craig's Wife

as Harriet Craig

Movie
1936
Trouble for Two

as Miss Vandeleur

Movie
1936
Under Two Flags

as Lady Venetia Cunningham

Movie
1936
It Had to Happen

as Beatrice Newnes

Movie
1935
Rendezvous

as Joel Carter

Movie
1935
China Seas

as Sybil Barclay

Movie
1935
Reckless

as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer

Movie
1935
West Point of the Air

as Dare Marshall

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Night Is Young

as Countess Zarika Rafay

Movie
1934Movie
1934
The President Vanishes

as Sally Voorman

Movie
1934
Evelyn Prentice

as Mrs. Nancy Harrison

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 4, 1907
Day of DeathNovember 28, 1976
Place of BirthWaterbury, Connecticut, USA
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