Rosalind Russell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1907
- Died
- November 28, 1976 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Life is a Banquet
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
Movie · as Herself (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie · as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Crooked Hearts
Movie · as Laurita Dorsey
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Movie · as Mrs. Pollifax
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Movie · as Mother Simplicia
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Movie · as Madame Rosepettle
Rosie!
Movie · as Rosie Lord
The Trouble with Angels
Movie · as Mother Superior
Gypsy
Movie · as Rose Hovick
Five Finger Exercise
Movie · as Louise Harington
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Majority of One
Movie · as Bertha Jacoby
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Startime
TV · as Self – Host · 1 ep
Auntie Mame
Movie · as Mame Dennis
Wonderful Town
Movie · as Ruth Sherwood
Picnic
Movie · as Rosemary - The School Teacher
The Girl Rush
Movie · as Kim Halliday
Never Wave at a WAC
Movie · as Josephine McBain
General Electric Theater
TV · as Cynthia · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · 1 ep
A Woman of Distinction
Movie · as Susan Manning Middlecott
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tell It to the Judge
Movie · as Marsha Meredith
The Velvet Touch
Movie · as Valerie Stanton
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Movie · as Janet Ames
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · as Lavinia Mannon
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie · as Self
Sister Kenny
Movie · as Elizabeth Kenny
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie · as Dr. Susan A. Lane
Roughly Speaking
Movie · as Louise Randall Pierson
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Breakdowns of 1944
Movie · as Self
Flight for Freedom
Movie · as Tonie Carter
What a Woman
Movie · as Carol Ainsley
My Sister Eileen
Movie · as Ruth Sherwood
Take a Letter, Darling
Movie · as A.M. MacGregor
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self
The Feminine Touch
Movie · as Julie Hathaway
Design for Scandal
Movie · as Judge Cornelia C. Porter
They Met in Bombay
Movie · as Anya Von Duren
Breakdowns of 1941
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
His Girl Friday
Movie · as Hildy Johnson
Hired Wife
Movie · as Kendal Browning
No Time for Comedy
Movie · as Linda Paige Esterbrook
This Thing Called Love
Movie · as Ann Winters
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie · as Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie · as Self
The Women
Movie · as Sylvia Fowler
Fast and Loose
Movie · as Garda Sloane
From the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as Self
Four's a Crowd
Movie · as Jean Christy
The Citadel
Movie · as Christine Manson
Man-Proof
Movie · as Elizabeth Kent
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie · as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night Must Fall
Movie · as Olivia Grayne
Live, Love and Learn
Movie · as Julie Stoddard
The Romance of Celluloid
Movie · as Self
Under Two Flags
Movie · as Lady Venetia Cunningham
Craig's Wife
Movie · as Harriet Craig
Trouble for Two
Movie · as Miss Vandeleur
It Had to Happen
Movie · as Beatrice Newnes
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Movie · as Self
Reckless
Movie · as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
China Seas
Movie · as Sybil Barclay
Rendezvous
Movie · as Joel Carter
The Casino Murder Case
Movie · as Doris Reed
West Point of the Air
Movie · as Dare Marshall
The Night Is Young
Movie · as Countess Zarika Rafay
Evelyn Prentice
Movie · as Mrs. Nancy Harrison
Forsaking All Others
Movie · as Eleanor
The President Vanishes
Movie · as Sally Voorman