
Acting
Born June 4, 1907 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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.

Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2017

Life is a Banquet
2009

On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
2006
The Flood of ‘55
1995

That's Entertainment! III
1994

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973

The Crooked Hearts
1972

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968

Rosie!
1967

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967

The Trouble with Angels
1966

Gypsy
1962

Five Finger Exercise
1962

A Majority of One
1961

Auntie Mame
1958

Wonderful Town
1958

Picnic
1955

The Girl Rush
1955

Never Wave at a WAC
1953

A Woman of Distinction
1950

Tell It to the Judge
1949

The Velvet Touch
1948

Blow-Ups of 1947
1947

Mourning Becomes Electra
1947

The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947

Sister Kenny
1946

She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945

Roughly Speaking
1945

Breakdowns of 1944
1944

What a Woman
1943

Flight for Freedom
1943

My Sister Eileen
1942

Take a Letter, Darling
1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942

Design for Scandal
1941

Breakdowns of 1941
1941

The Feminine Touch
1941

They Met in Bombay
1941

This Thing Called Love
1940

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940

No Time for Comedy
1940

Hired Wife
1940

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940

His Girl Friday
1940

The Women
1939

From the Ends of the Earth
1939

Fast and Loose
1939

Breakdowns of 1938
1938

The Citadel
1938

Four's a Crowd
1938

Man-Proof
1938

Live, Love and Learn
1937

The Romance of Celluloid
1937

Night Must Fall
1937

Craig's Wife
1936

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936

Trouble for Two
1936

Under Two Flags
1936

It Had to Happen
1936

Rendezvous
1935

China Seas
1935

Reckless
1935

West Point of the Air
1935

The Casino Murder Case
1935

The Night Is Young
1935

Forsaking All Others
1934

The President Vanishes
1934

Evelyn Prentice
1934