Rosalind Russell
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.
Films (72)
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