Rosalind Russell
Known for: Acting
Born: June 4, 1907
Died: November 28, 1976
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
74 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
5.0
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
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Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2017
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Life is a Banquet
2009
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On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
2006NR
The Flood of ‘55
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
6.8
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
6.5
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
7.6
The Crooked Hearts
1972
6.3
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
6.1
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
10.0
Rosie!
1967
5.0
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967
6.7
The Trouble with Angels
1966
6.3
Gypsy
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.6
Five Finger Exercise
1962
6.1
A Majority of One
1961
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
6.8
Startime
1959
7.0
Auntie Mame
1958
7.0
Wonderful Town
1958
6.5
The Unguarded Moment
1956
6.4
Picnic
1955
5.3
The Girl Rush
1955
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
5.0
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.0
A Woman of Distinction
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.6
Tell It to the Judge
1949
6.2
The Velvet Touch
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.3
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
6.1
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
5.8
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
6.9
Sister Kenny
1946
6.4
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
10.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
6.5
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
6.3
What a Woman
1943
5.8
Flight for Freedom
1943
6.8
My Sister Eileen
1942
6.6
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
5.1
Design for Scandal
1941
7.0
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
5.1
The Feminine Touch
1941
7.3
They Met in Bombay
1941
8.4
This Thing Called Love
1940
6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
5.3
No Time for Comedy
1940
6.8
Hired Wife
1940
5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
7.4
His Girl Friday
1940
7.2
The Women
1939
5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
5.9
Fast and Loose
1939
5.8
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
6.4
The Citadel
1938
5.5
Four's a Crowd
1938
5.2
Man-Proof
1938
5.6
Live, Love and Learn
1937
7.0
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
7.0
Night Must Fall
1937
6.5
Craig's Wife
1936
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
6.5
Trouble for Two
1936
6.8
Under Two Flags
1936
6.3
It Had to Happen
1936
4.9
Rendezvous
1935
6.3
China Seas
1935
5.1
Reckless
1935
7.0
West Point of the Air
1935
6.8
The Casino Murder Case
1935
6.0
The Night Is Young
1935
6.0
Forsaking All Others
1934
6.0
The President Vanishes
1934
6.5
Evelyn Prentice
1934