Rosalind Russell
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Self (archive)
movieLighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieLife is a Banquet
2009
Self (Archive Footage)
movieOn Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
2006
Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
1995
Herself (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Crooked Hearts
1972
Laurita Dorsey
movieMrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
Mrs. Pollifax
movieWhere Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
Mother Simplicia
movieRosie!
1967
Rosie Lord
movieThe Trouble with Angels
1966
Mother Superior
movieGypsy
1962
Rose Hovick
movieFive Finger Exercise
1962
Louise Harington
movieA Majority of One
1961
Bertha Jacoby
tvStartime
1959
Self – Host
movieAuntie Mame
1958
Mame Dennis
movieWonderful Town
1958
Ruth Sherwood
moviePicnic
1955
Rosemary - The School Teacher
movieThe Girl Rush
1955
Kim Halliday
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Self - Guest Host
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
Josephine "Jo" McBain
movieA Woman of Distinction
1950
Susan Manning Middlecott
movieTell It to the Judge
1949
Marsha Meredith
movieThe Velvet Touch
1948
Valerie Stanton
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
Lavinia Mannon
movieThe Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Janet Ames
movieSister Kenny
1946
Elizabeth Kenny
movieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Dr. Susan A. Lane
movieRoughly Speaking
1945
Louise Randall Pierson
movieWhat a Woman
1943
Carol Ainsley
movieFlight for Freedom
1943
Tonie Carter
movieMy Sister Eileen
1942
Ruth Sherwood
movieTake a Letter, Darling
1942
A.M. MacGregor
movieDesign for Scandal
1941
Judge Cornelia C. Porter
movieBreakdowns of 1941
1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Feminine Touch
1941
Julie Hathaway
movieThey Met in Bombay
1941
Anya Von Duren
movieThis Thing Called Love
1940
Ann Winters
movieNo Time for Comedy
1940
Linda Paige Esterbrook
movieHired Wife
1940
Kendal Browning
movieHis Girl Friday
1940
Hildy Johnson
movieThe Women
1939
Sylvia Fowler
movieFast and Loose
1939
Garda Sloane
movieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Citadel
1938
Christine Manson
movieFour's a Crowd
1938
Jean Christy
movieMan-Proof
1938
Elizabeth Kent
movieLive, Love and Learn
1937
Julie Stoddard
movieNight Must Fall
1937
Olivia Grayne
movieCraig's Wife
1936
Harriet Craig
movieTrouble for Two
1936
Miss Vandeleur
movieUnder Two Flags
1936
Lady Venetia Cunningham
movieIt Had to Happen
1936
Beatrice Newnes
movieRendezvous
1935
Joel Carter
movieChina Seas
1935
Sybil Barclay
movieReckless
1935
Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
movieWest Point of the Air
1935
Dare Marshall
movieThe Casino Murder Case
1935
Doris Reed
movieThe Night Is Young
1935
Countess Zarika Rafay
movieThe President Vanishes
1934
Sally Voorman
movieEvelyn Prentice
1934
Mrs. Nancy Harrison
Writing2
movieMrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
Screenplay
