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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 4, 1907
Place of Birth:
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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Rosalind Russell
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | The Flood of ‘55 | Herself (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) |
| 1994 | The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | The Crooked Hearts | Laurita Dorsey |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Mrs. Pollifax |
| 1968 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Mother Simplicia |
| 1967 | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad | Madame Rosepettle |
| 1967 | Rosie! | Rosie Lord |
| 1966 | The Trouble with Angels | Mother Superior |
| 1962 | Gypsy | Rose Hovick |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Louise Harington |
| 1961 | A Majority of One | Bertha Jacoby |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis |
| 1958 | Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood |
| 1955 | Picnic | Rosemary - The School Teacher |
| 1955 | The Girl Rush | Kim Halliday |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Josephine "Jo" McBain |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction | Susan Manning Middlecott |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Marsha Meredith |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Valerie Stanton |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames | Janet Ames |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia Mannon |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Elizabeth Kenny |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Dr. Susan A. Lane |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Louise Randall Pierson |
| 1945 | Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self |
| 1944 | Breakdowns of 1944 | Self |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Tonie Carter |
| 1943 | What a Woman | Carol Ainsley |
| 1942 | My Sister Eileen | Ruth Sherwood |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | A.M. MacGregor |
| 1942 | Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self |
| 1941 | The Feminine Touch | Julie Hathaway |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Judge Cornelia C. Porter |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | Anya Von Duren |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Hildy Johnson |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Kendal Browning |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | Linda Paige Esterbrook |
| 1940 | This Thing Called Love | Ann Winters |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self |
| 1939 | The Women | Sylvia Fowler |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Garda Sloane |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Jean Christy |
| 1938 | The Citadel | Christine Manson |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Elizabeth Kent |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Night Must Fall | Olivia Grayne |
| 1937 | Live, Love and Learn | Julie Stoddard |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self |
| 1936 | Under Two Flags | Lady Venetia Cunningham |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Harriet Craig |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Miss Vandeleur |
| 1936 | It Had to Happen | Beatrice Newnes |
| 1936 | Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self |
| 1935 | Reckless | Josephine 'Jo' Mercer |
| 1935 | China Seas | Sybil Barclay |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Joel Carter |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case | Doris |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Dare Marshall |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young | Countess Zarika Rafay |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice | Mrs. Nancy Harrison |
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others | Eleanor |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Sally Voorman |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Cynthia |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Self - Guest Host |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |