Rosalind Russell

Known for ActingBorn 1907-06-04Died 1976-11-28Waterbury, 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.Read more

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Rosie!

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

This Thing Called Love

The Crooked Hearts

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

That's Entertainment! III

His Girl Friday

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

They Met in Bombay

The Women

Auntie Mame

Wonderful Town

What's My Line?

The Oscars

A Woman of Distinction

Breakdowns of 1941

The Trouble with Angels

Sister Kenny

The Romance of Celluloid

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

General Electric Theater

Night Must Fall

West Point of the Air

Startime

The Ed Sullivan Show

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Roughly Speaking

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

My Sister Eileen

Hired Wife

The Casino Murder Case

Tell It to the Judge

Under Two Flags

Letter to Loretta

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The Unguarded Moment

Take a Letter, Darling

Gypsy

Trouble for Two

Picnic

Breakdowns of 1944

Evelyn Prentice

She Wouldn't Say Yes

The Citadel

Craig's Wife

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows