Rosalind Russell
Acting
- Born:
- 1907-06-04
- Died:
- 1976-11-28
- Place of birth:
- Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Life is a Banquet
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
The Flood of ‘55
That's Entertainment! III
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
The Crooked Hearts
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Rosie!
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
The Trouble with Angels
Gypsy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Five Finger Exercise
A Majority of One
The Mike Douglas Show
Startime
Auntie Mame
Wonderful Town
Picnic
The Girl Rush
Letter to Loretta
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
Never Wave at a WAC
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
A Woman of Distinction
What's My Line?
Tell It to the Judge
The Velvet Touch
The Ed Sullivan Show
Blow-Ups of 1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Sister Kenny
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Roughly Speaking
Breakdowns of 1944
What a Woman
Flight for Freedom
My Sister Eileen
Take a Letter, Darling
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Design for Scandal
Breakdowns of 1941
The Feminine Touch
They Met in Bombay
This Thing Called Love
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
No Time for Comedy
Hired Wife
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
His Girl Friday
The Women
From the Ends of the Earth
Fast and Loose
Breakdowns of 1938
The Citadel
Four's a Crowd
Man-Proof
Live, Love and Learn
The Romance of Celluloid
Night Must Fall
Craig's Wife
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Trouble for Two
Under Two Flags
It Had to Happen
Rendezvous
China Seas
Reckless
West Point of the Air
The Casino Murder Case
The Night Is Young
Forsaking All Others
The President Vanishes
Evelyn Prentice