Rosalind Russell
Acting
Born 1907-06-04 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA · Died 1976-11-28
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.
Acting
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Life is a Banquet
Self (Archive Footage)
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
Herself (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
The Crooked Hearts
Laurita Dorsey
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Mrs. Pollifax
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Mother Simplicia
Rosie!
Rosie Lord
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Madame Rosepettle
The Trouble with Angels
Mother Superior
Gypsy
Rose Hovick
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Five Finger Exercise
Louise Harington
A Majority of One
Bertha Jacoby
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Startime
Self – Host
Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis
Wonderful Town
Ruth Sherwood
Picnic
Rosemary - The School Teacher
The Girl Rush
Kim Halliday
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
The Oscars
Self
General Electric Theater
Cynthia
Never Wave at a WAC
Josephine "Jo" McBain
