Rosalind Russell
Acting
Born: 1907-06-04 in 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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Mike Douglas Show
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What's My Line?
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Oscars
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Startime
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His Girl Friday
Hildy Johnson
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
General Electric Theater
Cynthia
Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis
The Women
Sylvia Fowler
Picnic
Rosemary - The School Teacher
Gypsy
Rose Hovick
Evelyn Prentice
Mrs. Nancy Harrison
China Seas
Sybil Barclay
The Citadel
Christine Manson
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Hired Wife
Kendal Browning
That's Entertainment! III
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The Trouble with Angels
Mother Superior
Sister Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Reckless
Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
This Thing Called Love
Ann Winters
Take a Letter, Darling
A.M. MacGregor
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
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The Velvet Touch
Valerie Stanton
The Fabulous Allan Carr
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The Crooked Hearts
Laurita Dorsey
The Romance of Celluloid
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My Sister Eileen
Ruth Sherwood
Breakdowns of 1944
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mourning Becomes Electra
Lavinia Mannon
What a Woman
Carol Ainsley
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
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Never Wave at a WAC
Josephine McBain
Under Two Flags
Lady Venetia Cunningham
Trouble for Two
Miss Vandeleur
Forsaking All Others
Eleanor