- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 4, 1907
- Place of Birth
- Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
- Died
- November 28, 1976
Rosalind Russell
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,…
Filmography
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive)
movieLighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieLife is a Banquet
2009 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieOn Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
2006 · Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
1995 · Herself (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994 · Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Crooked Hearts
1972 · Laurita Dorsey
movieMrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971 · Mrs. Pollifax, Screenplay
movieWhere Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968 · Mother Simplicia
movieRosie!
1967 · Rosie Lord
movieOh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967 · Madame Rosepettle
movieThe Trouble with Angels
1966 · Mother Superior
movieGypsy
1962 · Rose Hovick
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieFive Finger Exercise
1962 · Louise Harington
movieA Majority of One
1961 · Bertha Jacoby
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvStartime
1959 · Self – Host
movieAuntie Mame
1958 · Mame Dennis
movieWonderful Town
1958 · Ruth Sherwood
movieThe Unguarded Moment
1956 · Story
moviePicnic
1955 · Rosemary - The School Teacher
movieThe Girl Rush
1955 · Kim Halliday
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Self - Guest Host
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Cynthia
movieNever Wave at a WAC
1953 · Josephine "Jo" McBain
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
movieA Woman of Distinction
1950 · Susan Manning Middlecott
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieTell It to the Judge
1949 · Marsha Meredith
movieThe Velvet Touch
1948 · Valerie Stanton
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieBlow-Ups of 1947
1947 · Self
movieMourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Lavinia Mannon
movieThe Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 · Janet Ames
movieSister Kenny
1946 · Elizabeth Kenny
movieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Dr. Susan A. Lane
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945 · Self
movieRoughly Speaking
1945 · Louise Randall Pierson
movieBreakdowns of 1944
1944 · Self
movieWhat a Woman
1943 · Carol Ainsley
movieFlight for Freedom
1943 · Tonie Carter
movieMy Sister Eileen
1942 · Ruth Sherwood
movieTake a Letter, Darling
1942 · A.M. MacGregor
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 · Self
movieDesign for Scandal
1941 · Judge Cornelia C. Porter
movieBreakdowns of 1941
1941 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Feminine Touch
1941 · Julie Hathaway
movieThey Met in Bombay
1941 · Anya Von Duren
movieThis Thing Called Love
1940 · Ann Winters
movieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
movieNo Time for Comedy
1940 · Linda Paige Esterbrook
movieHired Wife
1940 · Kendal Browning
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieHis Girl Friday
1940 · Hildy Johnson
movieThe Women
1939 · Sylvia Fowler
movieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939 · Self
movieFast and Loose
1939 · Garda Sloane
movieBreakdowns of 1938
1938 · Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Citadel
1938 · Christine Manson
movieFour's a Crowd
1938 · Jean Christy
movieMan-Proof
1938 · Elizabeth Kent
movieLive, Love and Learn
1937 · Julie Stoddard
movieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self
movieNight Must Fall
1937 · Olivia Grayne
movieCraig's Wife
1936 · Harriet Craig
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936 · Self
movieTrouble for Two
1936 · Miss Vandeleur
movieUnder Two Flags
1936 · Lady Venetia Cunningham
movieIt Had to Happen
1936 · Beatrice Newnes
movieRendezvous
1935 · Joel Carter
movieChina Seas
1935 · Sybil Barclay
movieReckless
1935 · Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
movieWest Point of the Air
1935 · Dare Marshall
movieThe Casino Murder Case
1935 · Doris Reed
movieThe Night Is Young
1935 · Countess Zarika Rafay
movieForsaking All Others
1934 · Eleanor
movieThe President Vanishes
1934 · Sally Voorman
movieEvelyn Prentice
1934 · Mrs. Nancy Harrison