Rosalind Russell
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosalind Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Hildy Johnson
His Girl Friday
Self (archive footage)
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Self (archive footage)
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Sylvia Fowler
The Women
Laurita Dorsey
The Crooked Hearts
Ruth Sherwood
My Sister Eileen
Valerie Stanton
The Velvet Touch
Madame Rosepettle
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Janet Ames
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Mame Dennis
Auntie Mame
Mother Superior
The Trouble with Angels
Jean Christy
Four's a Crowd
Rose Hovick
Gypsy
Rosemary - The School Teacher
Picnic
Elizabeth Kenny
Sister Kenny
Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
Reckless
Mother Simplicia
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Sybil Barclay
China Seas
Lavinia Mannon
Mourning Becomes Electra
Joel Carter
Rendezvous
Mrs. Nancy Harrison
Evelyn Prentice
Christine Manson
The Citadel
Lady Venetia Cunningham
Under Two Flags
Olivia Grayne
Night Must Fall
Julie Hathaway
The Feminine Touch
Judge Cornelia C. Porter
Design for Scandal
Anya Von Duren
They Met in Bombay
Doris
The Casino Murder Case
Kendal Browning
Hired Wife
A.M. MacGregor
Take a Letter, Darling
Dr. Susan A. Lane
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Josephine "Jo" McBain
Never Wave at a WAC
Harriet Craig
Craig's Wife
Dare Marshall
West Point of the Air
Eleanor
Forsaking All Others
Susan Manning Middlecott
A Woman of Distinction
Linda Paige Esterbrook
No Time for Comedy
Louise Randall Pierson
Roughly Speaking
Tonie Carter
Flight for Freedom
Bertha Jacoby
A Majority of One
Kim Halliday
The Girl Rush
Julie Stoddard
Live, Love and Learn
Mrs. Pollifax
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Miss Vandeleur
Trouble for Two
Herself (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
Garda Sloane
Fast and Loose
Countess Zarika Rafay
The Night Is Young
Elizabeth Kent
Man-Proof
Rosie Lord
Rosie!
Carol Ainsley
What a Woman
Ann Winters
This Thing Called Love
Marsha Meredith
Tell It to the Judge
Louise Harington
Five Finger Exercise
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Beatrice Newnes
It Had to Happen
Ruth Sherwood
Wonderful Town
Sally Voorman
The President Vanishes
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self
Blow-Ups of 1947
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Self
The Romance of Celluloid
Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
Self
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
71
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-06-04
Place of Birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Also Known As
Rosalind Russell