Rosalind Russell

Acting · 1.2 popularity

Age

119

Movies

Born: June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976
From: 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.

Works

73 films

His Girl Friday

19407.4

My Sister Eileen

19426.8

The Women

19397.2

Picnic

19556.4

Auntie Mame

19587.0

Gypsy

19626.3

The Trouble with Angels

19666.7

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

China Seas

19356.2

Evelyn Prentice

19346.5

Breakdowns of 1941

19417.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

19876.5

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

The Citadel

19386.4

Sister Kenny

19466.9

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

19946.8

Forsaking All Others

19346.0

Rendezvous

19354.9

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

19405.8

Breakdowns of 1944

19446.5

Breakdowns of 1938

19385.8

The Romance of Celluloid

19377.0

Craig's Wife

19366.5

They Met in Bombay

19417.3

The Crooked Hearts

19727.6

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

19686.1

Mourning Becomes Electra

19476.1

Tell It to the Judge

19496.6

The Velvet Touch

19486.3

From the Ends of the Earth

19395.0

This Thing Called Love

19408.4

A Woman of Distinction

19507.0

Reckless

19355.1

Four's a Crowd

19385.5

West Point of the Air

19357.0

Under Two Flags

19366.8

Night Must Fall

19377.0

Live, Love and Learn

19375.6

Fast and Loose

19395.9

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

19406.8

No Time for Comedy

19405.3

The Guilt of Janet Ames

19475.8

Never Wave at a WAC

19535.0

Flight for Freedom

19435.8

The President Vanishes

19346.0

The Night Is Young

19356.0

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

19716.3

Take a Letter, Darling

19426.6

Hired Wife

19406.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

19736.5

Five Finger Exercise

19625.6

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Wonderful Town

19587.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

19366.0

Man-Proof

19385.2

Design for Scandal

19415.1

A Majority of One

19616.1

Roughly Speaking

19456.8

The Girl Rush

19555.3

Rosie!

196710.0

Life is a Banquet

2009

What a Woman

19436.3

It Had to Happen

19366.3

She Wouldn't Say Yes

19456.4

The Feminine Touch

19415.1

Trouble for Two

19366.5

The Casino Murder Case

19356.8

Blow-Ups of 1947

19476.3

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

19675.0

On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

2006

Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

194510.0

Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

2017

The Flood of ‘55

1995