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Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

ActorWriter Jun 4 (died age 69) Waterbury, Connecticut, USA 1934–2017 (83 year career)
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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 …

Known For

His Girl Friday
Film

His Girl Friday

Hildy Johnson
The Women
Film

The Women

Sylvia Fowler
Auntie Mame
Film

Auntie Mame

Mame Dennis
Picnic
Film

Picnic

Rosemary - The School Teacher
The Trouble with Angels
Film

The Trouble with Angels

Mother Superior
Gypsy
Film

Gypsy

Rose Hovick
Night Must Fall
Film

Night Must Fall

Olivia Grayne
That's Entertainment! III
Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (81)

·

Movies (72)

Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Life is a Banquet

Life is a Banquet

2009

as Self (Archive Footage)

On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

2006

as Self (archive footage)

The Flood of ‘55

The Flood of ‘55

1995

as Herself (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

1994

as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.6
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
The Crooked Hearts

The Crooked Hearts

1972

as Laurita Dorsey

7.8
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

1971

as Mrs. Pollifax

6.1
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

1968

as Mother Simplicia

6.0
Rosie!

Rosie!

1967

as Rosie Lord

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

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

1967

as Madame Rosepettle

4.4
The Trouble with Angels

The Trouble with Angels

1966

as Mother Superior

6.7
Gypsy

Gypsy

1962

as Rose Hovick

6.3
Five Finger Exercise

Five Finger Exercise

1962

as Louise Harington

4.8
A Majority of One

A Majority of One

1961

as Bertha Jacoby

5.7
Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

1958

as Mame Dennis

7.0
Wonderful Town

Wonderful Town

1958

as Ruth Sherwood

6.6
Picnic

Picnic

1955

as Rosemary - The School Teacher

6.3
The Girl Rush

The Girl Rush

1955

as Kim Halliday

3.7
Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

as Josephine "Jo" McBain

4.6
A Woman of Distinction

A Woman of Distinction

1950

as Susan Manning Middlecott

6.2
Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge

1949

as Marsha Meredith

6.3
The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

1948

as Valerie Stanton

6.2
The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

1947

as Janet Ames

5.7
Mourning Becomes Electra

Mourning Becomes Electra

1947

as Lavinia Mannon

6.0
Blow-Ups of 1947

Blow-Ups of 1947

1947

as Self

6.3
Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny

1946

as Elizabeth Kenny

6.8
Roughly Speaking

Roughly Speaking

1945

as Louise Randall Pierson

6.8
She Wouldn't Say Yes

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945

as Dr. Susan A. Lane

5.9
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

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

1945

as Self

Breakdowns of 1944

Breakdowns of 1944

1944

as Self

6.5
What a Woman

What a Woman

1943

as Carol Ainsley

5.6
Flight for Freedom

Flight for Freedom

1943

as Tonie Carter

5.4
My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen

1942

as Ruth Sherwood

6.8
Take a Letter, Darling

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

as A.M. MacGregor

6.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

as Self

Design for Scandal

Design for Scandal

1941

as Judge Cornelia C. Porter

4.9
The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

1941

as Julie Hathaway

4.6
They Met in Bombay

They Met in Bombay

1941

as Anya Von Duren

7.3
Breakdowns of 1941

Breakdowns of 1941

1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

as Self

5.5
His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940

as Hildy Johnson

7.4
No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940

as Linda Paige Esterbrook

5.0
This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

1940

as Ann Winters

8.0
Hired Wife

Hired Wife

1940

as Kendal Browning

6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940

as Self

6.7
From the Ends of the Earth

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

The Women

The Women

1939

as Sylvia Fowler

7.1
Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose

1939

as Garda Sloane

5.6
The Citadel

The Citadel

1938

as Christine Manson

6.4
Four's a Crowd

Four's a Crowd

1938

as Jean Christy

4.8
Man-Proof

Man-Proof

1938

as Elizabeth Kent

4.3
Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.7
Live, Love and Learn

Live, Love and Learn

1937

as Julie Stoddard

5.1
Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall

1937

as Olivia Grayne

6.9
The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid

1937

as Self

7.0
Trouble for Two

Trouble for Two

1936

as Miss Vandeleur

6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1936

as Self

6.0
Under Two Flags

Under Two Flags

1936

as Lady Venetia Cunningham

6.0
Craig's Wife

Craig's Wife

1936

as Harriet Craig

6.3
It Had to Happen

It Had to Happen

1936

as Beatrice Newnes

5.5
Rendezvous

Rendezvous

1935

as Joel Carter

4.6
The Casino Murder Case

The Casino Murder Case

1935

as Doris Reed

6.5
Reckless

Reckless

1935

as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer

5.0
China Seas

China Seas

1935

as Sybil Barclay

6.2
The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young

1935

as Countess Zarika Rafay

5.7
West Point of the Air

West Point of the Air

1935

as Dare Marshall

6.0
The President Vanishes

The President Vanishes

1934

as Sally Voorman

5.8
Forsaking All Others

Forsaking All Others

1934

as Eleanor

5.9
Evelyn Prentice

Evelyn Prentice

1934

as Mrs. Nancy Harrison

6.5