Rosalind Russell
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1907-06-04
- Died
- 1976-11-28
- Place of birth
- Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
- Also known as
- 罗莎琳德·拉塞尔 · Catherine Rosalind Russell
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
TV Shows (10)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Startime
1959
as Self – Host
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host
General Electric Theater
1953
as Cynthia
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Movies (73)
His Girl Friday
1940
as Hildy Johnson
Gypsy
1962
as Rose Hovick
The Women
1939
as Sylvia Fowler
Auntie Mame
1958
as Mame Dennis
Picnic
1955
as Rosemary - The School Teacher
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
The Citadel
1938
as Christine Manson
Sister Kenny
1946
as Elizabeth Kenny
China Seas
1935
as Sybil Barclay
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
The Night Is Young
1935
as Countess Zarika Rafay
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
The Velvet Touch
1948
as Valerie Stanton
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The Feminine Touch
1941
as Julie Hathaway
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
as Mother Simplicia
Craig's Wife
1936
as Harriet Craig
The Trouble with Angels
1966
as Mother Superior
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Ruth Sherwood
Man-Proof
1938
as Elizabeth Kent
Rosie!
1967
as Rosie Lord
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Lavinia Mannon
The Girl Rush
1955
as Kim Halliday
Evelyn Prentice
1934
as Mrs. Nancy Harrison
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Josephine "Jo" McBain
Rendezvous
1935
as Joel Carter
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Linda Paige Esterbrook
Reckless
1935
as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
The Crooked Hearts
1972
as Laurita Dorsey
The President Vanishes
1934
as Sally Voorman
They Met in Bombay
1941
as Anya Von Duren
Design for Scandal
1941
as Judge Cornelia C. Porter
Flight for Freedom
1943
as Tonie Carter
Four's a Crowd
1938
as Jean Christy
Under Two Flags
1936
as Lady Venetia Cunningham
The Casino Murder Case
1935
as Doris Reed
What a Woman
1943
as Carol Ainsley
Forsaking All Others
1934
as Eleanor
The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self
Night Must Fall
1937
as Olivia Grayne
Fast and Loose
1939
as Garda Sloane
A Majority of One
1961
as Bertha Jacoby
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967
as Madame Rosepettle
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Janet Ames
West Point of the Air
1935
as Dare Marshall
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Julie Stoddard
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Marsha Meredith
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self
Wonderful Town
1958
as Ruth Sherwood
This Thing Called Love
1940
as Ann Winters
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Louise Randall Pierson
Take a Letter, Darling
1942
as A.M. MacGregor
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Dr. Susan A. Lane
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
A Woman of Distinction
1950
as Susan Manning Middlecott
Trouble for Two
1936
as Miss Vandeleur
Hired Wife
1940
as Kendal Browning
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
as Mrs. Pollifax
Breakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self
It Had to Happen
1936
as Beatrice Newnes
Five Finger Exercise
1962
as Louise Harington
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2017
as Self (archive footage)
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
1995
as Herself (archive footage)
Life is a Banquet
2009
as Self (Archive Footage)
About 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 Broa… With 83 credits spanning from 1934 to 2017, Rosalind Russell has appeared in 73 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rosalind Russell Movies
- His Girl Friday (1940) — as Hildy Johnson
- Gypsy (1962) — as Rose Hovick
- The Women (1939) — as Sylvia Fowler
- Auntie Mame (1958) — as Mame Dennis
- Picnic (1955) — as Rosemary - The School Teacher
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