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Rosalind Russell

Acting Born Jun 4, 1907 Waterbury, Connecticut, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
Film

His Girl Friday

as Hildy Johnson
Film

Halloween: Resurrection

2002

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

as Mame Dennis

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • Startime (1959) as Self – Host
  • The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Cynthia
  • Letter to Loretta (1953) as Self - Guest Host
  • His Girl Friday (1940) as Hildy Johnson
  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
  • The Women (1939) as Sylvia Fowler
  • Auntie Mame (1958) as Mame Dennis
  • Gypsy (1962) as Rose Hovick
  • Picnic (1955) as Rosemary - The School Teacher
  • China Seas (1935) as Sybil Barclay
  • The Trouble with Angels (1966) as Mother Superior
  • A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) as Self
  • The Citadel (1938) as Christine Manson
  • Sister Kenny (1946) as Elizabeth Kenny
  • That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage)
  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hired Wife (1940) as Kendal Browning
  • The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) as Self (archive)