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.
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Movies (41)
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Life is a Banquet
as Self (Archive Footage)
2009
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
as Self (archive footage)
2006
The Flood of ‘55
as Herself (archive footage)
1995
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
1973
The Crooked Hearts
as Laurita Dorsey
1972
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Mrs. Pollifax
1971
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Mother Simplicia
1968
Rosie!
as Rosie Lord
1967
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
as Madame Rosepettle
1967
The Trouble with Angels
as Mother Superior
1966
Gypsy
as Rose Hovick
1962
Five Finger Exercise
as Louise Harington
1962
A Majority of One
as Bertha Jacoby
1961
Auntie Mame
as Mame Dennis
1958
Wonderful Town
as Ruth Sherwood
1958
The Unguarded Moment
Story (Writing)
1956
Picnic
as Rosemary - The School Teacher
1955
The Girl Rush
as Kim Halliday
1955
Never Wave at a WAC
as Josephine "Jo" McBain
1953
A Woman of Distinction
as Susan Manning Middlecott
1950
Tell It to the Judge
as Marsha Meredith
1949
The Velvet Touch
as Valerie Stanton
1948
Blow-Ups of 1947
as Self
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Lavinia Mannon
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Janet Ames
1947
Sister Kenny
as Elizabeth Kenny
1946
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Dr. Susan A. Lane
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
as Self
1945
Roughly Speaking
as Louise Randall Pierson
1945
Breakdowns of 1944
as Self
1944
What a Woman
as Carol Ainsley
1943
Flight for Freedom
as Tonie Carter
1943
My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
as A.M. MacGregor
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self
1942
Design for Scandal
as Judge Cornelia C. Porter
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
TV Shows (9)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
1953
The Oscars
as Self
1953
General Electric Theater
as Cynthia
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948