Rosalind Russell
Acting
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.
TV Shows(10)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Startime
Self – Host
1959
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
1953
The Oscars
Self
1953
General Electric Theater
Cynthia
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(72)
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Self (archive footage)
2017
Life is a Banquet
Self (Archive Footage)
2009
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Self (archive footage)
2006
The Flood of ‘55
Herself (archive footage)
1995
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
The Crooked Hearts
Laurita Dorsey
1972
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Mrs. Pollifax
1971
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Mother Simplicia
1968
Rosie!
Rosie Lord
1967
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Madame Rosepettle
1967
The Trouble with Angels
Mother Superior
1966
Gypsy
Rose Hovick
1962
Five Finger Exercise
Louise Harington
1962
A Majority of One
Bertha Jacoby
1961
Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis
1958
Wonderful Town
Ruth Sherwood
1958
Picnic
Rosemary - The School Teacher
1955
The Girl Rush
Kim Halliday
1955
Never Wave at a WAC
Josephine "Jo" McBain
1953
A Woman of Distinction
Susan Manning Middlecott
1950
Tell It to the Judge
Marsha Meredith
1949
The Velvet Touch
Valerie Stanton
1948
Blow-Ups of 1947
Self
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Lavinia Mannon
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Janet Ames
1947
Sister Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
1946
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Dr. Susan A. Lane
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
Self
1945
Roughly Speaking
Louise Randall Pierson
1945
Breakdowns of 1944
Self
1944
What a Woman
Carol Ainsley
1943
Flight for Freedom
Tonie Carter
1943
My Sister Eileen
Ruth Sherwood
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
A.M. MacGregor
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self
1942
Design for Scandal
Judge Cornelia C. Porter
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
The Feminine Touch
Julie Hathaway
1941
They Met in Bombay
Anya Von Duren
1941
This Thing Called Love
Ann Winters
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940
No Time for Comedy
Linda Paige Esterbrook
1940
Hired Wife
Kendal Browning
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
His Girl Friday
Hildy Johnson
1940
The Women
Sylvia Fowler
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
Fast and Loose
Garda Sloane
1939
Breakdowns of 1938
Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
The Citadel
Christine Manson
1938
Four's a Crowd
Jean Christy
1938
Man-Proof
Elizabeth Kent
1938
Live, Love and Learn
Julie Stoddard
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
Self
1937
Night Must Fall
Olivia Grayne
1937
Craig's Wife
Harriet Craig
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936
Trouble for Two
Miss Vandeleur
1936
Under Two Flags
Lady Venetia Cunningham
1936
It Had to Happen
Beatrice Newnes
1936
Rendezvous
Joel Carter
1935
China Seas
Sybil Barclay
1935
Reckless
Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
1935
West Point of the Air
Dare Marshall
1935
The Casino Murder Case
Doris Reed
1935
The Night Is Young
Countess Zarika Rafay
1935
Forsaking All Others
Eleanor
1934
The President Vanishes
Sally Voorman
1934
Evelyn Prentice
Mrs. Nancy Harrison
1934