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 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.
Acting
Movie
His Girl Friday
as Hildy Johnson
1940
Movie
The Women
as Sylvia Fowler
1939
Movie
Auntie Mame
as Mame Dennis
1958
Movie
Picnic
as Rosemary - The School Teacher
1955
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
Gypsy
as Rose Hovick
1962
Movie
The Trouble with Angels
as Mother Superior
1966
Movie
Night Must Fall
as Olivia Grayne
1937
Movie
China Seas
as Sybil Barclay
1935
Movie
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Movie
The Citadel
as Christine Manson
1938
Movie
The Velvet Touch
as Valerie Stanton
1948
Movie
Evelyn Prentice
as Mrs. Nancy Harrison
1934
TV
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Movie
My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood
1942
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Movie
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Movie
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Lavinia Mannon
1947
Movie
Forsaking All Others
as Eleanor
1934
Movie
Sister Kenny
as Elizabeth Kenny
1946
Movie
They Met in Bombay
as Anya Von Duren
1941
Movie
Craig's Wife
as Harriet Craig
1936
Movie
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Janet Ames
1947
