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Rosalind Russell

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1907Born, Waterbury

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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,…

Known for

His Girl FridayHildy Johnson

The WomenSylvia Fowler

Auntie MameMame Dennis

PicnicRosemary - The School Teacher

GypsyRose Hovick

Filmography

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1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)Movie

1994The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost ClassicsHildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie

1972The Crooked HeartsLaurita DorseyMovie

1971Mrs. Pollifax — SpyMrs. Pollifax · ScreenplayMovie

1968Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsMother SimpliciaMovie

1967Rosie!Rosie LordMovie

1967Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So SadMadame RosepettleMovie

1966The Trouble with AngelsMother SuperiorMovie

1962GypsyRose HovickMovie

1962Five Finger ExerciseLouise HaringtonMovie

1961A Majority of OneBertha JacobyMovie

1958Auntie MameMame DennisMovie

1958Wonderful TownRuth SherwoodMovie

1956The Unguarded MomentStoryMovie

1955PicnicRosemary - The School TeacherMovie

1955The Girl RushKim HallidayMovie

1953General Electric TheaterCynthia · 1 episodeShow

1953Never Wave at a WACJosephine McBainMovie

1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 episodeShow

1950A Woman of DistinctionSusan Manning MiddlecottMovie

1949Tell It to the JudgeMarsha MeredithMovie

1948The Velvet TouchValerie StantonMovie

1947Mourning Becomes ElectraLavinia MannonMovie

1947The Guilt of Janet AmesJanet AmesMovie

1946Sister KennyElizabeth KennyMovie

1945She Wouldn't Say YesDr. Susan A. LaneMovie

1945Roughly SpeakingLouise Randall PiersonMovie

1943What a WomanCarol AinsleyMovie

1943Flight for FreedomTonie CarterMovie

1942My Sister EileenRuth SherwoodMovie

1942Take a Letter, DarlingA.M. MacGregorMovie

1941Design for ScandalJudge Cornelia C. PorterMovie

1941The Feminine TouchJulie HathawayMovie

1941They Met in BombayAnya Von DurenMovie

1940This Thing Called LoveAnn WintersMovie

1940No Time for ComedyLinda Paige EsterbrookMovie

1940Hired WifeKendal BrowningMovie

1940His Girl FridayHildy JohnsonMovie

1939The WomenSylvia FowlerMovie

1939Fast and LooseGarda SloaneMovie

1938Breakdowns of 1938Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie

1938The CitadelChristine MansonMovie

1938Four's a CrowdJean ChristyMovie

1938Man-ProofElizabeth KentMovie

1937Live, Love and LearnJulie StoddardMovie

1937Night Must FallOlivia GrayneMovie

1936Craig's WifeHarriet CraigMovie

1936Trouble for TwoMiss VandeleurMovie

1936Under Two FlagsLady Venetia CunninghamMovie

1936It Had to HappenBeatrice NewnesMovie

1935RendezvousJoel CarterMovie

1935China SeasSybil BarclayMovie

1935RecklessJosephine 'Jo' MercerMovie

1935West Point of the AirDare MarshallMovie

1935The Casino Murder CaseDoris ReedMovie

1935The Night Is YoungCountess Zarika RafayMovie

1934Forsaking All OthersEleanorMovie

1934The President VanishesSally VoormanMovie

1934Evelyn PrenticeMrs. Nancy HarrisonMovie

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