Rosalind Russell
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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Credits
- 2017 · Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 · The Flood of ‘55 as Herself (archive footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1994 · The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · The Crooked Hearts as Laurita Dorsey
- 1971 · Mrs. Pollifax — Spy as Mrs. Pollifax
- 1968 · Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Mother Simplicia
- 1967 · 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
- 1966 · The Trouble with Angels as Mother Superior
- 1962 · Gypsy as Rose Hovick
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Five Finger Exercise as Louise Harington
- 1961 · A Majority of One as Bertha Jacoby
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1958 · Auntie Mame as Mame Dennis
- 1958 · Wonderful Town as Ruth Sherwood
- 1955 · Picnic as Rosemary - The School Teacher
- 1955 · The Girl Rush as Kim Halliday
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Self - Guest Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Cynthia
- 1953 · Never Wave at a WAC as Josephine "Jo" McBain
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1950 · A Woman of Distinction as Susan Manning Middlecott
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Tell It to the Judge as Marsha Meredith
- 1948 · The Velvet Touch as Valerie Stanton
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1947 · Blow-Ups of 1947 as Self
- 1947 · Mourning Becomes Electra as Lavinia Mannon
- 1947 · The Guilt of Janet Ames as Janet Ames
- 1946 · Sister Kenny as Elizabeth Kenny
- 1945 · 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
- 1944 · Breakdowns of 1944 as Self
- 1943 · What a Woman as Carol Ainsley
- 1943 · Flight for Freedom as Tonie Carter
- 1942 · My Sister Eileen as Ruth Sherwood
- 1942 · Take a Letter, Darling as A.M. MacGregor
- 1942 · Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self
- 1941 · Design for Scandal as Judge Cornelia C. Porter
- 1941 · Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 · The Feminine Touch as Julie Hathaway
- 1941 · They Met in Bombay as Anya Von Duren
- 1940 · This Thing Called Love as Ann Winters
- 1940 · A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940 · No Time for Comedy as Linda Paige Esterbrook
- 1940 · Hired Wife as Kendal Browning
- 1940 · Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 1940 · His Girl Friday as Hildy Johnson
- 1939 · The Women as Sylvia Fowler
- 1939 · From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- 1939 · Fast and Loose as Garda Sloane
- 1938 · Breakdowns of 1938 as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Citadel as Christine Manson
- 1938 · Four's a Crowd as Jean Christy
- 1938 · Man-Proof as Elizabeth Kent
- 1937 · Live, Love and Learn as Julie Stoddard
- 1937 · The Romance of Celluloid as Self
- 1937 · Night Must Fall as Olivia Grayne
- 1936 · Craig's Wife as Harriet Craig
- 1936 · Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1936 · Trouble for Two as Miss Vandeleur
- 1936 · Under Two Flags as Lady Venetia Cunningham
- 1936 · It Had to Happen as Beatrice Newnes
- 1935 · Rendezvous as Joel Carter
- 1935 · China Seas as Sybil Barclay
- 1935 · Reckless as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
- 1935 · West Point of the Air as Dare Marshall
- 1935 · The Casino Murder Case as Doris
- 1935 · The Night Is Young as Countess Zarika Rafay
- 1934 · Forsaking All Others as Eleanor
- 1934 · The President Vanishes as Sally Voorman
- 1934 · Evelyn Prentice as Mrs. Nancy Harrison