Rosalind Russell

Biography

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Startime

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Letter to Loretta

All Movies (73)

• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Life is a Banquet2009 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Flood of ‘551995 · as Herself (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1994 · as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor1973 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Crooked Hearts1972 · as Laurita Dorsey
• Mrs. Pollifax — Spy1971 · as Mrs. Pollifax
• Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows1968 · as Mother Simplicia
• Rosie!1967 · as Rosie Lord
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad1967 · as Madame Rosepettle
• The Trouble with Angels1966 · as Mother Superior
• Gypsy1962 · as Rose Hovick
• Five Finger Exercise1962 · as Louise Harington
• A Majority of One1961 · as Bertha Jacoby
• Auntie Mame1958 · as Mame Dennis
• Wonderful Town1958 · as Ruth Sherwood
• Picnic1955 · as Rosemary - The School Teacher
• The Girl Rush1955 · as Kim Halliday
• Never Wave at a WAC1953 · as Josephine "Jo" McBain
• A Woman of Distinction1950 · as Susan Manning Middlecott
• Tell It to the Judge1949 · as Marsha Meredith
• The Velvet Touch1948 · as Valerie Stanton
• Blow-Ups of 19471947 · as Self
• Mourning Becomes Electra1947 · as Lavinia Mannon
• The Guilt of Janet Ames1947 · as Janet Ames
• Sister Kenny1946 · as Elizabeth Kenny
• She Wouldn't Say Yes1945 · as Dr. Susan A. Lane
• Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary1945 · as Self
• Roughly Speaking1945 · as Louise Randall Pierson
• Breakdowns of 19441944 · as Self
• What a Woman1943 · as Carol Ainsley
• Flight for Freedom1943 · as Tonie Carter
• My Sister Eileen1942 · as Ruth Sherwood
• Take a Letter, Darling1942 · as A.M. MacGregor
• Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942 · as Self
• Design for Scandal1941 · as Judge Cornelia C. Porter
• Breakdowns of 19411941 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Feminine Touch1941 · as Julie Hathaway
• They Met in Bombay1941 · as Anya Von Duren
• This Thing Called Love1940 · as Ann Winters
• A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940 · as Self
• No Time for Comedy1940 · as Linda Paige Esterbrook
• Hired Wife1940 · as Kendal Browning
• Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940 · as Self
• His Girl Friday1940 · as Hildy Johnson
• The Women1939 · as Sylvia Fowler
• From the Ends of the Earth1939 · as Self
• Fast and Loose1939 · as Garda Sloane
• Breakdowns of 19381938 · as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Citadel1938 · as Christine Manson
• Four's a Crowd1938 · as Jean Christy
• Man-Proof1938 · as Elizabeth Kent
• Live, Love and Learn1937 · as Julie Stoddard
• The Romance of Celluloid1937 · as Self
• Night Must Fall1937 · as Olivia Grayne
• Craig's Wife1936 · as Harriet Craig
• Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)1936 · as Self
• Trouble for Two1936 · as Miss Vandeleur
• Under Two Flags1936 · as Lady Venetia Cunningham
• It Had to Happen1936 · as Beatrice Newnes
• Rendezvous1935 · as Joel Carter
• China Seas1935 · as Sybil Barclay
• Reckless1935 · as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
• West Point of the Air1935 · as Dare Marshall
• The Casino Murder Case1935 · as Doris Reed
• The Night Is Young1935 · as Countess Zarika Rafay
• Forsaking All Others1934 · as Eleanor
• The President Vanishes1934 · as Sally Voorman
• Evelyn Prentice1934 · as Mrs. Nancy Harrison

All TV Shows (10)

• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Startime1959 · as Self – Host
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Self - Guest Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Cynthia
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self