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Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Actor · 1907 – 1976 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

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.

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  • Movie7.4

    His Girl Friday

    1940 · 973 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Women

    1939 · 183 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Trouble with Angels

    1966 · 77 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Auntie Mame

    1958 · 129 votes

  • Movie6.8
  • Movie6.3

    Gypsy

    1962 · 78 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Picnic

    1955 · 112 votes

  • Movie7.1
  • Movie6.3

    China Seas

    1935 · 40 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Live, Love and Learn

    1937 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.0
  • Movie8.4

    This Thing Called Love

    1940 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Forsaking All Others

    1934 · 20 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.6

    Tell It to the Judge

    1949 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.3

    No Time for Comedy

    1940 · 12 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Citadel

    1938 · 35 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Sister Kenny

    1946 · 19 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Evelyn Prentice

    1934 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.4

    She Wouldn't Say Yes

    1945 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Take a Letter, Darling

    1942 · 14 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Night Must Fall

    1937 · 47 votes

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  • TV7.5
  • TV7.0

    What's My Line?

    1950 · 29 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV7.0

    The Oscars

    1953 · 84 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948 · 23 votes

  • TV6.8

    Startime

    1959 · 4 votes

  • TV6.3
  • TV6.6

    Letter to Loretta

    1953 · 7 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV7.2