Rosalind Russell
Birthday: 1907-06-04 | Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USARosalind 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as (in "His Girl Friday")(archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Herself (archive footage)
as Laurita Dorsey
as Mrs. Pollifax
as Mother Simplicia
as Madame Rosepettle
as Mother Superior
as Louise Harington
as Rose Hovick
as Bertha Jacoby
as Mame Dennis
as Ruth Sherwood
as Kim Halliday
as Rosemary - The School Teacher
as Josephine "Jo" McBain
as Susan Manning Middlecott
as Marsha Meredith
as Valerie Stanton
as Janet Ames
as Lavinia Mannon
as Louise Randall Pierson
as Carol Ainsley
as Tonie Carter
as A.M. MacGregor
as Ruth Sherwood
as Julie Hathaway
