Rosalind Russell
Actor
Biography
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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Filmography
The Women
as Sylvia Fowler 1939
Auntie Mame
as Mame Dennis 1958
Picnic
as Rosemary - The School Teacher 1955
The Trouble with Angels
as Mother Superior 1966
Gypsy
as Rose Hovick 1962
Night Must Fall
as Olivia Grayne 1937
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) 1994
China Seas
as Sybil Barclay 1935
The Citadel
as Christine Manson 1938
The Velvet Touch
as Valerie Stanton 1948
Evelyn Prentice
as Mrs. Nancy Harrison 1934
My Sister Eileen
as Ruth Sherwood 1942
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) 1994
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Lavinia Mannon 1947
Forsaking All Others
as Eleanor 1934
Sister Kenny
as Elizabeth Kenny 1946