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Rosalind Russell
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…
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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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2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie Self (archive)
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2017
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2009
Life is a Banquet
Movie Self (Archive Footage)
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2006
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
The Flood of ‘55
Movie Herself (archive footage)
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1994
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Movie Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV show Self
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1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1972
The Crooked Hearts
Movie Laurita Dorsey
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1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Movie Mrs. Pollifax
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1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Movie Mother Simplicia
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1967
Rosie!
Movie Rosie Lord
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1967
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Movie Madame Rosepettle
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1966
The Trouble with Angels
Movie Mother Superior
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1962
Gypsy
Movie Rose Hovick
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
Five Finger Exercise
Movie Louise Harington
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1961
A Majority of One
Movie Bertha Jacoby
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
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1959
Startime
TV show Self – Host
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1958
Auntie Mame
Movie Mame Dennis
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1958
Wonderful Town
Movie Ruth Sherwood
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1956
The Unguarded Moment
Movie Story
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1955
Picnic
Movie Rosemary - The School Teacher
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1955
The Girl Rush
Movie Kim Halliday
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Self - Guest Host
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Cynthia
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1953
Never Wave at a WAC
Movie Josephine McBain
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show
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1950
A Woman of Distinction
Movie Susan Manning Middlecott
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1950
What's My Line?
TV show Self
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1949
Tell It to the Judge
Movie Marsha Meredith
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1948
The Velvet Touch
Movie Valerie Stanton
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie Self
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1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie Lavinia Mannon
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1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Movie Janet Ames
