Rosalind Russell
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Catherine Rosalind Russell was an American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter, and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday (1940), opposite Cary Grant, as well as for her role of catty Sylvia Fowler in George Cukor's The Women...
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In The Women (1939) with Norma Shearer
Lionel Barrymore's 61st birthday in 1939, standing: Mickey Rooney, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Louis B. Mayer, William Powell, Robert Taylor, seated: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Rosalind Russell
With Cary Grant and Ralph Bellamy in His Girl Friday (1940)
Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town, on the cover of Time (March 30, 1953)
Rosalind Russell (left) and Polly Rowles in the original Broadway production of Auntie Mame (1957)
Six months before her death, Russell meets with First Lady Betty Ford (herself a breast cancer survivor) at the White House on May 11, 1976
Grave of Rosalind Russell at Holy Cross CemeteryFilmography 40
His Girl Friday
The Women
Auntie Mame
Picnic
Gypsy
The Trouble with Angels
That's Entertainment! III
Night Must Fall
China Seas
The Citadel
The Velvet Touch
Evelyn Prentice
My Sister Eileen
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
Sister Kenny
Mourning Becomes Electra
Forsaking All Others
They Met in Bombay
Craig's Wife
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
The Guilt of Janet Ames
A Majority of One
Four's a Crowd
Never Wave at a WAC
The Unguarded Moment
Take a Letter, Darling
Reckless
Rendezvous
No Time for Comedy
The Casino Murder Case
The Feminine Touch
Mrs. Pollifax - Spy
Hired Wife
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Man-Proof
Flight for Freedom
Tell It to the Judge
Live, Love and Learn
Fast and Loose
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound85 credits on file
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Oscars
Startime
Letter to Loretta
General Electric Theater
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsAwards 12
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About this person
Catherine Rosalind Russell was an American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter, and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday (1940), opposite Cary Grant, as well as for her role of catty Sylvia Fowler in George Cukor's The Women (1939), opposite Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer, and for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in the 1956 stage and 1958 film adaptations of Auntie Mame, and Rose in Gypsy (1962). A noted comedienne, she received various accolades, including five Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award. Russell has been honored with a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1973 and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1975.
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