Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

American actress (1907–1976)

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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 22 films (1934–1971) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 33 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1971 Mrs. Pollifax, Spy United Artists Corp 110 min Color sound
1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad. Paramount Pictures Corp. 35mm Color sound
1967 ROSIE. Universal Pictures & Ross Hunter Productions Inc. 35 mm sound
1967 Where Angels Go Trouble Follows William Frye Productions Inc. 94 min 35mm Color sound
1963 Gypsy Ideal Pictures Inc 16mm sound
1958 Auntie Mame. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 143 min 35mm Color sound
1955 Picnic Columbia Pictures Corporation 1:55:00 16mm Color sound
1950 A Woman Of Distinction. Columbia Pictures Corp. 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. RKO Radio Pictures 4013 16mm sound
1947 The guilt of Janet Ames. Henry Levin 2964 16mm
1943 What A Woman. Irving Cummings 10 reels
1942 My Sister Eileen Contemporary Films 96 min 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Feminine Touch. W. S. Van Dyke 10 reels B&W sound
1939 FAST AND LOOSE. Loew's Inc. 8 reels
1939 THE WOMEN. Loew's Inc. 14 reels
1937 MAN-PROOF. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels
1937 Night Must Fall Richard Thorpe
1936 IT HAD TO HAPPEN. Fox Film Corp 79 min B&W
1936 UNDER TWO FLAGS. Fox Film Corp 8 reels B&W
1935 RECKLESS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels
1935 Rendezvous Sam Wood
1934 EVELYN PRENTICE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels