Rosalind Russell

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).

Casted

His Girl Friday

Played Hildy Johnson

Average Rating

7.4

889 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 1940

87 years ago
The Women

Played Sylvia Fowler

Average Rating

7.1

168 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1939

87 years ago
Auntie Mame

Played Mame Dennis

Average Rating

7.0

121 votes

Release Date

Dec 04, 1958

68 years ago
Picnic

Played Rosemary - The School Teacher

Average Rating

6.3

105 votes

Release Date

Nov 18, 1955

71 years ago
Gypsy

Played Rose Hovick

Average Rating

6.3

74 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1962

64 years ago
The Trouble with Angels

Played Mother Superior

Average Rating

6.7

73 votes

Release Date

Mar 29, 1966

60 years ago
Night Must Fall

Played Olivia Grayne

Average Rating

6.9

44 votes

Release Date

Apr 30, 1937

90 years ago
That's Entertainment! III

Played (archive footage)

Average Rating

7.0

37 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1994

32 years ago
China Seas

Played Sybil Barclay

Average Rating

6.1

34 votes

Release Date

Aug 09, 1935

92 years ago
The Citadel

Played Christine Manson

Average Rating

6.5

31 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1938

88 years ago
The Velvet Touch

Played Valerie Stanton

Average Rating

6.2

30 votes

Release Date

Jul 13, 1948

78 years ago
Evelyn Prentice

Played Mrs. Nancy Harrison

Average Rating

6.5

30 votes

Release Date

Nov 09, 1934

92 years ago
My Sister Eileen

Played Ruth Sherwood

Average Rating

6.8

21 votes

Release Date

Sep 24, 1942

84 years ago
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

Played Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.6

21 votes

Release Date

May 19, 1994

32 years ago
Mourning Becomes Electra

Played Lavinia Mannon

Average Rating

6.1

20 votes

Release Date

Nov 19, 1947

79 years ago
Forsaking All Others

Played Eleanor

Average Rating

5.9

19 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1934

92 years ago
Sister Kenny

Played Elizabeth Kenny

Average Rating

6.8

18 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 1946

80 years ago
They Met in Bombay

Played Anya Von Duren

Average Rating

7.3

17 votes

Release Date

Jun 27, 1941

86 years ago
Craig's Wife

Played Harriet Craig

Average Rating

6.3

16 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1936

90 years ago
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

Played Mother Simplicia

Average Rating

6.0

15 votes

Release Date

Apr 10, 1968

58 years ago
A Majority of One

Played Bertha Jacoby

Average Rating

5.7

15 votes

Release Date

Dec 27, 1961

65 years ago
The Guilt of Janet Ames

Played Janet Ames

Average Rating

5.7

14 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 1947

80 years ago
Never Wave at a WAC

Played Josephine "Jo" McBain

Average Rating

4.6

14 votes

Release Date

Jan 28, 1953

74 years ago
Four's a Crowd

Played Jean Christy

Average Rating

4.8

13 votes

Release Date

Aug 04, 1938

88 years ago
Reckless

Played Josephine 'Jo' Mercer

Average Rating

5.0

13 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1935

92 years ago
Take a Letter, Darling

Played A.M. MacGregor

Average Rating

6.5

13 votes

Release Date

May 06, 1942

85 years ago
The Casino Murder Case

Played Doris Reed

Average Rating

6.5

10 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 1935

92 years ago
No Time for Comedy

Played Linda Paige Esterbrook

Average Rating

5.0

10 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 1940

86 years ago
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

Played Madame Rosepettle

Average Rating

4.4

8 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 1967

60 years ago
Rendezvous

Played Joel Carter

Average Rating

4.3

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1935

91 years ago
The Feminine Touch

Played Julie Hathaway

Average Rating

4.6

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1941

85 years ago
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

Played Mrs. Pollifax

Average Rating

6.1

8 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 1971

55 years ago
Design for Scandal

Played Judge Cornelia C. Porter

Average Rating

4.9

7 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1941

85 years ago
Flight for Freedom

Played Tonie Carter

Average Rating

5.4

7 votes

Release Date

Apr 14, 1943

84 years ago
Live, Love and Learn

Played Julie Stoddard

Average Rating

5.1

7 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1937

89 years ago
Fast and Loose

Played Garda Sloane

Average Rating

5.6

7 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 1939

88 years ago
Man-Proof

Played Elizabeth Kent

Average Rating

4.3

7 votes

Release Date

Jan 07, 1938

89 years ago
Tell It to the Judge

Played Marsha Meredith

Average Rating

6.3

7 votes

Release Date

Nov 18, 1949

77 years ago
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Played Self

Average Rating

6.7

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 24, 1940

86 years ago
She Wouldn't Say Yes

Played Dr. Susan A. Lane

Average Rating

5.9

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 1945

81 years ago
Wonderful Town

Played Ruth Sherwood

Average Rating

6.6

5 votes

Release Date

Nov 30, 1958

68 years ago
The Crooked Hearts

Played Laurita Dorsey

Average Rating

7.8

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1972

54 years ago
Hired Wife

Played Kendal Browning

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 1940

86 years ago
A Woman of Distinction

Played Susan Manning Middlecott

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 16, 1950

77 years ago
Roughly Speaking

Played Louise Randall Pierson

Average Rating

6.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 31, 1945

82 years ago
Trouble for Two

Played Miss Vandeleur

Average Rating

6.0

4 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1936

91 years ago
What a Woman

Played Carol Ainsley

Average Rating

5.6

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 29, 1943

83 years ago
This Thing Called Love

Played Ann Winters

Average Rating

8.0

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 1940

86 years ago
The President Vanishes

Played Sally Voorman

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 1934

92 years ago
West Point of the Air

Played Dare Marshall

Average Rating

6.0

3 votes

Release Date

Mar 23, 1935

92 years ago
The Girl Rush

Played Kim Halliday

Average Rating

3.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 16, 1955

71 years ago
The Night Is Young

Played Countess Zarika Rafay

Average Rating

5.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 11, 1935

92 years ago
Five Finger Exercise

Played Louise Harington

Average Rating

4.8

3 votes

Release Date

Apr 19, 1962

64 years ago
Breakdowns of 1941

Played Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 14, 1941

85 years ago
Blow-Ups of 1947

Played Self

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1947

79 years ago
Breakdowns of 1938

Played Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)

Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1938

88 years ago
Under Two Flags

Played Lady Venetia Cunningham

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 30, 1936

91 years ago
It Had to Happen

Played Beatrice Newnes

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 14, 1936

91 years ago
The Romance of Celluloid

Played Self

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 27, 1937

89 years ago
Breakdowns of 1944

Played Self

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1944

82 years ago
Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Played Self

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1940

87 years ago
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1973

54 years ago
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

Played Self

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 11, 1936

90 years ago
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 13, 1987

39 years ago
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 10, 2017

9 years ago
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'

Played Self (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 2006

20 years ago
The Flood of ‘55

Played Herself (archive footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1995

31 years ago
Rosie!

Played Rosie Lord

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 22, 1967

59 years ago
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 06, 1945

81 years ago
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1942

85 years ago
From the Ends of the Earth

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 28, 1939

88 years ago
Life is a Banquet

Played Self (Archive Footage)

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 27, 2009

16 years ago

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