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).
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 12.379 |
| Birthday | 1907-06-04 |
| Place of Birth | Waterbury, Connecticut, USA |
| Also Known As |
1940
His Girl Friday
7.4/798
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wi...
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His Girl Friday
1939
The Women
7.051/146
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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The Women
1972
The Crooked Hearts
7.8/4
A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-an...
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The Crooked Hearts
1942
My Sister Eileen
6.7/19
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen...
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My Sister Eileen
1948
The Velvet Touch
6.1/27
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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The Velvet Touch
1967
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
4.2/5
A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The only problem is that the husband has been dead fo...
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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames
5.6/13
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
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The Guilt of Janet Ames
1966
The Trouble with Angels
6.6/60
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens gr...
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The Trouble with Angels
1958
Auntie Mame
7/100
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues w...
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Auntie Mame
1938
Four's a Crowd
4.864/11
A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.
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Four's a Crowd
1962
Gypsy
6.3/67
Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention t...
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Gypsy
1955
Picnic
6.3/95
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a for...
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Picnic
1935
Reckless
5.3/12
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
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Reckless
1946
Sister Kenny
6.4/13
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validi...
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Sister Kenny
1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
6.2/14
Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls on a bus trip across the country.
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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1935
China Seas
6.303/33
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only ris...
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China Seas
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
6.3/16
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conn...
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Mourning Becomes Electra
1935
Rendezvous
4.8/7
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
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Rendezvous
1934
Evelyn Prentice
6.6/27
A criminal lawyer's wife is blackmailed when she is falsely accused of infidelity.
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Evelyn Prentice
1938
The Citadel
6.3/26
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the...
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The Citadel
1937
Night Must Fall
7.2/36
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs....
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Night Must Fall
1936
Under Two Flags
6/2
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle...
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Under Two Flags
1941
The Feminine Touch
5.1/7
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Rus...
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The Feminine Touch
1941
Design for Scandal
5.2/6
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
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Design for Scandal
1941
They Met in Bombay
7.5/15
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
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They Met in Bombay
1935
The Casino Murder Case
6.6/9
When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes the threat seriously while the DA dismisses it. At the...
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The Casino Murder Case
1936
Craig's Wife
6.4/14
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her...
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Craig's Wife
1935
West Point of the Air
6/3
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
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West Point of the Air
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
6.5/11
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end...
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Take a Letter, Darling
1940
Hired Wife
6.8/4
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once t...
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Hired Wife
1953
Never Wave at a WAC
4.885/13
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many d...
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Never Wave at a WAC
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
5.9/5
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with wa...
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
1934
Forsaking All Others
6.353/17
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
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Forsaking All Others
1950
A Woman of Distinction
6.2/4
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touri...
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A Woman of Distinction
1940
No Time for Comedy
5.5/8
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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No Time for Comedy
1945
Roughly Speaking
6.8/4
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and m...
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Roughly Speaking
1961
A Majority of One
5.7/14
A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the les...
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A Majority of One
1955
The Girl Rush
3.7/3
When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that s...
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The Girl Rush
1943
Flight for Freedom
5.2/6
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles to New York record and attracts the interest of th...
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Flight for Freedom
1937
Live, Love and Learn
5.8/6
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his stra...
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Live, Love and Learn
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
6.1/8
Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and...
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1936
Trouble for Two
6/4
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called Th...
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Trouble for Two
1939
Fast and Loose
5.7/6
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
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Fast and Loose
1935
The Night Is Young
5/2
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with balle...
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The Night Is Young
1938
Man-Proof
4.8/6
A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.
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Man-Proof
1967
Rosie!
0/0
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
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Rosie!
1943
What a Woman
5.8/3
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
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What a Woman
1940
This Thing Called Love
8/4
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
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This Thing Called Love
1949
Tell It to the Judge
6.3/6
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group that thinks her...
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Tell It to the Judge
1962
Five Finger Exercise
4.8/3
The arrival of a young tutor triggers emotional crises for a wealthy family.
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Five Finger Exercise
1936
It Had to Happen
5.5/2
A poor boy rises to power in politics.
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It Had to Happen
1958
Wonderful Town
6.6/5
Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-wor...
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Wonderful Town
1934
The President Vanishes
7/3
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...
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The President Vanishes
1941
Breakdowns of 1941
7/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
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Breakdowns of 1941
1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
6.3/3
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
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Blow-Ups of 1947
1994
That's Entertainment! III
6.9/33
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...
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That's Entertainment! III
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
7/2
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are...
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The Romance of Celluloid
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Breakdowns of 1938
1944
Breakdowns of 1944
6.5/2
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
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Breakdowns of 1944
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
5.5/2
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
0/0
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at t...
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From the Ends of the Earth
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
6.7/6
This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a tal...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
6/1
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6/1
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1994
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
6.475/20
James Earl Jones hosts this film based on two stories by the late Rod Serling, who wrote the stories of the original 'The Twilight Zone' (1959) series...
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Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1945
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
0/0
A look back at 25 years of Columbia's series of newsreels chronicling the film industry and the lives of Hollywood stars. Clips from earlier films in...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
0/0
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
2017
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
0/0
In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl...
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Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2006
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
0/0
In this documentary short, film historian David Thomson and critic Molly Haskell analyze the themes of Howard Hawks's 1940 film "His Girl Friday."
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On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
1995
The Flood of ‘55
0/0
A documentary covering the great flood of 1955 that swept through the state of Connecticut, including testimonies and eyewitness accounts from survivo...
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