His Girl Friday1940
As Hildy Johnson
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Rosalind Russell
Born
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.
Filmography (73)
The Women1939
As Sylvia Fowler
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Trouble with Angels1966
As Mother Superior
TMDb 6.7 / 10
That's Entertainment! III1994
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Picnic1955
As Rosemary - The School Teacher
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics1994
As Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
China Seas1935
As Sybil Barclay
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Auntie Mame1958
As Mame Dennis
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Gypsy1962
As Rose Hovick
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Fabulous Allan Carr2017
As Self (archive)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Citadel1938
As Christine Manson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
They Met in Bombay1941
As Anya Von Duren
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows1968
As Mother Simplicia
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Take a Letter, Darling1942
As A.M. MacGregor
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Live, Love and Learn1937
As Julie Stoddard
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Evelyn Prentice1934
As Mrs. Nancy Harrison
TMDb 6.5 / 10
No Time for Comedy1940
As Linda Paige Esterbrook
TMDb 5.3 / 10
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Four's a Crowd1938
As Jean Christy
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Tell It to the Judge1949
As Marsha Meredith
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Under Two Flags1936
As Lady Venetia Cunningham
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Forsaking All Others1934
As Eleanor
TMDb 6.0 / 10
This Thing Called Love1940
As Ann Winters
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Night Must Fall1937
As Olivia Grayne
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Night Is Young1935
As Countess Zarika Rafay
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Crooked Hearts1972
As Laurita Dorsey
TMDb 7.6 / 10
West Point of the Air1935
As Dare Marshall
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Never Wave at a WAC1953
As Josephine McBain
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sister Kenny1946
As Elizabeth Kenny
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Mourning Becomes Electra1947
As Lavinia Mannon
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Woman of Distinction1950
As Susan Manning Middlecott
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad1967
As Madame Rosepettle
TMDb 5.0 / 10
She Wouldn't Say Yes1945
As Dr. Susan A. Lane
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Velvet Touch1948
As Valerie Stanton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Breakdowns of 19381938
As Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
From the Ends of the Earth1939
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
A Majority of One1961
As Bertha Jacoby
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Guilt of Janet Ames1947
As Janet Ames
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Casino Murder Case1935
As Doris Reed
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Romance of Celluloid1937
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Blow-Ups of 19471947
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
My Sister Eileen1942
As Ruth Sherwood
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)1936
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rendezvous1935
As Joel Carter
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)1942
As Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor1973
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Flight for Freedom1943
As Tonie Carter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Craig's Wife1936
As Harriet Craig
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Reckless1935
As Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Breakdowns of 19411941
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
What a Woman1943
As Carol Ainsley
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary1945
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Trouble for Two1936
As Miss Vandeleur
TMDb 6.5 / 10
It Had to Happen1936
As Beatrice Newnes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Fast and Loose1939
As Garda Sloane
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Rosie!1967
As Rosie Lord
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hired Wife1940
As Kendal Browning
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Man-Proof1938
As Elizabeth Kent
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy1971
As Mrs. Pollifax
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Five Finger Exercise1962
As Louise Harington
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Girl Rush1955
As Kim Halliday
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Breakdowns of 19441944
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Design for Scandal1941
As Judge Cornelia C. Porter
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Roughly Speaking1945
As Louise Randall Pierson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Feminine Touch1941
As Julie Hathaway
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The President Vanishes1934
As Sally Voorman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Life is a Banquet2009
As Self (Archive Footage)
Wonderful Town1958
As Ruth Sherwood
TMDb 7.0 / 10
On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'2006
As Self (archive footage)
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson2017
As Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
The Flood of ‘551995
As Herself (archive footage)
Filmography and biography: TMDb