Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Name

Catherine Rosalind Russell

Birthplace

Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.

Birth date

(1907-06-04)June 4, 1907

Death place

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Death date

November 28, 1976(1976-11-28) (aged 69)

Occupation

actress, comedian, screenwriter, singer

Active Years

1929–1972

Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and singer, known for her role as newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday (1940), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame (1958) and Rose in Gypsy (1962). A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. Russell won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1953 for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town (a musical based on the film My Sister Eileen, in which she also starred). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times throughout her career.

Selected work

Film

• Evelyn Prentice (1934)
• Night Must Fall (1937)
• The Citadel (1938)
• The Women (1939)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• Auntie Mame (1958)
• Gypsy (1962)
• The Trouble with Angels (1966)

Broadway theatre

• Wonderful Town (1953)