Rosalind Russell
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1938–1940
- Schools and movements
- Classical Hollywood
Directors worked with
Biography
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.
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Awards and honours
International
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 1947
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 1948
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1953
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 1959
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 1962
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 1963
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1964
National / local
- Golden Plate Award 1970
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1973
- Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame 2005
- SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3 films on this site
- The Citadel 1938 · King Vidor · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
- The Women 1939 · George Cukor · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
- His Girl Friday 1940 · Howard Hawks · IMDb 7.8 · Cast