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Rosalind Russell is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 4 june 1907 at Waterbury (USA)
Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress of stage and screen, known for her role as fast-talking 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 and was tied with Meryl Streep for most wins until Streep won her sixth award in 2007. 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 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.
In addition to her fame as a comedian, Russell was known for playing character roles, exceptionally wealthy, dignified, ladylike women, as well as for being one of the few actresses of her time who regularly played professional women, such as judges, reporters, and psychiatrists. 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.
Brisson stayed with Cary Grant in his guest house while Grant was filming His Girl Friday. Upon hearing that Grant was making the movie with Russell, Brisson asked his friend if he could meet her. Cary Grant then spent weeks greeting Russell each morning on set with the question, "Have you met Freddie Brisson?" in an effort to pique the actress's curiosity. One night, when Russell opened her door to let Grant in before they went dancing, as they often did, she found him standing next to a stranger. Grant sheepishly explained that the odd fellow was Freddie Brisson, the man whom he had mentioned so often, and they set off for dinner, with Freddie in tow. Russell and Brisson's marriage lasted 35 years, ending with her death. They had one child in 1943, a son, Carl Lance Brisson.
She was a Roman Catholic, and a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.
Russell was a staunch Republican who campaigned for Richard Nixon.
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Birth name Catherine Rosalind Russell
Nationality USA
Birth 4 june 1907 at Waterbury (USA)
Death 28 november 1976 (at 69 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 4 june 1907 at Waterbury (USA)
Death 28 november 1976 (at 69 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
In addition to her fame as a comedian, Russell was known for playing character roles, exceptionally wealthy, dignified, ladylike women, as well as for being one of the few actresses of her time who regularly played professional women, such as judges, reporters, and psychiatrists. 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.
Biography
On October 25, 1941, Russell married Danish-American producer Frederick Brisson, son of actor Carl Brisson. Cary Grant was responsible for the couple having met, and was the best man at Frederick and Rosalind's wedding. Brisson had been traveling from England to the United States by ship in 1939, and The Women was playing on an endless loop during the voyage. After hearing the audio for the film day after day while traveling, Brisson decided he had better sit down and watch the whole film. He became so enamored with Russell's performance as Sylvia Fowler that he turned to his friends and proclaimed: "I'm either gonna kill that girl, or I'm gonna marry her." (Or so he liked to say.)Brisson stayed with Cary Grant in his guest house while Grant was filming His Girl Friday. Upon hearing that Grant was making the movie with Russell, Brisson asked his friend if he could meet her. Cary Grant then spent weeks greeting Russell each morning on set with the question, "Have you met Freddie Brisson?" in an effort to pique the actress's curiosity. One night, when Russell opened her door to let Grant in before they went dancing, as they often did, she found him standing next to a stranger. Grant sheepishly explained that the odd fellow was Freddie Brisson, the man whom he had mentioned so often, and they set off for dinner, with Freddie in tow. Russell and Brisson's marriage lasted 35 years, ending with her death. They had one child in 1943, a son, Carl Lance Brisson.
She was a Roman Catholic, and a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills, California.
Russell was a staunch Republican who campaigned for Richard Nixon.
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Filmography of Rosalind Russell (61 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Actress | (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Actress | Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso | Actress | Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Actress, Scriptwriter | Mrs. Pollifax |
| 1968 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Actress | Mother Simplicia |
| 1967 | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad | Actress | Madame Rosepettle |
| 1967 | Rosie! | Actress | Rosie Lord |
| 1966 | The Trouble with Angels | Actress | Mother Superior |
| 1962 | Gypsy | Actress | Rose Hovick |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Actress | Louise Harington |
| 1962 | Hollywood: The Fabulous Era | Actress | Herself (archive footage) |
| 1962 | Five Finger Exercise | Actress | Louise Harington |
| 1961 | A Majority of One | Actress | Bertha Jacoby |
| 1961 | A Majority of One | Actress | Bertha Jacoby |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame | Actress | Mame Dennis |
| 1956 | The Unguarded Moment | Story | |
| 1955 | The Girl Rush | Actress | Kim Halliday |
| 1955 | Picnic | Actress | Rosemary - The School Teacher |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Actress | Josephine "Jo" McBain |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction | Actress | Susan Manning Middlecott |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Actress | Marsha Meredith |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Actress | Valerie Stanton |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Actress | Lavinia Mannon |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames | Actress | Janet Ames |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Actress | Elizabeth Kenny |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Actress | Louise Randall Pierson |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Actress | Dr. Susan A. Lane |
| 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Actress | Tonie Carter |
| 1943 | What a Woman | Actress | Carol Ainsley |
| 1942 | My Sister Eileen | Actress | Ruth Sherwood |
| 1942 | Take a Letter, Darling | Actress | A.M. MacGregor |
| 1941 | The Feminine Touch | Actress | Julie Hathaway |
| 1941 | They Met in Bombay | Actress | Anya Von Duren |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Actress | Judge Cornelia C. Porter |
| 1940 | His Girl Friday | Actress | Hildy Johnson |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Actress | Self |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | Actress | Linda Paige Esterbrook |
| 1940 | This Thing Called Love | Actress | Ann Winters |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Actress | Kendal Browning |
| 1939 | The Women | Actress | Sylvia Fowler |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Actress | Garda Sloane |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Actress | Elizabeth Kent |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd | Actress | Jean Christy |
| 1938 | The Citadel | Actress | Christine Manson |
| 1937 | Night Must Fall | Actress | Olivia Grayne |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Actress | Self |
| 1937 | Live, Love and Learn | Actress | Julie Stoddard |
| 1936 | Under Two Flags | Actress | Lady Venetia Cunningham |
| 1936 | Trouble for Two | Actress | Miss Vandeleur |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Actress | Harriet Craig |
| 1936 | It Had to Happen | Actress | Beatrice Newnes |
| 1935 | China Seas | Actress | Sybil Barclay |
| 1935 | Reckless | Actress | Josephine 'Jo' Mercer |
| 1935 | Rendezvous | Actress | Joel Carter |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air | Actress | Dare Marshall |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case | Actress | Doris |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young | Actress | Countess Zarika Rafay |
| 1935 | The Casino Murder Case | Actress | Doris |
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others | Actress | Eleanor |
| 1934 | Evelyn Prentice | Actress | Mrs. Nancy Harrison |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Actress | Sally Voorman |