Rosalind Russell

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

His Girl Friday Hildy Johnson

(1940)

Auntie Mame Mame Dennis

(1958)

Gypsy Rose Hovick

(1962)

My Sister Eileen Ruth Sherwood

(1942)

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Actress (56 credits)

1972 The Crooked Hearts (TV Movie)
Laurita Dorsey

1971 Mrs. Pollifax-Spy
Mrs. Pollifax

1968 Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!
Mother Superior

1967 Rosie!
Rosie Lord

1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
Madame Rosepettle

1966 The Trouble with Angels
Mother Superior

1962 Gypsy
Rose Hovick

1962 Five Finger Exercise
Louise Harington

1961 A Majority of One
Bertha Jacoby

1959 Startime (TV Series)
Host

- The Wonderful World of Entertainment (1959) ... Host

1958 Auntie Mame
Mame Dennis

1958 Wonderful Town (TV Movie)
Ruth Sherwood

1956 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Cynthia

- The Night Goes On (1956) ... Cynthia

1956 Picnic
Miss Rosemary Sydney

1955 The Girl Rush
Kim Halliday

1953 Never Wave at a WAC
Jo McBain

1951 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)

- Never Wave at a WAC (1951)

1950 A Woman of Distinction
Susan Manning Middlecott

1949 Tell It to the Judge
Marsha Meredith

1948 The Velvet Touch
Valerie Stanton / Actress in 'Hedda Gabler': Hedda Gabler

1947 Mourning Becomes Electra
Lavinia Mannon

1947 The Guilt of Janet Ames
Janet Ames

1946 Sister Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny

1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
Dr. Susan A. Lane

1945 Roughly Speaking
Louise Randall Pierson

1943 What a Woman!
Carol Ainsley

1943 Flight for Freedom
Tonie Carter

1942 My Sister Eileen
Ruth Sherwood

1942 Take a Letter, Darling
A.M. MacGregor

1941 Design for Scandal
Judge Cornelia Porter

1941 The Feminine Touch
Julie Hathaway

1941 They Met in Bombay
Anya Von Duren

1940 This Thing Called Love
Ann Winters

1940 No Time for Comedy
Linda Paige Esterbrook

1940 Hired Wife
Kendal Browning

1940 His Girl Friday
Hildy Johnson

1939 The Women
Mrs. Howard Fowler - Sylvia

1939 Fast and Loose
Garda Sloane

1938 The Citadel
Christine Barlow Manson

1938 Four's a Crowd
Jean Christy

1938 Man-Proof
Elizabeth Kent

1937 Live, Love and Learn
Julie Stoddard

1937 Night Must Fall
Olivia

1936 Craig's Wife
Harriet Craig

1936 Trouble for Two
Miss Vandeleur

1936 Under Two Flags
Lady Venetia Cunningham

1936 It Had to Happen
Beatrice Newnes

1935 Rendezvous
Joel Carter

1935 China Seas
Sybil

1935 Reckless
Josephine (Jo) Mercer

1935 West Point of the Air
Dare Marshall

1935 The Casino Murder Case
Doris Reed

1935 The Night Is Young
Countess Zarika Rafay

1934 Forsaking All Others
Eleanor

1934 The President Vanishes
Sally Voorman

1934 Evelyn Prentice
Mrs. Nancy Harrison

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Soundtrack (13 credits)

1986 Coming Up Roses (performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (from 1959 musical "Gypsy: A musical Fable"))

1967 Rosie! (performer: "Everybody Loves My Baby" - uncredited)

1962 Gypsy (performer: "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You" (1959), "Rose's Turn" (1959), "Together, Wherever We Go" (1959) - uncredited)

1958 Wonderful Town (TV Movie) (performer: "Ohio", "One Hundred Easy Ways", "Conversation Piece", "Conga!", "Swing!", "Wrong Note Rag", "Finale: It's Love (reprise)")

1955 The Girl Rush (performer: "If You'll Only Take a Chance", "Birmin'ham, "Homesick Hillbilly")

1946 Sister Kenny (performer: "Happy Birthday to You" (1893) - uncredited)

1945 Roughly Speaking (performer: "Bull Dog" - uncredited)

1941 Design for Scandal (performer: "Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)" (1892) - uncredited)

1941 The Feminine Touch (performer: "Jealous" (1941) - uncredited)

1939 The Women ("Old Chisholm Trail (Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yay)", uncredited)

1937 Live, Love and Learn (performer: "Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz) op. 437" (1889) - uncredited)

1936 Under Two Flags (performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" (1867) - uncredited)

1935 West Point of the Air (performer: "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" (1933) - uncredited)

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Writer (2 credits)

1971 Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (screenplay - as C.A. McKnight)

1956 The Unguarded Moment (story)

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Self (39 credits)

1975 ABC Late Night (TV Series)
Herself

- The Columbia Pictures 50th Anniversary Special (1975) ... Herself

1975 The 29th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1975 At Long Last Cole (TV Special)
Herself

1975 The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (TV Special)
Herself

1974 The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (TV Special)
Herself

1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV Special documentary)
Herself

1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Hersholt Award Recipient (as Rosalind Russell Brisson)

1972 Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (TV Special)
Herself

1972 The 29th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Herself

1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Herself / Herself - Guest

- Episode #4.18 (1971) ... Herself

- Episode #3.148 (1971) ... Herself - Guest

1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Accepting Best Supporting Actress Award for Helen Hayes

1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Herself - Actress

- Episode #10.137 (1971) ... Herself - Actress

1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Herself - Guest

- Episode dated 23 March 1971 (1971) ... Herself - Guest

1969 The 41st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1965 The 37th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1964 The Linkletter Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode dated 19 May 1964 (1964) ... Herself

1963 The 17th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1963 The 20th Annual Golden Globes Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Winner & Presenter

1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Presenter

1962 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #2.109 (1962) ... Herself

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Nominee & Presenter

1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Co-Hostess

1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series)
Herself - Guest Hostess

- Week-End in Winnetka (1955) ... Herself - Guest Hostess

- Fear Me Not (1955) ... Herself - Guest Hostess

1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Herself

- The Girl Rush Show (1955) ... Herself

- Episode #8.49 (1955) ... Herself

1953 Christmas with the Stars (TV Movie)
Herself

1953 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Herself - Mystery Guest

- Rosalind Russell (1953) ... Herself - Mystery Guest

1952 All Star Revue (TV Series)
Herself - Hostess

- Episode #3.5 (1952) ... Herself - Hostess

1947 Screen Snapshots: Famous Hollywood Mothers (Documentary short)
Herself

1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (Documentary short)
Herself

1941 You Can't Fool a Camera (Documentary short)
Herself

1940 Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (Documentary short)
Herself

1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (Documentary short)
Herself, Golf Fan

1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 10 (Documentary short)
Herself

1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (Documentary short)
Rosalind (Four's a Crowd outtakes) (uncredited)

1937 The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (Documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)

1937 The Romance of Celluloid (Short)
Herself

1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (Documentary short)
Herself

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Archive footage (32 credits)

2019 The Movies (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- The Golden Age (2019) ... Herself

2017 The Fabulous Allan Carr (Documentary)
Herself

2014 One Rogue Reporter (Documentary)
Hildy Johnson (uncredited)

2014 Pioneers of Television (TV Series documentary)
Bertha Jacoby

- Breaking Barriers (2014) ... Bertha Jacoby

2013 Bates Motel (TV Series)
Hildy Johnson

- First You Dream, Then You Die (2013) ... Hildy Johnson (uncredited)

2011 Lost Forever (Documentary)
Hildy Johnson (clip from His Girl Friday (1940)) (uncredited)

2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Herself

- Fade Out, Fade In (2010) ... Herself (uncredited)

2009 Life Is a Banquet (Documentary)
Herself / Jo McBain / Mame Dennis

2008 Crawford at Warners (Video documentary short)
Herself

2008 Gable and Crawford (Video documentary short)
Mrs. Howard Fowler

2004 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Herself / actress

- Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004) ... Herself / actress

1999 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Ingrid Bergman: A Passionate Life (1999) ... Herself

1998 Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (Documentary)
Herself - 1950s Event with Pickford and Rogers (uncredited)

1996 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) ... Herself (uncredited)

1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (TV Movie)
Hildy Johnson (uncredited)

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Mrs. Howard Fowler - Sylvia (uncredited)

1988 Cinema Paradiso
Hildy Johnson (uncredited)

1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV Series documentary)
Tonie Carter (clip from Flight for Freedom (1943))

- A Woman's Lot (1987) ... Tonie Carter (clip from Flight for Freedom (1943)) (uncredited)

1987 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (TV Movie)
Linda Paige Esterbrook (clip from No Time for Comedy (1940))

1982 Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary)
Actress - 'The Women' (uncredited)

1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV Movie documentary)
Herself - Oscar Dinner, 1942, with Cary (uncredited)

1967 Mondo Hollywood (Documentary)
Herself (uncredited)

1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) ... Herself (uncredited)

- The Funny Men: Part 2 (1963) ... Herself

1962 Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1958 Summer Theatre (TV Series)
Cynthia

- The Night Goes On (1958) ... Cynthia

1955 Film Time (TV Series)
Herself

- Columbia Cavalcade (1955) ... Herself

1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (Short)
Herself (uncredited)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)

1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (Documentary short)
Herself

1939 From the Ends of the Earth (Documentary short)
Herself

1939 The Movies March On (Short documentary)
Herself (costume test for The Women)

Personal Details

Other Works:

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Alternate Names:

Rosalind Russell Brisson | C.A. McKnight

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)

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Moments. A couple of moments that people remember, that they can take with them, is what makes a good movie. See more »

Trivia:

Russell gave birth to her only child at age 35. She and husband Frederick Brisson welcomed a son, Lance Brisson, on May 7, 1943. See more »

Nickname:

Roz

Star Sign:

Gemini

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