Rosalind Russell
Birthday: 1907-06-04
Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Biography: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosalind Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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His Girl Friday
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Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction"...
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On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
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The Women
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The Crooked Hearts
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My Sister Eileen
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The Velvet Touch
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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
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The Guilt of Janet Ames
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Auntie Mame
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The Trouble with Angels
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Four's a Crowd
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Gypsy
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Picnic
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Sister Kenny
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Reckless
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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
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China Seas
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Mourning Becomes Electra
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Evelyn Prentice
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The Citadel
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Under Two Flags
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Night Must Fall
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The Feminine Touch
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Design for Scandal
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They Met in Bombay
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The Casino Murder Case
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Hired Wife
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Take a Letter, Darling
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
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Never Wave at a WAC
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Craig's Wife
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Forsaking All Others
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A Woman of Distinction
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No Time for Comedy
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Roughly Speaking
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Flight for Freedom
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A Majority of One
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The Girl Rush
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Live, Love and Learn
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
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Trouble for Two
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The Flood of ‘55
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The Night Is Young
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Man-Proof
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Rosie!
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What a Woman
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This Thing Called Love
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Tell It to the Judge
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Five Finger Exercise
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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
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Wonderful Town
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The President Vanishes
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Breakdowns of 1941
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography....
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Blow-Ups of 1947
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947....
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That's Entertainment! III
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The Romance of Celluloid
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Breakdowns of 1938
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938....
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Breakdowns of 1944
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944....
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It ...
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
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From the Ends of the Earth
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
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Life is a Banquet
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