1907-06-04 Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Catherine 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.
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The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | 2017-05-19 |
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Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-10 |
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Life is a Banquet | Self (Archive Footage) | 2009-07-27 |
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On Assignment: 'His Girl Friday' | Self (archive footage) | 2006-02-07 |
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The Flood of ‘55 | Herself (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-05-19 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1987-03-13 |
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The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
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The Crooked Hearts | Laurita Dorsey | 1972-11-08 |
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy | Mrs. Pollifax | 1971-02-17 |
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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Mother Simplicia | 1968-04-10 |
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Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad | Madame Rosepettle | 1967-02-15 |
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Rosie! | Rosie Lord | 1967-11-22 |
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The Trouble with Angels | Mother Superior | 1966-03-29 |
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Gypsy | Rose Hovick | 1962-11-01 |
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Five Finger Exercise | Louise Harington | 1962-04-19 |
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A Majority of One | Bertha Jacoby | 1961-12-27 |
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Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | 1958-11-30 |
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Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis | 1958-12-04 |
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The Girl Rush | Kim Halliday | 1955-09-16 |
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Picnic | Rosemary - The School Teacher | 1955-11-18 |
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Never Wave at a WAC | Josephine "Jo" McBain | 1953-01-28 |
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A Woman of Distinction | Susan Manning Middlecott | 1950-03-16 |
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Tell It to the Judge | Marsha Meredith | 1949-11-18 |
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The Velvet Touch | Valerie Stanton | 1948-07-13 |
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The Guilt of Janet Ames | Janet Ames | 1947-03-06 |
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Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia Mannon | 1947-11-19 |
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Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 1947-12-31 |
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Sister Kenny | Elizabeth Kenny | 1946-10-10 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary | Self | 1945-09-06 |
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Roughly Speaking | Louise Randall Pierson | 1945-01-31 |
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She Wouldn't Say Yes | Dr. Susan A. Lane | 1945-11-29 |
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Breakdowns of 1944 | Self | 1944-12-31 |
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What a Woman | Carol Ainsley | 1943-12-29 |
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Flight for Freedom | Tonie Carter | 1943-04-14 |
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Take a Letter, Darling | A.M. MacGregor | 1942-05-06 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self | 1942-01-01 |
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My Sister Eileen | Ruth Sherwood | 1942-09-24 |
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They Met in Bombay | Anya Von Duren | 1941-06-27 |
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Breakdowns of 1941 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1941-11-14 |
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The Feminine Touch | Julie Hathaway | 1941-10-01 |
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Design for Scandal | Judge Cornelia C. Porter | 1941-12-01 |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
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This Thing Called Love | Ann Winters | 1940-12-20 |
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
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No Time for Comedy | Linda Paige Esterbrook | 1940-09-14 |
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Hired Wife | Kendal Browning | 1940-09-13 |
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His Girl Friday | Hildy Johnson | 1940-01-18 |
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From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
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The Women | Sylvia Fowler | 1939-09-01 |
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Fast and Loose | Garda Sloane | 1939-02-17 |
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Breakdowns of 1938 | Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
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Man-Proof | Elizabeth Kent | 1938-01-07 |
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The Citadel | Christine Manson | 1938-10-29 |
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Four's a Crowd | Jean Christy | 1938-08-04 |
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Night Must Fall | Olivia Grayne | 1937-04-30 |
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The Romance of Celluloid | Self | 1937-08-27 |
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Live, Love and Learn | Julie Stoddard | 1937-10-29 |
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Under Two Flags | Lady Venetia Cunningham | 1936-04-30 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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Craig's Wife | Harriet Craig | 1936-09-25 |
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Trouble for Two | Miss Vandeleur | 1936-05-29 |
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It Had to Happen | Beatrice Newnes | 1936-02-14 |
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Rendezvous | Joel Carter | 1935-10-25 |
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Reckless | Josephine 'Jo' Mercer | 1935-04-19 |
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China Seas | Sybil Barclay | 1935-08-09 |
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The Casino Murder Case | Doris Reed | 1935-03-15 |
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The Night Is Young | Countess Zarika Rafay | 1935-01-11 |
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West Point of the Air | Dare Marshall | 1935-03-23 |
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The President Vanishes | Sally Voorman | 1934-11-17 |
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Forsaking All Others | Eleanor | 1934-12-23 |
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Evelyn Prentice | Mrs. Nancy Harrison | 1934-11-09 |
