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Rosalind Russell

Born

in Waterbury, Connecticut, The United States

June 04, 1907

Died

November 28, 1976

Genre

Memoir

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Catherine Rosalind Russell was an American actress, 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), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame (1958), based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade, and Rose in Gypsy (1962), based on the 1957 memoir Gypsy. A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. Russell won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1953 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 ...more