Acting · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA · Born June 4, 1907
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.
MovieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
MovieLighting Up with Hildy Johnson
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLife is a Banquet
2009
as Self (Archive Footage)
MovieOn Assignment: 'His Girl Friday'
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Flood of ‘55
1995
as Herself (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics
1994
as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieThe Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Crooked Hearts
1972
as Laurita Dorsey
MovieMrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971
as Mrs. Pollifax
MovieWhere Angels Go, Trouble Follows
1968
as Mother Simplicia
MovieRosie!
1967
as Rosie Lord
MovieOh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967
as Madame Rosepettle
MovieThe Trouble with Angels
1966
as Mother Superior
MovieGypsy
1962
as Rose Hovick
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MovieFive Finger Exercise
1962
as Louise Harington
MovieA Majority of One
1961
as Bertha Jacoby
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TVStartime
1959
as Self – Host
MovieAuntie Mame
1958
as Mame Dennis
MovieWonderful Town
1958
as Ruth Sherwood
MoviePicnic
1955
as Rosemary - The School Teacher
MovieThe Girl Rush
1955
as Kim Halliday
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Self - Guest Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Cynthia
MovieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
as Josephine "Jo" McBain
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieA Woman of Distinction
1950
as Susan Manning Middlecott
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieTell It to the Judge
1949
as Marsha Meredith
MovieThe Velvet Touch
1948
as Valerie Stanton
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieBlow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self
MovieMourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Lavinia Mannon
MovieThe Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Janet Ames
MovieSister Kenny
1946
as Elizabeth Kenny
MovieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Dr. Susan A. Lane
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 25, No. 1): 25th Anniversary
1945
as Self
MovieRoughly Speaking
1945
as Louise Randall Pierson
MovieBreakdowns of 1944
1944
as Self
MovieWhat a Woman
1943
as Carol Ainsley
MovieFlight for Freedom
1943
as Tonie Carter
MovieMy Sister Eileen
1942
as Ruth Sherwood
MovieTake a Letter, Darling
1942
as A.M. MacGregor
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self
MovieDesign for Scandal
1941
as Judge Cornelia C. Porter
MovieBreakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Feminine Touch
1941
as Julie Hathaway
MovieThey Met in Bombay
1941
as Anya Von Duren
MovieThis Thing Called Love
1940
as Ann Winters
MovieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MovieNo Time for Comedy
1940
as Linda Paige Esterbrook
MovieHired Wife
1940
as Kendal Browning
MovieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
MovieHis Girl Friday
1940
as Hildy Johnson
MovieThe Women
1939
as Sylvia Fowler
MovieFrom the Ends of the Earth
1939
as Self
MovieFast and Loose
1939
as Garda Sloane
MovieBreakdowns of 1938
1938
as Rosalind (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Citadel
1938
as Christine Manson
MovieFour's a Crowd
1938
as Jean Christy
MovieMan-Proof
1938
as Elizabeth Kent
MovieLive, Love and Learn
1937
as Julie Stoddard
MovieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self
MovieNight Must Fall
1937
as Olivia Grayne
MovieCraig's Wife
1936
as Harriet Craig
MovieScreen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
as Self
MovieTrouble for Two
1936
as Miss Vandeleur
MovieUnder Two Flags
1936
as Lady Venetia Cunningham
MovieIt Had to Happen
1936
as Beatrice Newnes
MovieRendezvous
1935
as Joel Carter
MovieChina Seas
1935
as Sybil Barclay
MovieReckless
1935
as Josephine 'Jo' Mercer
MovieWest Point of the Air
1935
as Dare Marshall
MovieThe Casino Murder Case
1935
as Doris Reed
MovieThe Night Is Young
1935
as Countess Zarika Rafay
MovieForsaking All Others
1934
as Eleanor
MovieThe President Vanishes
1934
as Sally Voorman
MovieEvelyn Prentice
1934
as Mrs. Nancy Harrison
