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Actress. She gained fame as an award-winning American actress. Born one of seven children of Clara and James Edward Russell, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made her Broadway debut in 1930 in Garrick Gaieties, which ran for about two weeks in October of 1930. Within four years, she was under...
A brilliant, charismatic and charming actress, Rosalind Russell spent her more than four-decades long career reflecting her own life experiences and observations on the world in the characters she brought to life on stage and screen.
Rosalind Russell as Bertha Jacoby in A Majority of One (1961) I know it’s been a while since I wrote a review. I wrote this short one (for me, that is) on the wonderful A Majority of One.
Auntie Mame: Directed by Morton DaCosta. With Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark. An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
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His Girl Friday: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart. A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from quitting and remarrying, using an exclusive interview with a death row convict as an enticement to buy himself some time to win her back.
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Apr 15, 2023 · A witty and stylish lead actress of stage and screen, Russell tended to play successful career women who were skilled in repartee. She trained at the...
Gypsy: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace. Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
