Don DeLillo
American novelist, playwright and essayist
Rosalind Russell was an acclaimed American actress known for her comedic roles and portrayals of strong, professional women. She won numerous awards, including five Golden Globes, and was nominated for four Academy Awards over her illustrious career spanning four decades.
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About the Rosalind Russell
Catherine Rosalind Russellwas an American actress, model, 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), opposite Cary Grant, as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in the 1956 stage and 1958 film adaptations of Auntie Mame, and Rose in Gypsy (1962). A noted comedienne, 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 during her career before being awarded a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1973.
In addition to her comedic roles, Russell was known for playing dramatic characters, often wealthy, dignified, and stylish women. She was one of the few actresses of her time to portray women in professional roles such as judges, reporters, and psychiatrists. Russell’s career spanned from the 1930s to the 1970s and she attributed this longevity to the fact that, although she had many glamorous roles, she never became a sex symbol.
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Rosalind Russell was an American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter, and singer, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the screwball comedy ‘His Girl Friday’ and her portrayals of Mame Dennis in ‘Auntie Mame’ and Rose in ‘Gypsy’.
Rosalind Russell was known for her comedic roles, including Hildy Johnson in ‘His Girl Friday’, Mame Dennis in ‘Auntie Mame’, and Rose in ‘Gypsy’. She also played dramatic characters, often portraying wealthy, dignified, and stylish women in professional roles such as judges, reporters, and psychiatrists.
Rosalind Russell won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated during her career.
Rosalind Russell was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times during her career before being awarded a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1973. She also won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1953 for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show ‘Wonderful Town’.
Rosalind Russell attributed the longevity of her career, which spanned from the 1930s to the 1970s, to the fact that, although she had many glamorous roles, she never became a sex symbol.
8 Quotes by Rosalind Russell
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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Flops are a part of life’s menu and I’ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)
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I’ll match my flops with anybody’s but I wouldn’t have missed ’em.
Rosalind RussellAmerican actress (1907-1976)