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Acting

Rosalind Russell

Career: Active from 1934 to 1972, busiest in 1935 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 44
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: His Girl Friday
88/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award
1975 · Won
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1963 · Won
Gypsy
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1962 · Won
A Majority of One
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1959 · Won
Auntie Mame
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1948 · Won
Mourning Becomes Electra
Source: Wikidata
Golden Globe Awards · Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1947 · Won
Sister Kenny
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1959 · Nominated · 31st Academy Awards
Auntie Mame
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1948 · Nominated · 20th Academy Awards
Mourning Becomes Electra
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1947 · Nominated · 19th Academy Awards
Sister Kenny
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1943 · Nominated · 15th Academy Awards
My Sister Eileen
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Rosalind Russell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Violence
1.9, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 10
Witty Dialogue 7
Nostalgic 5
Romantic Comedy 4
Social Commentary 3
Strong Female Lead 3
Screwball Comedy 3
Lighthearted 3
Showbiz Drama 2
Class Conflict 2
Fast-Paced 2
Strong Performances 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

2 titles · average score 76

That's Entertainment! III

87

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics

66

as Hildy Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

2 titles · average score 52

The Crooked Hearts

as Laurita Dorsey

Mrs. Pollifax — Spy

52

as Mrs. Pollifax

1960s

7 titles · average score 66

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows

60

as Mother Simplicia

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

49

as Madame Rosepettle

Rosie!

84

as Rosie Lord

The Trouble with Angels

74

as Mother Superior

Gypsy

71

as Rose Hovick

Five Finger Exercise

59

as Louise Harington

A Majority of One

65

as Bertha Jacoby

1950s

9 titles · average score 65

Auntie Mame

80

as Mame Dennis

Wonderful Town

as Ruth Sherwood

The Unguarded Moment

64

Story

Picnic

54

as Rosemary - The School Teacher

The Girl Rush

as Kim Halliday

Never Wave at a WAC

47

as Josephine McBain

General Electric Theater

68

TV show · as Cynthia

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show

A Woman of Distinction

68

as Susan Manning Middlecott

1940s

18 titles · average score 63

Tell It to the Judge

54

as Marsha Meredith

The Velvet Touch

67

as Valerie Stanton

Mourning Becomes Electra

61

as Lavinia Mannon

Sister Kenny

70

as Elizabeth Kenny

She Wouldn't Say Yes

58

as Dr. Susan A. Lane

Take a Letter, Darling

54

as A.M. MacGregor

My Sister Eileen

74

as Ruth Sherwood

They Met in Bombay

66

as Anya Von Duren

Design for Scandal

56

as Judge Cornelia C. Porter

His Girl Friday

88

as Hildy Johnson

No Time for Comedy

54

as Linda Paige Esterbrook

This Thing Called Love

71

as Ann Winters

1930s

21 titles · average score 62

The Women

75

as Sylvia Fowler

Fast and Loose

60

as Garda Sloane

The Citadel

78

as Christine Manson

Four's a Crowd

59

as Jean Christy

Man-Proof

47

as Elizabeth Kent

Live, Love and Learn

46

as Julie Stoddard

Night Must Fall

72

as Olivia Grayne

Craig's Wife

83

as Harriet Craig

Trouble for Two

55

as Miss Vandeleur

It Had to Happen

as Beatrice Newnes

Rendezvous

53

as Joel Carter

Forsaking All Others

59

as Eleanor