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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) and Rose in Gypsy (1962). 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. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times throughout her career.
Birth Name
Catherine Rosalind Russell
Born
Tuesday, 04 June 1907
Died
Sunday, 28 November 1976
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self | 2020 |
| The Half of It | Self | 2020 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self | 2018 |
| One Rogue Reporter | Hildy Johnson | 2014 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | 2010 |
| Life Is a Banquet | Self / Jo McBain / Mame Dennis | 2009 |
| Pioneers of Television | Bertha Jacoby | 2008 |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - 1950s Event with Pickford and Rogers | 1999 |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind | Self | 2020 |
| The Half of It | Self | 2020 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self | 2018 |
| One Rogue Reporter | Hildy Johnson | 2014 |
| Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | 2010 |
| Life Is a Banquet | Self / Jo McBain / Mame Dennis | 2009 |
| Pioneers of Television | Bertha Jacoby | 2008 |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self - 1950s Event with Pickford and Rogers | 1999 |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Mrs. Howard Fowler - Sylvia | 1994 |
| Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Hildy Johnson | 1994 |
| American Experience | Self | 1988 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Crooked Hearts | Laurita Dorsey | 1972 |
| Mrs. Pollifax-Spy | Mrs. Pollifax | 1971 |
| The David Frost Show | Self / Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! | Mother Superior / Mother Simplicia | 1968 |
| Rosie! | Rosie Lord | 1967 |
| Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! | Self | 1967 |
| Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad | Madame Rosepettle | 1967 |
| The Trouble with Angels | Mother Superior | 1966 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood: The Fabulous Era | Self | 1962 |
| Gypsy | Rose Hovick | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| Five Finger Exercise | Louise Harington | 1962 |
| A Majority of One | Bertha Jacoby / Mrs. Bertha Jacoby | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Startime | Self - Host | 1959 |
| Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis | 1958 |
| Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | 1958 |
| Picnic | Rosemary, the School Teacher | 1956 |
| The Girl Rush | Kim Halliday | 1955 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Self - Guest Hostess | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Cynthia | 1953 |
| Never Wave at a WAC | Jo McBain / Josephine "Jo" McBain | 1953 |
| All Star Revue | Self - Hostess | 1950 |
| A Woman of Distinction | Susan Manning Middlecott / Susan Middlecott | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Tell It to the Judge | Marsha Meredith | 1949 |
| The Velvet Touch | Valerie Stanton | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia Mannon | 1947 |
| The Guilt of Janet Ames | Janet Ames | 1947 |
| Blow Ups of 1947 | Herself | 1947 |
| Sister Kenny | Elizabeth Kenny | 1946 |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | Dr. Susan A. Lane | 1945 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary | Self | 1945 |
| Roughly Speaking | Louise Randall Pierson | 1945 |
| What a Woman! | Carol Ainsley | 1943 |
| Flight for Freedom | Tonie Carter | 1943 |
| My Sister Eileen | Ruth Sherwood | 1942 |
| Take a Letter, Darling | A.M. MacGregor | 1942 |
| Design for Scandal | Judge Cornelia Porter / Judge Cornelia C. Porter | 1941 |
| Breakdowns of 1941 | Self | 1941 |
| The Feminine Touch | Julie Hathaway | 1941 |
| They Met in Bombay | Anya Von Duren | 1941 |
| This Thing Called Love | Ann Winters | 1941 |
| The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940 |
| No Time for Comedy | Linda Paige Esterbrook | 1940 |
| Hired Wife | Kendal Browning | 1940 |
| Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940 |
| His Girl Friday | Hildy Johnson | 1940 |
| The Women | Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia) / Sylvia Fowler | 1939 |
| From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939 |
| The Movies March On | Self (costume test for The Women) | 1939 |
| Fast and Loose | Garda Sloane | 1939 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Rosalind (Four's a Crowd outtakes) | 1938 |
| The Citadel | Christine / Christine Manson | 1938 |
| Four's a Crowd | Jean Christy | 1938 |
| Man-Proof | Elizabeth Kent | 1938 |
| Live, Love and Learn | Julie Stoddard | 1937 |
| The Romance of Celluloid | Self | 1937 |
| Night Must Fall | Olivia / Olivia Grayne | 1937 |
| Craig's Wife | Harriet Craig | 1936 |
| Trouble for Two | Miss Vandeleur | 1936 |
| Under Two Flags | Lady Venetia Cunningham | 1936 |
| It Had to Happen | Beatrice Newnes | 1936 |
| Rendezvous | Joel Carter | 1935 |
| China Seas | Sybil Barclay / Sybil | 1935 |
| Reckless | Josephine (Jo) Mercer / Josephine 'Jo' Mercer | 1935 |
| West Point of the Air | Dare Marshall / Mrs. Dare Marshall | 1935 |
| The Casino Murder Case | Doris Reed / Doris | 1935 |
| The Night Is Young | Countess Zarika Rafay | 1935 |
| The President Vanishes | Sally Voorman | 1935 |
| Forsaking All Others | Eleanor | 1934 |
| Evelyn Prentice | Mrs. Nancy Harrison | 1934 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1963 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Won |
| 1962 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Won |
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Won |
| 1948 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1948 | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Won |
| 1947 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1947 | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Won |
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
