Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell June 4 1907 November 28 1976 was an American actress of stage and screen perhaps best known for her role as a fasttalking 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosalind Russell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia