Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russellwas an American actress of stage and screen, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in Auntie Mameand Rose in Gypsy. A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated and was tied with Meryl Streep for most wins until Streep won her sixth award in 2007. Russell won a Tony Award in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth4 June 1907
CityWaterbury, CT
CountryUnited States of America
Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic
There was some kind of connection with that sweet boy. Both of us had water in our eyes when I left.
I was second in line of defence, behind Myrna Loy.
It had been an enormous, extraordinary, outrageous adventure. And it was deadly.
I'll match my flops with anybody's but I wouldn't have missed 'em.
The White House is one of the few places in downtown Washington where you can get something to eat after 11 o'clock at night.
Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy.
The only man who could make a love scene comfortable was Clark Gable. He was born graceful, he knew what to do with his feet and when he took hold of you, there was no fooling around.
In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for the seventh reel near the end when I would admit to my best friend on the telephone that what I really wanted was to become a little housewife.
Seal my lips on aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.
Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?
It's fine to have talent, but talent is the last of it. In an acting career, as in an acting performance, you've got to have vitality. The secret of successful acting is identical with a woman's beauty secret: joy in living.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.
My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.