Is jane russell related to rosalind russell
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The middle of seven children, she was named, not for the heroine of "As You Like It" but for the S.S. Rosalind on which her parents had sailed, at the suggestion of her father, a successful lawyer.
After receiving a Catholic school education, she went to the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York, having convinced her mother that she intended to teach acting. In 1934, with some stock company work and a little Broadway experience, she was tested and signed by Universal. Simultaneously, MGM tested her and made her a better offer. When she plead ignorance of Hollywood (while wearing her worst-fitting clothes), Universal released her and she signed with MGM for seven years.
For some time she was used in secondary roles and as a replacement threat to limit Myrna Loy's salary demands. Knowing she was right for comedy, she tested five times for the role of Sylvia Fowler in The Women (1939). George Cukor told her to "play her as a freak". She did and got the part. Her "boss lady" roles began with the part of reporter Hildy Johnson in His Girl Fr
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A brilliant, charismatic and charming actress, Rosalind Russell spent her more than four-decades long career reflecting her own life experiences and observations on the world in the characters she brought to life on stage and screen. She was the winner of five Golden Globe awards and a Tony Award as well as the Jean Herscholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1973.
Rosalind Russell was born in 1907 in Waterbury, Conn., to an educated and affluent family. Her father was a prominent trial lawyer and her mother a fashion editor for Vogue. One of seven siblings, she was named after the Steamship S.S. Rosalind on which her parents had once traveled. Russell attended the Notre Dame Academy in Waterbury and then Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y. After two years there, she convinced her mother that she intended to teach theater and was allowed to enroll in the American Academy of the Dramatic Arts in New York City. The plan, however, was always to become an actress.
In 1934, after a brief stint on Broadway, Russell moved to Hollywood and beg
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Rosalind Russell
American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter and singer (1907–1976)
Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress, model, comedian, screenwriter, and singer,[2] 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,[3] 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, dignif
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