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Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was an American actress.

She was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City. She became known for her no-nonsense roles in such films as The Women and His Girl Friday.

She married Frederick Brisson, a movie and play producer, on 25 October 1941. Her father-in-law was the successful Danish actor Carl Brisson.

She was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress:

  • 1959 - Auntie Mame
  • 1948 - Mourning Becomes Electra
  • 1947 - Sister Kenny
  • 1943 - My Sister Eileen

She died after a long battle with breast cancer in 1976 at the age of 69, although initially her age was misreported because she had shaved a few years off her true age. She was survived by her husband, and her son, Lance Brisson.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street.

She is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City, California.


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She is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City, California. She won a Tony Award in 1990 for Actress in a Play for Lettice and Lovage. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street. She played the title character in the stage production of Alan Bennett's Lady in the Van and starred as Peter Pan in Sir J.M.Baries fairytale story "Peter Pan". She was survived by her husband, and her son, Lance Brisson. She has two sons by Stephens, actors Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin. She died after a long battle with breast cancer in 1976 at the age of 69, although initially her age was misreported because she had shaved a few years off her true age. She has been married twice, first to Robert Stephens (divorced) and then to Beverley Cross (his death).

She was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress:. In 1969 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Her father-in-law was the successful Danish actor Carl Brisson. She started her career at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre with Frank Shelley, and first appeared on the movie screen in 1956. She married Frederick Brisson, a movie and play producer, on 25 October 1941. She received numerous honours throughout her career, culminating in a DBE in 1990. She became known for her no-nonsense roles in such films as The Women and His Girl Friday. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross DBE (born December 28, 1934 in Ilford, Essex), better known as Maggie Smith, is a British film, stage, and television actress.

She was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City. Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was an American actress. 1943 - My Sister Eileen. 1947 - Sister Kenny.

1948 - Mourning Becomes Electra. 1959 - Auntie Mame.