Nickname:	Rosalind Russell / C.A. McKnight / Rosalind Russell Brisson / Roz
Known for:	His Girl Friday, Auntie Mame, Gypsy
Birthday:	4 June 1907, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)
Available Photos	4

Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the center of section M at the statue and cross. Son, Lance Brisson, born May 7, 1943. Died about three weeks after Patrick Dennis, the author of Auntie Mame, one of her most famous roles. She refused to be placed in the "best supporting" category when Columbia Pictures wanted to promote her for an Academy Award nomination for her role in Picnic. Many felt she would have won had she cooperated. Won Broadway's 1953 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Wonderful Town," a musical based on the same source as her film My Sister Eileen, for which she received an Oscar nomination playing the same character. She also received a 1957 Tony Award nomination as Best Actress (Dramatic) for "Auntie Mame," a part she recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version Auntie Mame. 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 a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street In 1970, she accepted the Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" on behalf of Helen Hayes, who wasn't present at the awards ceremony. Her performance as Hildy Johnson in "His Girl Friday" (1940) is ranked #28 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

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