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Rosalind Russell

1907 - 1976

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Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and singer, 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, 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosalind Russell has received more than 2,650,241 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Rosalind Russell is the 2,338th most popular actor (up from 2,539th in 2019), the 3,799th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,183rd in 2019) and the 1,117th most popular American Actor.

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  • 51.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rosalind Russell ranks 2,338 out of 9,996. Before her are Leonid Kanevsky, Linda Darnell, Michael Ballhaus, William Conrad, Brett Cullen, and Federico Luppi. After her are Heinrich George, Zhao Wei, Jack Klugman, Hank Azaria, Bruce Cabot, and Mark Bernes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Rosalind Russell ranks 155. Before her are Miguel Torga, James A. Michener, James M. Gavin, Philip Arthur Fisher, Jean Carzou, and Roman Rudenko. After her are Daigoro Kondo, Marcel Bezençon, Alfred Delp, Volmari Iso-Hollo, John King Fairbank, and Sukhdev Thapar. Among people deceased in 1976, Rosalind Russell ranks 109. Before her are Rudolph Minkowski, Paul Gallico, Werner March, Zdeněk Fierlinger, Pyotr Koshevoy, and Yakov Zak. After her are Angelo Iachino, Nikolay Nosov, Juan d'Arienzo, Pinhas Lavon, Jack Cassidy, and Lotte Lehmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rosalind Russell ranks 3,799 out of 18,182. Before her are Andrew Fire (1959), Richard Hartshorne (1899), Frank Zamboni (1901), William Goldman (1931), William Conrad (1920), and Brett Cullen (1956). After her are James Samuel Coleman (1926), Anne Applebaum (1964), George McGovern (1922), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906), and Jack Klugman (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Rosalind Russell ranks 1,117. Before her are Liz Sheridan (1929), William Powell (1892), Charles Bickford (1891), Linda Darnell (1923), William Conrad (1920), and Brett Cullen (1956). After her are Jack Klugman (1922), Hank Azaria (1964), Bruce Cabot (1904), David White (1916), Philip Baker Hall (1931), and Darlene Conley (1934).

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