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Also Known As	Catherine Rosalind Russell
Born	June 4, 1907 • Waterbury • Connecticut
Died	November 28, 1976 (aged 69) • Beverly Hills • California
Awards And Honors	Academy Award • Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1973) • Golden Globe Award (1963): Best Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (1962): Best Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (1959): Best Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (1948): Best Actress in a Leading Role • Golden Globe Award (1947): Best Actress in a Leading Role • Tony Award (1953): Best Actress in a Musical
Married To	Frederick Brisson (married 1941)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"A Woman of Distinction" (1950) • "Evelyn Prentice" (1934) • "Never Wave at a WAC" (1953) • "The Feminine Touch" (1941) • "China Seas" (1935) • "Hired Wife" (1940) • "His Girl Friday" (1940) • "The Night Is Young" (1935) • "Trouble for Two" (1936) • "Forsaking All Others" (1934) • "Sister Kenny" (1946) • "The Trouble with Angels" (1966) • "Design for Scandal" (1941) • "Gypsy" (1962) • "West Point of the Air" (1935) • "This Thing Called Love" (1940) • "Tell It to the Judge" (1949) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951) • "The Girl Rush" (1955) • "What a Woman!" (1943) • "Craig's Wife" (1936) • "Fast and Loose" (1939) • "Under Two Flags" (1936) • "Night Must Fall" (1937) • "Take a Letter, Darling" (1942) • "Live, Love and Learn" (1937) • "The Citadel" (1938) • "Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad" (1967) • "They Met in Bombay" (1941) • "She Wouldn't Say Yes" (1945) • "Rosie!" (1967) • "General Electric Theater" (1956) • "Auntie Mame" (1958) • "Startime" (1959) • "A Majority of One" (1961) • "Picnic" (1956) • "The Casino Murder Case" (1935) • "Where Angels Go Trouble Follows!" (1968) • "Five Finger Exercise" (1962) • "Rendezvous" (1935) • "Four's a Crowd" (1938) • "Man-Proof" (1938) • "Roughly Speaking" (1945) • "It Had to Happen" (1936) • "Reckless" (1935) • "No Time for Comedy" (1940) • "The Guilt of Janet Ames" (1947) • "Flight for Freedom" (1943) • "The Women" (1939) • "The Velvet Touch" (1948) • "The President Vanishes" (1934) • "Mourning Becomes Electra" (1947) • "Mrs. Pollifax-Spy" (1971) • "My Sister Eileen" (1942)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Mrs. Pollifax-Spy" (1971) • "The Unguarded Moment" (1956)