Rosalind Russell took a huge risk when she accepted a role that would forever change her Hollywood career. The character was that of the alluring, fast-talking Hildy Johnson in 1940’s “His Girl Friday ...

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And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) will always be remembered for, embodies the rich and rewarding life Bernard F. Dick reveals in his biography, Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell, now ...

Although the author has written several other biographies, this look at Rosalind Russell, the film star best known for playing Auntie Mame, offers very little revelation about her life, her times, or ...

At two hours and twenty-three minutes, Auntie Mame (1958) is a long, lavish, big-budget Warner Bros. comedy, shot in glorious Technicolor. Morton DaCosta, the director of the stage production on which ...

In her very first try at the stage, when she was a college freshman, Rosalind Russell confidently expected and got the leading role. Cast as St. Francis Xavier, she was required in one scene to whip ...

Linda Stein’s Funeral Reveals Fondness, AngerHundreds turned out at the Riverside Memorial Chapel on the Upper West Side this afternoon for the funeral of murdered real-estate icon Linda Stein. Fellow ...

Rosalind Russell is a senator’s daughter from high society who joins Women's Army Corps. Rosalind Russell is a divorced socialite and politician’s daughter who joins the Women’s Army Corps to be ...

To lose ourselves in a world of winks and wisecracks from quick-witted showgirls, ditzy heiresses and fast-talking career women may seem like a borderline irresponsible choice in These Troubled Times.