Want to know the best Rosalind Russell movies? How about the worst Rosalind Russell movies? Curious about Rosalind Russell box office grosses or which Rosalind Russell movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Rosalind Russell movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Rosalind Russell (1907-1976) was a 4-time Oscar® nominated American actress. She was a leading lady in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. That my friends is one great run. Her IMDb page shows 57 acting credits from 1934-1972. This page will rank 51 Rosalind Russell movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her many 6 television roles were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by Ireland’s Chris.
Rosalind Russell Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Rosalind Russell films by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Rosalind Russell films by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Rosalind Russell films by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Rosalind Russell films by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Rosalind Russell film received.
- Sort Rosalind Russell films by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Rosalind Russell Table
- Twenty Rosalind Russell movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 39.21% of her movies listed. Her biggest hit was Auntie Mame (1958)
- An average Rosalind Russell movie grosses an average of $98.40 million in adjusted domestic gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 29 Rosalind Russell movies are rated as good movies…or 57.14% of her movies. Auntie Mame (1958) was her highest rated movie while The Girl Rush (1955) was her lowest rated movie.
- Twelve Rosalind Russell movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 23.52% of her movies.
- One Rosalind Russell movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 1.96% of her movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 31 Rosalind Russell movies scored higher than that average….or 60.78% of her movies. Auntie Mame (1958) got the the highest UMR Score while Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1970) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Rosalind Russell
- Catherine Rosalind Russell was one of seven children born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1907.
2. Rosalind Russell was a fashion model before signing a movie contract with Universal. When things did not work out at Universal she moved to MGM and started appearing in movies in 1934.
3. Rosalind Russell quickly rose to fame, and by 1935, was seen as a replacement for actress Myrna Loy (the greatest box office actress of all-time) as she took many roles for which Loy was initially set.
4. Cary Grant introduced Rosalind Russell to her future husband and was the best man at their wedding.
5. Rosalind Russell was married one time and one child. I guess Cary Grant did a good job of playing matchmaker.
6. During the filming of 1939’s The Women, Rosalind Russell actually bit Paulette Goddard in their fight sequence. The bite left a permanent scar on Goddard. Goddard did not hold a grudge as the two remained lifelong friends.
7. Rosalind Russell was nominated for 4 Oscars®. She never won even though she was considered the favorite to win many times.
8. Rosalind Russell was nominated for 5 Golden Globes®. She won ALL 5 times!
9. Rosalind Russell was given an Honorary Oscar® in 1973. It was well deserved.
10. Check out Rosalind Russell’s movie career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Adjusted Worldwide Grosses on 13 Rosalind Russell Movies
- Citadel, The (1938) $324.30 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Evelyn Prentice (1934) $136.90 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Fast and Loose (1939) $100.70 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Feminine Touch, The (1941) $103.00 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Forsaking All Others (1934) $229.50 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Gypsy (1962) $306.90 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Live, Love and Learn (1937) $122.30 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Never Wave At A WAC (1953) $117.60 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Roughly Speaking (1945) $177.40 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Sister Kenny (1946) $150.30 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- They Met in Bombay (1941) $244.90 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- West Point Of The Air (1935) $135.00 million in adjusted worldwide box office
- Women, The (1939) $282.60 million in adjusted worldwide box office
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APOLOGIES FOR DUPLICATION BUT IT CONTAINS CRUCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREATEST FEMALE BOX OFFICE STAR EVER AND I DIDN’T WANT IT LOST
1 For once Joan Crawford didn’t resist taking 2nd billing to Shearer in
The Women because Joan badly coveted the Crystal part in the film but Norma in turn insisted that only her own name and Joan’s would go above the title so Russell did a Gene Kelly by feigning sickness and refused to appear on set until she “got better”. Norma caved in to avoid further delays [no doubt on the advice of some squeamish John-type agent!] but Rosalind may have won only a partial victory because her name although above the title is in smaller letters than Shearer/Crawford as your miniature poster above illustrates.
2 Just as I was interested to learn from Possibly Interesting facts
that Grant played matchmaker in private life for Rosalind I was flabbergasted to learn that she was considered as a replacement for Myrna Loy. I could never have imagined that anybody, anywhere at any time would have been deemed suitable by ANYONE to replace Myrna Loy barring one of those ancient goddesses being reincarnated and appearing in the Hollywood.
3 On the other hand possibly Shearer believed that Russell WAS in fact another Loy and that is why Norma felt Rosalind didn’t merit star billing with her and Crawford. Ironically according to IMDB Loy was originally in the frame for the Crawford part of Crystal in The Women but the studio decided on Joan instead. I could never understand why the studio passed up the chance to sign the most successful female box office star of all time for that movie. That oversight surely should be ranked alongside the Gable’s ears story and your amusing revelation about the Eastwood/Burt Reynold auditions.
4 Anyway as usual this is a new page crammed with stats and facts and I had never fully appreciated how many Golden Globes wins/Oscar nominations Rosalind had collected and the beauty of this site is that it highlights many facts that its regulars may have forgotten or had never known. A most welcome page, Bruce – sincere thanks Stonewall Torrey from Shane [We can get him to draw anytime.”]
Hey Bob.
1. No problem with the duplicated messages….I am sure this comment will be the one that lasts….as once the posts get past a couple of days old….they seem to disappear into internet heaven…..as they are never to be heard from again.
2. So this is where I will comment back.
3. Good stories about the making of The Women…..I like that Shearer was more interested in moving things along rather than making a big fuzz about things.
4. I am so glad we agree….. “I could never have imagined that anybody, anywhere at any time would have been deemed suitable by ANYONE to replace Myrna Loy barring one of those ancient goddesses being reincarnated and appearing in the Hollywood”……this is probably the most accurate comment you have ever posted.
5. Actually when I was looking for some Rosalind Russell….I felt I HAD to include the Russell for Loy fact.
6. Grant’s matchmaking skills lasted from 1941 to her death in 1976….pretty impressive for a Hollywood marriage.
7. Five for five in Golden Globes…not sure anybody can top that…as people like Streep and Nicholson have lost Golden Globes.
Thanks for checking out our latest page.
HI BRUCE
1 Touche! Great response Work Horse I don’t think that when Joan became interested in Crystal in The Women she realised she was not going to be Queen Bee in that one because as I’ve mentioned to you before the story goes that when she was asked if she would do the part – and she was one of those whom MGM initially consulted rather than commanded – she is supposed to have replied “Oh I’d loved to do The WOMAN.”
2 I don’t think that Norma got the billing necessarily because she was the the bigger star [and here John has a strong argument for his side of the case] but I think she may have had more clout than Joan because of her Hollywood contacts particularly within MGM. Also I understand that like Muni Norma was regarded as a’prestige’ performer. It would seem though that there was no love lost between her and Joan as each accused the other of “sleeping” her way to the top.
3 I agree with you about Rosalind’ great 5 Golden Globes record and once again I appreciate you passing on that information. I see that your audience/critic panel didn’t think much of the remake of The Women as on your Meg Ryan’s page it gets just a 31% rating and just narrowly avoids being the lowest praised movie on Meg Ryan’s Cogerson page. IMDB also pans it with a lowly 49% and of course as you have demonstrated its box office was terrible. However at one time Sandra Bullock was set to star in it and if she had done so that might have turned things around and it would have at least got a warm welcome from you.! At one time also Julia Roberts was set to co-star with Ryan but they both wanted the same role and indeed I’m surprised that Julia lost out to Meg. .
I actually saw The Trouble with Angels (1966) and Mrs. Pollifax, Spy (1971) in regular theaters when they were current, not revivals. I was 9 when I went to the first one, or was dragged to.
These are the only people left on the 2016 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 most connectible actors still on the list who have worked with Roz. Arthur Tovey is now off the list in 2017 but one person worked with her 4 times, all pictures 80 years or older.
A Majority of One (1961) – 923 George Takai
Auntie Mame (1958) – 912 Arthur Tovey (gone on latest list)
Five Finger Exercise (1962) – 704 Maximilian Schell
Live, Love and Learn (1937) – 245 Mickey Rooney
Picnic (1955) – 914 Cliff Robertson
Reckless (1935) – 245 Mickey Rooney
Rendezvous (1935) – 245 Mickey Rooney
Rosie! (1967) – 855 Leslie Nielsen
Sister Kenny (1946) – 912 Arthur Tovey (still gone now)
West Point of the Air (1935) – 245 Mickey Rooney
What a Woman! (1943) – 781 Shelley Winters
Outside of Mr. Sulu all have passed on.
Roz worked with 32 Oscar winners.
A Majority of One (1961) – Alec Guinness
A Woman of Distinction (1950) – Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn
China Seas (1935) – Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Wallace Beery
Craig’s Wife (1936) – Jane Darwell, Thomas Mitchell
Five Finger Exercise (1962) – Maximilian Schell
Forsaking All Others (1934) – Clark Gable, Joan Crawford
Four’s a Crowd (1938) – Olivia De Havilland
Gypsy (1962) – Karl Malden
No Time for Comedy (1940) – James Stewart
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I Feel So Sad (1967) – Hugh Griffith
Picnic (1955) – Cliff Robertson, William Holden
Sister Kenny (1946) – Dean Jagger
Tell it to the Judge (1949) – Gig Young
The Casino Murder Case (1935) – Paul Lukas
The Citadel (1938) – Robert Donat, Rex Harrison
The Feminine Touch (1941) – Don Ameche, Van Heflin
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) – Melvyn Douglas
The Velvet Touch (1948) – Claire Trevor
The Women (1939) – Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Norma Shearer
They Met in Bombay (1941) – Clark Gable
This Thing Called Love (1940) – Melvyn Douglas
Under Two Flags (1936) – Claudette Colbert, Ronald Colman, Victor McLaglen
West Point of the Air (1935 – Wallace Beery, Walter Brennan
What a Woman! (1943) – Shelley Winters
I have never seen Oh Dad, Poor Dad but love that title.
Hey Dan
1. Very cool that you saw some of her movies in theaters during their original run.
2. I imagine you are one of the few people that can say they saw Mrs. Pollifax, Spy in theaters…lol.
3. It is good to see Sulu is cracking the list….shame the rest of passed.
4. Poor Arthur…his claim to fame is slipping away.
5. 32 Oscar winners is pretty impressive. So big names listed there for sure.
6. Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad…might be the longest title in our entire database….I will have to check that out.
Thanks for sharing all of this great information. 🙂
Hi
I’ve always enjoyed Auntie Mame and I thought Russell was marvelous in the part. But for Susan Haywood in I Want To Live, she probably would have won the Oscar in 1958.
But I have to agree with Steve, there’s no way it should be number 1 on your page. There’s no way that Auntie Mame is a better movie than His Girl Friday. Next to Bringing Up Baby and The Palm Beach Story, I would argue that it’s one of the greatest comedies made during the 30s and 40’s. The whole cast were fantastic and Russell’s performance was simply superb. In fact I don’t think she ever topped it.
She was great in The Women, which really opened the door for her. Another favourite would be Gypsy, although much maligned at the time because she got the role over Ethel Merman, who was clearly a great Broadway star, but not necessarily perfect for movies. It’s a musical I’ve always enjoyed.
She had a good role in Picnic. There’s a brilliant home movie of her on youtube, showing her in Broadway during the 50’s and at the beach with her son. By all accounts she seemed to be a lovely person and done an awful lot of work for charity. But His Girl Friday is the film she will always be remembered for.
Hey Chris.
1. Glad you found your requested Rosalind Russell page.
2. I like His Girl Friday more than Auntie Mame too…..but the stats overpower Friday…Auntie Mame was the 23rd biggest hit of the entire 1950s decade….it got better reviews than Friday…it got Russell an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe win. Auntie Mame got 6 Oscar nominations….including a Best Picture nomination…while Friday got shut out. Plus Russell carried the entire movie…versus sharing the load with Grant.
3. I agree with everything you said about His Girl Friday….it has Grant, Russell and Howard Hawks at their peaks.
4. I thought she was very good in Gypsy too….poor Karl Malden…..lol.
5. The studio wanted to put her in the Best Supporting Actress category for Picnic….but she did not want that…which is a shame….because by all accounts she would have won an Oscar for that role.
6. I think Auntie Mame will be right there with His Girl Friday as her two most famous roles….actually two of movie reference books list Auntie Mame first.
Great feedback….thanks for the suggestion for a Russell page.
I had a hard time finding this page as a new page. I have seen more than Steve.
I have seen 20 films.
My top 5 favourites are:
His Girl Friday
The Women
The Trouble with Angels
China Seas
Gypsy
Hey Flora. Tally count….well….currently it is only you, me and Flora reporting….just like the old times…..and Flora is in the lead with 20, I am at 8 and you have 4…..so combined we are still trailing Flora….like I said…just like old times…yes I copied this from the previous comment….but it is still true. Congrats on your win.
I have seen 4 of your Top 5 Russell movies…with the Trouble With Angels being the one that I have not seen. I will admit…that I barely remember her part in China Seas. His Girl Friday is easily my favorite Russell movie….she and Cary Grant made a great screen team. Forsaking All Others is good….but it is because of Crawford, Gable and Montgomery…versus Russell.
I need to update the Newest Page page….I will do that in 2 more Russell comments…as always…thanks for the comment, tally count and visit. 🙂
Where are all the Rosalind Russell fans? Are they hiding?
I’ve only seen 4 of the films listed on the chart so I’m not much of a fan but I was planning on doing a video on Russell, Bruce beat me to it.
I’ve seen – Gypsy, China Seas, His Girl Friday and Reckless.
I expected His Girl Friday to top all the charts, so I’m a little surprised to see it beaten by the likes of Auntie Mame and The Women. With a score of 9.05 on my scorecharts His Girl Friday should easily sit at the top of my upcoming Rosie Russell video.
4 Oscar nominations and 5 Golden Globe wins, not bad at all.
Bruce, wait till Bob sees ‘Interesting Facts” no.3, he might throw a hissy fit. 🙂
Nice work as always and big vote up!
Hey Steve…thanks for the visit and the comment. Tally count….well….currently it is only you, me and Flora reporting….just like the old times…..and Flora is in the lead with 20, I am at 8 and you have 4…..so combined we are still trailing Flora….like I said…just like old times.
Yeah it took almost 300 views before a Russell comment trickled in….that does not happen very often…so thanks for getting the ball running. So you have a Russell video coming too…..very cool. I was shocked that I was able to get box office on every single movie she made.
Yep interesting fact….is just for Bob…so far he has not bitten on that hook….lol. But I got lots of time…lol.
Yep the Golden Globe people loved her….a perfect 5 for 5. I think it is safe to say that her career is very much under appreciated. Look forward to your upcoming video.