Rosalind Russell (born June 4, 1907 - died November 28, 1976) was an American actress who acted in lots of stage plays and many movies. She played a fast talking newspaper reporter in the 1940 screwball movie "His Girl Friday" and Mame Dennis in the movie "Auntie Mame". Russell was born in Connecticut. She died from breast cancer at age sixty-nine in Beverly Hills, California.