Roz Russell on "What's my line."

[rrbond07]

You certainly don't see these kinds of actors and actresses anymore.

[libearian]

Roz was a riot!

[BillyDoll9]

Auntie Mame was the firstm time I saw her, I have watched it many times. She is Mame, Lucill Ball did it sweetly too, But R. WAS MAME!!

[sandycheeks0345]

She is so cool!

[windstorm1000]

Roz--a class act, and funny to boot.

[windstorm1000]

I think many will agree that this is the best all round WML episode--hilariously funny.

[19ccj65]

What a fantastic clip!

[Tsarevna303]

COTFL! (Crying on the Floor Laughing) XD

[ThomasDeLello]

Bennett Smurf...

[saminnyc]

Auntie Mame! Love her.

[MGG75]

I love this clip, but the quality of the clip is not quality, sound-wise. Is there anyway for a better sounding clip, I can barely hear it, and I have the sound at the highest point! :<

[hmaltravers]

I loved Roz Russell. She was brilliant.

[laurenguthrie85]

I crack up every time I see this. I love Roz, she's so funny.

[sbasx1]

Fuuuuunnnnyyyy!

[quizmaster85]

DK: "Have you ever played the leading man?"

RR: "Yes!"

Classic!

[GeoStrum3]

How nice it is to see all these "dead" stars again.

[calihartley2010]

Even Dorothy thought she was Lucy when she asked if she had a child within the last year.

[windstorm1000]

I think this the best WML episode of all time. Ms. Russell is easily the funniest guest--love the repeated"Yeah, sure" or "You said it". And naive Dorothy makes a perfect foil for Ms. Russell's zaniness, ie "Have you ever been a leading man?" Ms. Killgallen is not on the ball--but that adds to the howling humor here.

[modernpirates]

I had tears from laughing so hard, I love Rosalind!

[tousamis1]

I just love it ! Stars used to know how to have fun then !

[EandMetal]

She's in her mid-forties in this video but she looks younger. I think it's because she's playful, smart and young at heart; she has such a gleeful mischievous face, like she's dreaming up pranks all the time. She was great in His Girl Friday :)

[oreokittykittencat]

I haven't laughed so hard in a week. :'D

[JubalCalif]

What a charming clip! The late great Ms Russell was SUCH a gifted performer....equally at home in comedy & drama. She's hilarious here....she must have had a delightful sense of humor! One of the GREATS of Hollywood & the stage! THANKS for posting this! :-)

[tomitstube]

the beautiful mrs. russell was 45 at the time.

[lorrainewands]

Superb comedienne! She was positively hilarious to watch. One of the few actresses who knew how to use her body to be funny, and not in an obscene way

[windstorm1000]

Roz is one of my fav's. Just saw Auntie Mame--she's fabulous. So funny, and could be touchingly dramatic too. Love the funny low voice! One of the best clips!! Dorothy is SO naive--ha!

[MARCBSTN]

I can watch this over and over and still enjoy it every time.

[chilvari]

Roz is just darling!

[StaunchComic]

I love ROZ!

So underrated she was great at everything she tried!

[sweetlorraine0]

I first saw Roz in The Women, and it was she who caught my eye and made me laugh so hard! Wonderful brilliant comedian and so lovely! :D

[peteo100]

If this is 1952 she would have been 45 years old, not far from 48.

[Issara98]

Classy, funny, smart and a great talent. Loved her!

[kw9920]

Humor, grace, class, sensitivity. That, and much more, is Rosalind Russell! We can all learn just by watching her.

[Shizalumni]

I love her!

[WBensburg]

Good Lord, who would dislike this?

[calihartley2010]

@WBensburg only fools would and we have two of them who dislike this. Shame on them.

[Stravinsky91]

@WBensburg Justin Beiber and Kristen Stewart-fans probably..

[python130]

Roz Russell great .....very entertaining!

[MrDasher01]

You can hear Johnny Olsen laugh at 1:42.

[kw9920]

I love her! So naturally sweet, funny and talented--a great lady!

[VTMCompany]

at about 4:37 i'm thinking bennett is thinking this is lucy after asking if her husband is a singer...

lucy did do this voice on her show around the same time, didn't she?

[jay230992]

This is my favorite What's The Line? bit yet! Love Roz

[seawaguy36]

An absolute Class Act!!! I love Roz!!! I agree with other posters. I wish we had the glamour and prestige today. Could you imagine Jessica Simpson or some other no talent doing this?

[WaitTillUCMySmile]

hilarious!!

[fisherman777]

One of the best!

[angeloflove]

at 4:42 the person ben thought it was was ava gardner... cause her husband at the time was frank sinatra

[sflachuck]

Love love love....

[rencossio]

this is simply hilarious ;-) love rosalind russell

[turntapzap]

Look how graceful and sophisticated!

[johnfd0210]

Whenever I really need a laugh, I watch this clip.

One of the best!!!

[AntaresCortinas]

@johnfd0210 @johnfd0210

watch also with Van Cliburn. fantastic!!!



[johnyzero2000]

Yeah sure!

[FrauleinSlim]

Happy birthday, Roz!

[italobambino43]

What an actress, she was one of the greats, made some of the most memorable screwball comedies ever.

[castalia60able]

Definitely one of the best actresses of our time.. I sure do miss her.. RIP.

[Jitpring]

@italobambino43 I just watched Auntie Mame last night. Wonderful!

[LuckyBlueEyez]

This cracks me up!

[zamusicza]

OH I just know if I had been alive at the time I could have been Roz's best friend!!! I love her.

[kristinsue21]

Russell is one of my favorite mystery challengers ever to appear on WML

[marienoreene]

LOL can you imagine dorothy thought roz was a man with that deep voice... haha... certainly one of the funniest episode of wml....

[dezinator]

She makes the FUNNIEST faces, she does!!

[Benyan1763]

She is one of the best!

[jamieh1974]

I love her face at 0:53

[annavissifan]

L E G E N D! She's incredible, just incredible!

Thank you for posting!

[Danimal77]

This is from January 4th, 1953.

[xander7ful]

This is one the best episodes because she was such a good sport and didn't betray her real voice much at all. Excellent!

[ClassicMovieClub]

that applause should be much louder - 1 of the best WML episodes - so brilliant!

[zamusicza]

@ClassicMovieClub that is the first thing that I thought.

[windstorm1000]

@ClassicMovieClub yah, what's with that anemic audience response. she's a big star--stage, screen, tv

[ClassicMovieClub]

@windstorm1000 one of my fav comic actors

[realmuscle19]

she's amazing!!!!

[pepsibookcat]

It's Mother Superior from The Trouble with Angels!!!

[nhbxxx]

@pepsibookcat YES! That is probably the first time I ever noticed her (when I was a child). Since then, of course, I have seen her in all her glory in "The Women" and many other films (there IS no other Auntie Mame!) What a funny woman, and a gorgeous brunette.

[lorrainewands]

@nhbxxx Russell is the ONLY reason I find The Women entertaining. She's absolute magic in that film.

[VadaMyrtle]

Rosalind Russell = Best Actress Evar

Praise Auntie Mame! <3

[1958louief]

Rosalind Russell was and will be my fav. ACTRESS of all time....

My Auntie Mame!!!!

[csf969]

Could you imagine trying to do this with TODAY'S celebrities?

With all the ego and contract negotiations and obnoxious behavior?

The first question would have to be "Were you arrested or divorced within the last year?"

Nothing like the glamour and elegance of old Hollywood....damn.

[johnyzero2000]

@csf969 Agreed these folks dripped with class! It would be fun to see What's My Line with today's celebs asking those crazy questions and see them humiliate themselves.

[jslasher1]

@csf969 Great blog. I could not have phrased it better myself.

[rosaf19]

@csf969 These old-time stars got divorced all the time, too, though. Myrna Loy and Bette Davis were both married four times.

[chilvari]

@csf969 It also wouldn't be the same because of pop music. Back then, it was all about film and theatre. Today's Hollywood stars are absurd but today's mainstream music stars are even worse. I wish this country still had it's charm and grace. The sad part about all of this is that future generations will most likely never know about what this country really was before it turned trashy.

[calihartley2010]

@chilvari Well said. I would have a beer with you. If you notice the liberals want all the trashy stuff out on the market and all the classy stuff is kept under wraps. This whole country was ruined by the pot smoking social justice liberals. They are not fit to be americans. Being an american to me was being classy and speaking well. Now to be an american means to be ghetto and trashy. Too bad future generations will think that we were all like that even though there are still few classy people.

[tousamis1]

@csf969

you are so right, today even little unknown TV reality show starlet would ask her 25 agents if she could even talk to someone on the phone. So snobbish ! those real stars knew how to be natural and fun ! Today we have no stars but only gold diggers.

[MARCBSTN]

her facial expressions are priceless ... what a legend.

[robjo1]

Love Roz!!!

[imanoldfatman]

Who was her husband at the time?

[schwani]

Frederick Brisson. (As she says on the programm) They were introduced by Cary Grant while thewy were filming "His girl Friday" married not too long afterwards (Grant was best man) and remained married until her death 34 years later.

[librarybob1958]

@schwani Brisson's less-than-flattering nickname was "The Lizard of Roz." They had one child, a son.

[rockgor]

Bennett Cerf was very sharp.  Also very rich.

Ros was in two of the funniest movies ever

made. The Women and Auntie Mame.

Tx 4 the post

[ClassicMovieClub]

that was so hilarous!!! ah Roz!

This and Lucy pretending to be an alien have to be the 2 funniest shows of WML and theres alot of them!

[classilyette]

amen to that!and I love Dorothy keeping on asking "HIM"about the radio!!!LOOOOL!

[rolex452]

What a beautiful, classy lady Ms. Russell was...she could easily have been a TV comdey star if she wanted to.

[VadaMyrtle]

Best WML episode ever. Arlene is my fave but Dorothy was absolutley hilarious thinking Rosalind Russell was a man. I would have died of embaressment.

[4MaryAnna]

Rosalind was great! Dorothy is ugly and doesn't have a chin ,Yuck

[Shanniquitie]

Dorothy was charming, intelligent and witty. Things you seem to lack ;-s

[4MaryAnna]

very ugly

[makovski]

This show needs to come back to TV

[rentatrip1]

Roz is & forever will be AUNTIE MAME

[Excalibur322]

'Let's see...' Marvelous!

[TheCinemaization]

She's really funny!

[MTPippin]

When stars were cool, marvelous, and real people. I dig this clip.

[sjpflute]

Yes, how right you are... but also, they were truly glamorous back then!

[hspolomo18]

"you said it" hahahahahah!!!!!

this is one of the funniest ones i've seen yet.

I love His Girl Friday. Classic.

[JerryLewisLover]

"Have you ever played a leading man?" ROFL! Gotta love Rosalind!

[chucknyc123]

I agree that this was from an age that no longer exists, and this clip had me laughing so hard tears were rolling down my face. She never won an Oscar for acting but whenever a movie of hers is on TCM I always Tyvo it. I think she did get some honorary award from the Academy for all her charitable work. Apparently she and her husband Freddie Bresson were absolutely beloved in Hollywood.

[tallpaul521]

Miss Russell received an honorary Oscar. Russell and husband Bresson were Hollywood royalty..and played matchmaker for Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra.

[SoundMindNBody]

Priceless reaction to "Are you under 48?" Loved Rosalind Russell as an actress and a humanitarian.

[starrbeatlesqueen]

Actually she was under 48 at the time. She was 45 years old.

[DebKerrGirl]

AHAHAHA is it a woman???? HAHA

[GEVMM]

This is one of the funniest segments on Whats my line?. Just great. 'Have you ever played a leading man?'. Also, I wanted to know what does Dorothy say at 3:06? when Bennet says he's sure the mystery guest is a man?

[guerilla1977]

she says: "go ahead, it could be anything." i suppose the laughs come from her use of the word "it".

[GEVMM]

Thank you! :)

[anglocub]

I loved Rosalind Russell, a great actress and a great lady.  Very funny. Thank you for posting.

[classilyette]

"let's see..""ahah!

and roz..hands off!by far one of the funniest ever!

[khtx]

That was funny!! When did she play a leading man?

[renofirvine]

i think she did in a play at an allgirl college

[DerAdventurer]

52!? OmGod, this is rare. First 5 years had only a few episodes saved, since they were filmed in kinescope, which contained some sort of material(*can't remember the name) quite valuable - as for many of recordings were destroyed.

[PutannaXXX]

Did you notice Steve put his glasses in front of his mask?

[harwetopa]

Evidently this was a gag he liked to pull on occasion: If you listen carefully you can hear him say, "Let's see...," just before the camera shot.

[harwetopa]

It struck me that In this clip Rosalind Russell bore a more-than- passing resemblance to Lucille Ball.

[leela145]

totally especially with the eye thing at 0:54 :)

[PutannaXXX]

It's those big MGM lips.

[moorlock2003]

Roz Russell - one of the great funny ladies of all time

[brianstillwater]

loved ms. russell

[DancingEwok]

"You said it" omg lol

[zgreggz82]

All the "rage at 48' when she was actually 45!

[zgreggz82]

Bennet Cert is too good.!

[Robert4770]

Only proves there are no stars anymore :(

[ladyvee7110]

I like how Steve Allen still had his glasses on over his blind fold.

[ladyvee7110]

"Have you ever played a leading man?" YEEEAH!

LOL! Roz is great.

[harwetopa]

Best line of the entire session.

[rexthebarker]

Is your husband a singer? Liars! They thought it was Debbie Reynolds.

Roz had them totally fooled!

[ijustwanttosing]

"Have you ever played leading man?" LOL

[Imthecuteone]

hahah i love Dorothy!! i like when she started to raise her voice asking if he had ever been on the radio..haha

[Muirmaiden]

Poor Dorothy, Roz really had her fooled. Roz was hilarious!

[NonStopRocker]

Isnt it amazing how man people that comment on youtube, are either related to, lived with, or knew all these famous people...hmmm...makes ya think doesnt it?

[Mike6E]

This is one of the vidoes that I can watch over and over again. Roz is so funny, especially when Dorothy thinks it is a man! One of my favorite WML clips, thanks for posting!

[bjnevin]

That Dorothy on the panelist- I've seen so many of these WML clips but she always seems a little sharp or sour...

[JoanCrawford1933]

"would you say your husband is primarilly a singer?"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" LMAO I LOVE ROSALIND RUSSELL

[tatyrules12]

HAHAH!

[hotgeorge44]

oh the good old days, when tv was actually funny!!

[kittyprison]

yeah good clean fun it's a shame that people have to go to such extremes to get a laugh

[Jirow71]

Rosalind Russell....Auntie Mame, a.k.a Mame Dennis Burnside, is one of the beloved literary figures of the 20th Century. She has been a gay icon ever since Patrick Denniss novel came out in 1955. Love Her...

[martinimerlin]

Roz gave legendary parties. My Dad went to several. Roz greeted you at the door with a drink. Aquavit in a tumbler with a round bottom..so you couldn't set it down. She made sure you had a few stiff drinks before you sat down to dinner.

[iheartpladypuses]

ROTFLMAO this is hilarious...absolutely love roz

[conther33]

When did she play a leading man? I want to see that

[squeegeebeckenhiem]

oh dear god

i. love. Roz.

[pjcgatsby]

she's refreshing, natural, classy and i loved her. her fake voice was a hoot. check out irene dunne's voice on what's my line also. it's as funny.

[kalindoscopy]

i agree that they're classier. BUT this is in no way reality. Everything is carefully orchestrated.

[hifithepanda]

LOL!

"Are you under 48?"

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!"

[kes1963]

probably the funniest disguised voices in the history of wml

[clarren0912]

Roz is soooooo funnie!!! luv her...she shld hav won the oscar for Auntie Mame (1958)

[xABitTooGorgeousx]

oh my betsy,BLESS HER SHES SO FUNNY!!

[Mimameior]

I laughed helplessly - she's great!

[12dave9]

I think this show is great but I think the panel already knows who the guest is..how do they always guess it!?..with so many stars in the hollywood and new york.Roz Russell was a great star and wonderful in the film 'Gypsy'.I 've always thought the actress Ruth Roman could have been her secret daughter becuase she looks and sounds so much like Russell.

[karalyeva1985]

They don't always guess it. The clips here are the most interesting ones, but there are even a few here where they don't guess correctly. Roz Russell is fantastic. She's so funny.

[TheThinWoman]

LOL "you said it." hahaha omg hiLArious

[galsnguns23]

oh my word!!! HILARIOUS!! I love it when Dorothy asks her age & Roz goes crazy! She is amazing!

[ClassicFilmFan]

Omgosh I love this show - every episode makes me smile/laugh! :D

[Robert4770]

What's My Line was in a class all its own. John and the panel made us feel like they were letting us into a private party for 30 minutes every week. Thanks God all of these shows survived.

[SHRINA17]

This is fantastic...priceless!!!

[cope1865]

Yes U R right the people now dress like slobs on TV and you notice the Men on WML always stand to greet and when people leave shaking hands.

[cope1865]

That's funny I just watched this same show too on GSN. Kinda addicted to it too. I like to see the old celebrities I saw Desi Arnez on a few nights ago. They don't make shows like this any more it's all reality tv shame!! huh??

[sonjaxfactor]

lol

[filmgirl3901]

This is sooo funny! Gotta love Roz Russell :)

[pinkchampaneandroses]

Roz Russell is so awesome!!