Uncommonly early 6.25 x 8.5-inch black and white portrait, boldly signed in black fountain pen at the very onset of her film career, around 1935. In good condition for its age. Four-time Oscar-nominated leading lady Rosalind Russell excelled at playing witty, stylish career women who were skilled in repartee. Her long list of classic credits includes The Casino Murder Case (1935), the thriller Night Must Fall (1937), The Women (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Mourning Becomes Electra (1948), Tell It to the Judge (1949), Picnic (1955), Auntie Mame (1958), Gypsy (1962), The Trouble with Angels (1966), and Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968). She was also a devout Roman Catholic and relentless humanitarian.

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