Editing Rosalind Russell (section)

==Personal life==
On October 25, 1941, Russell married Danish-American producer Frederick Brisson (1912–1984), son of actor [[Carl Brisson]].<ref>{{cite magazine|date=November 10, 1941|title=People|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|Life]]|page=51|issn=0024-3019}}</ref> [[Cary Grant]] was responsible for the couple having met and was the best man at Frederick and Rosalind's wedding. Brisson had been traveling from England to the United States by ship in 1939, and ''The Women'' was playing on an endless loop during the voyage. After hearing the audio for the film day after day while traveling, Brisson decided he had better sit down and watch the whole film. He became so enamored with Russell's performance as Sylvia Fowler that he turned to his friends and proclaimed: "I'm either gonna kill that girl, or I'm gonna marry her."<ref name="auto">{{cite book|title=Life Is a Banquet|url=https://archive.org/details/lifeisbanquet00russ|url-access=registration|last=Russell|first=Rosalind|author2=Chase, Chris |year=1977|publisher=Random House|location=New York|isbn=978-0-394-42134-6|oclc=3017310}}</ref>

Brisson stayed with Cary Grant in his guest house while Grant was filming ''His Girl Friday''. Upon hearing that Grant was making the movie with Russell, Brisson asked his friend if he could meet her.<ref name="auto"/> Cary Grant then spent weeks greeting Russell each morning on set with the question "Have you met Freddie Brisson?" in an effort to pique the actress's curiosity. One night, when Russell opened her door to let Grant in before they went dancing, as they often did, she found him standing next to a stranger. Grant sheepishly explained that the odd fellow was Freddie Brisson, the man whom he had mentioned so often, and they set off for dinner, with Freddie in tow.

Russell and Brisson were married for 35 years, until her death. They had one child in 1943, a son, Carl Lance Brisson.<ref name="biodata"/><ref name=sarvady>{{cite book|last1=Sarvady|first1=Andrea|last2=Miller|first2=Frank|title=Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era|year=2006|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=0-8118-5248-2|page=169}}</ref>

Russell was a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] who supported [[Richard Nixon 1960 presidential campaign|Richard Nixon's 1960 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txM4Y1NO3u8C&dq=rosalind+russell+republican&pg=PA355|title=Freedom of Communications: The joint appearances of Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon and other 1960 campaign presentations|first=United States Congress Senate Committee on|last=Commerce|date=July 5, 1961|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Russell was a devout [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodshepherdbh.org/a-city-on-a-hill/our-history/|title=Our History |website=Church of the Good Shepherd}}</ref>