Mourning Becomes Electra
Over the course of her career, Russell earned four Academy Award nominations for Best Actress: "My Sister Eileen" (1942); "Sister Kenny" (1946); "Mourning Becomes Electra" (1947); and "Auntie Mame" (1958), the film version of her Broadway comedy hit. She received a Special Academy Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, in 1972, which came with an Oscar statuette.