Rosiland Russell leaves havoc in her wake/ Link

Read Jacqueline Lynch's detailed account (complete with newsreel screen shots) of Rosiland Russell's last visit to her prophetically named hometown, Waterbury, Connecticut just before it was deluged by swollen tributaries.


“Nineteen fifty-five was my year for attracting natural disasters,” quips Ms. Russell in her autobiography Life Is A Banquet.

It's one of those strange posts that I didn't know I wanted to read until after I had read it.

Read "Roz Russell's Waterbury Premiere" here.