Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She had a prolific career in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the twentieth century. She made a total of 73 films, notably ten revolutionary musical films where she performed as Fred Astaire's partner. She also won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Kitty Foyle (1940). Rogers was a major movie star during the Golden Age of Hollywood and was ranked number 14 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of female stars of classic American cinema. After winning a 1925 Charleston dance contest that launched a successful vaudeville career, she gained recognition as a Broadway actress for her stage debut in Girl Crazy. This led to a contract with Paramount Pictures, which ended after five films. Rogers had her first successful film roles in 42nd Street (1933) and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933). Subsequently, Rogers' nine films with Fred Astaire gave RKO Pictures some of its biggest successes, most notably The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), and Swing Time (1936). But after two commercial failures with Astaire, she branched out into dramatic and comedy films. Her acting was well received by critics and audiences, and she became one of the biggest box-office draws and highest paid actresses of the 1940s. Rogers' popularity peaked by the end of the decade. She reunited with Astaire in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), which was her last commercial success. Experiencing constant lack on success in the 1950s, she returned to Broadway the next decade when she played the lead role in Hello, Dolly!. More Broadway roles followed, along with her stage directorial debut in 1985 of an off-Broadway production of Babes in Arms. She also made television acting appearances until 1987. She died of a heart attack in 1995, at age 83.
Filmography
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
as Self (archive footage)
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Archive Footage
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
as Archive Footage
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
The Casting Couch
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
Mondo Hollywood
Harlow
as Mama Jean
Harlow
as Mama Jean
Cinderella
as Queen
Cinderella
as Queen
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Mildred Turner
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Mildred Turner
Teenage Rebel
as Nancy Fallon
Teenage Rebel
as Nancy Fallon
The First Traveling Saleslady
as Rose Gillray
The First Traveling Saleslady
as Rose Gillray
Tight Spot
as Sherry Conley
Tight Spot
as Sherry Conley
Black Widow
as Carlotta Marin
Black Widow
as Carlotta Marin
Beautiful Stranger
as Johnny Victor
Beautiful Stranger
as Johnny Victor
Forever Female
as Beatrice Page
Forever Female
as Beatrice Page
Monkey Business
as Edwina Fulton
Monkey Business
as Edwina Fulton
Dreamboat
as Gloria Marlowe
Dreamboat
as Gloria Marlowe
We're Not Married!
as Ramona Gladwyn
We're Not Married!
as Ramona Gladwyn
The Groom Wore Spurs
as AJ Furnival
The Groom Wore Spurs
as AJ Furnival
Storm Warning
as Marsha Mitchell
Storm Warning
as Marsha Mitchell
Perfect Strangers
as Terry Scott
Perfect Strangers
as Terry Scott
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Dinah Barkley
The Barkleys of Broadway
as Dinah Barkley
It Had to Be You
as Victoria Stafford
It Had to Be You
as Victoria Stafford
Magnificent Doll
as Dolly Madison
Magnificent Doll
as Dolly Madison
Heartbeat
as Arlette Lafron
Heartbeat
as Arlette Lafron
George White's Scandals
as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Irene Malvern
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Irene Malvern
I'll Be Seeing You
as Mary Marshall
I'll Be Seeing You
as Mary Marshall
Tender Comrade
as Jo Jones
Tender Comrade
as Jo Jones
Lady in the Dark
as Liza Elliott
Lady in the Dark
as Liza Elliott
Show-Business at War
as Self
Show-Business at War
as Self
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Katherine Butt-Smith
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Katherine Butt-Smith
The Major and the Minor
as Susan Applegate
The Major and the Minor
as Susan Applegate
Tales of Manhattan
as Diane
Tales of Manhattan
as Diane
Roxie Hart
as Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart
as Roxie Hart
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Janie
Tom, Dick and Harry
as Janie
Kitty Foyle
as Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle
as Kitty Foyle
Lucky Partners
as Jean Newton
Lucky Partners
as Jean Newton
Primrose Path
as Ellie May Adams
Primrose Path
as Ellie May Adams
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Mary Grey
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Mary Grey
Bachelor Mother
as Polly Parrish
Bachelor Mother
as Polly Parrish
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Irene Castle
Carefree
as Amanda Cooper
Carefree
as Amanda Cooper
Having Wonderful Time
as Teddy Shaw
Having Wonderful Time
as Teddy Shaw
Vivacious Lady
as Francey
Vivacious Lady
as Francey
Stage Door
as Jean Maitland
Stage Door
as Jean Maitland
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
as Self (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
as Linda Keene
Shall We Dance
as Linda Keene
Swing Time
as Penny Carrol
Swing Time
as Penny Carrol
Follow the Fleet
as Sherry Martin
Follow the Fleet
as Sherry Martin
In Person
as Carol Corliss
In Person
as Carol Corliss
Top Hat
as Dale Tremont
Top Hat
as Dale Tremont
Star of Midnight
as Donna Mantin
Star of Midnight
as Donna Mantin
Roberta
as Scharwenka
Roberta
as Scharwenka
The Gay Divorcee
as Mimi Glossop
The Gay Divorcee
as Mimi Glossop
Change of Heart
as Madge Rountree
Change of Heart
as Madge Rountree
Finishing School
as Pony
Finishing School
as Pony
Hollywood Newsreel
as Self
Hollywood Newsreel
as Self
Flying Down to Rio
as Honey Hale
Flying Down to Rio
as Honey Hale
Rafter Romance
as Mary
Rafter Romance
as Mary
Don't Bet on Love
as Molly Gilbert
Don't Bet on Love
as Molly Gilbert
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Fay
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Fay
42nd Street
as Ann
42nd Street
as Ann
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self
The Tenderfoot
as Ruth Weston
The Tenderfoot
as Ruth Weston
Carnival Boat
as Honey
Carnival Boat
as Honey
Suicide Fleet
as Sally
Suicide Fleet
as Sally
The Tip-Off
as Baby Face
The Tip-Off
as Baby Face
Follow the Leader
as Mary Brennan
Follow the Leader
as Mary Brennan
Queen High
as Polly Rockwell
Queen High
as Polly Rockwell
The Sap from Syracuse
as Ellen Saunders
The Sap from Syracuse
as Ellen Saunders
Young Man of Manhattan
as Puff Randolph
Young Man of Manhattan
as Puff Randolph
A Night in a Dormitory
as Ginger Rogers
A Night in a Dormitory
as Ginger Rogers
A Day of a Man of Affairs
A Day of a Man of Affairs