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person_profile-Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers Died at age: 83

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ginger Rogers

Date of Birth:

Jul 16, 1911

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 25, 1995

Biography of

Ginger Rogers

    Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the twentieth century.

    During her long career, she made a total of 73 films and is noted for her role as Fred Astaire's partner in a series of ten musical films. She achieved great success in a variety of film roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle. 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 role as a supporting actress in 42nd Street.

    In the 1930s, Rogers' nine films with Fred Astaire gave RKO Pictures some of its biggest successes, most notably Top Hat and Swing Time. 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. Her performance in Kitty Foyle won her the Oscar for Best Actress.

    Rogers' popularity peaked by the end of the decade. She reunited with Astaire in 1949 in the commercially successful The Barkleys of Broadway. After an unsuccessful period in the 1950s, she returned to Broadway in 1965, playing 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. In 1992, Rogers was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors. She died of a heart attack in 1995, at age 83.

    Rogers is associated with the phrase "backwards and in high heels", which is attributed to Bob Thaves' Frank and Ernest 1982 cartoon with the caption "Sure he [Astaire] was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did...backwards and in high heels". This phrase is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Ann Richards, who used it in her keynote address to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.

    A Republican and a devout Christian Scientist, Rogers married five times with all of them ending in divorce, and having no children. During her long career, Rogers made 73 films, and her musical films with Astaire are credited with revolutionizing the genre. Rogers was a major movie star during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood and is often considered an American icon. She ranks number 14 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of female stars of classic American cinema. Her autobiography Ginger: My Story was published in 1991.

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Ginger Rogers

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Filmography of

Ginger Rogers

Found 97 Movies in total

In Full Swing

Self (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm

Various / Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2006

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

The Casting Couch

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1995

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1988

... 1987

... 1985

... 1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Dale Tremont (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1984

Night of 100 Stars

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Hooray for Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

Harlow

Mama Jean Bello ( Actor )

... 1965

The Love Goddesses

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

Cinderella

Queen ( Actor )

... 1965

The Confession

Madame Rinaldi ( Actor )

... 1964

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Mildred Turner ( Actor )

... 1957

Teenage Rebel

Nancy Fallon ( Actor )

... 1956

The First Traveling Saleslady

Rose Gillray ( Actor )

... 1956

Tight Spot

Sherry Conley ( Actor )

... 1955

Black Widow

Carlotta "Lottie" Marin ( Actor )

... 1954

Beautiful Stranger

Johnny Victor ( Actor )

... 1954

Forever Female

Beatrice Page ( Actor )

... 1953

Monkey Business

Edwina Fulton ( Actor )

... 1952

Dreamboat

Gloria Marlowe ( Actor )

... 1952

We're Not Married!

Ramona Gladwyn ( Actor )

... 1952

The Groom Wore Spurs

AJ Furnival ( Actor )

... 1951

Storm Warning

Marsha Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1951

Perfect Strangers

Terry Scott ( Actor )

... 1950

The Barkleys of Broadway

Dinah Barkley ( Actor )

... 1949

It Had to Be You

Victoria Stafford ( Actor )

... 1947

Magnificent Doll

Dolly Madison ( Actor )

... 1946

Heartbeat

Arlette Lafron ( Actor )

... 1946

George White's Scandals

Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Week-End at the Waldorf

Irene Malvern ( Actor )

... 1945

I'll Be Seeing You

Mary Marshall ( Actor )

... 1944

Tender Comrade

Jo Jones ( Actor )

... 1944

Lady in the Dark

Liza Elliott ( Actor )

... 1944

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Katherine Butt-Smith/Katie O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1942

The Major and the Minor

Susan Applegate ( Actor )

... 1942

Tales of Manhattan

Diane ( Actor )

... 1942

Roxie Hart

Roxie Hart ( Actor )

... 1942

Tom, Dick and Harry

Janie ( Actor )

... 1941

Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle ( Actor )

... 1940

Lucky Partners

Jean Newton ( Actor )

... 1940

Primrose Path

Ellie May Adams ( Actor )

... 1940

5th Ave Girl

Mary Grey ( Actor )

... 1939

Bachelor Mother

Polly Parrish ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Carefree

Amanda Cooper ( Actor )

... 1938

Having Wonderful Time

Teddy Shaw ( Actor )

... 1938

Vivacious Lady

Francey Brent ( Actor )

... 1938

Stage Door

Jean Maitland ( Actor )

... 1937

Shall We Dance

Linda Keene ( Actor )

... 1937

Swing Time

Penny Carrol ( Actor )

... 1936

Follow the Fleet

Sherry Martin ( Actor )

... 1936

In Person

Carol Corliss ( Actor )

... 1935

Top Hat

Dale Tremont ( Actor )

... 1935

Star of Midnight

Donna Mantin ( Actor )

... 1935

Roberta

Comtesse Scharwenka ( Actor )

... 1935

Romance in Manhattan

Sylvia Dennis ( Actor )

... 1935

The Gay Divorcee

Mimi Glossop ( Actor )

... 1934

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Peggy Cornell ( Actor )

... 1934

Change of Heart

Madge Rountree ( Actor )

... 1934

Finishing School

Cecilia "Pony" Ferris ( Actor )

... 1934

Upperworld

Lilly Linda ( Actor )

... 1934

Flying Down to Rio

Honey Hale ( Actor )

... 1933

Sitting Pretty

Dorothy ( Actor )

... 1933

Chance at Heaven

Marge Harris ( Actor )

... 1933

Rafter Romance

Mary ( Actor )

... 1933

A Shriek in the Night

Pat Morgan ( Actor )

... 1933

Don't Bet on Love

Molly Gilbert ( Actor )

... 1933

Professional Sweetheart

Glory Eden ( Actor )

... 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

Fay Fortune ( Actor )

... 1933

42nd Street

Ann Lowell ( Actor )

... 1933

Broadway Bad

Flip Daly ( Actor )

... 1933

You Said a Mouthful

Alice Brandon ( Actor )

... 1932

Hat Check Girl

Jessie King ( Actor )

... 1932

The Thirteenth Guest

Lela / Marie Morgan ( Actor )

... 1932

The Tenderfoot

Ruth Weston ( Actor )

... 1932

Carnival Boat

Honey ( Actor )

... 1932

Suicide Fleet

Sally ( Actor )

... 1931

The Tip-Off

Baby Face ( Actor )

... 1931

Honor Among Lovers

Doris Brown ( Actor )

... 1931

Follow the Leader

Mary Brennan ( Actor )

... 1930

Queen High

Polly Rockwell ( Actor )

... 1930

The Sap from Syracuse

Ellen Saunders ( Actor )

... 1930

Young Man of Manhattan

Puff Randolph ( Actor )

... 1930