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.
Known For
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- 2023 · what would you do without me? as
- 2019 · In Full Swing as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2017 · Fred Astaire donne le 'la' as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self (archive)
- 2007 · Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm as Various / Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · "All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After as Archive Footage
- 2006 · Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1991 · Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... as Self
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood as Self
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985 · George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self
- 1985 · The Purple Rose of Cairo as Dale Tremont (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1985 · That's Dancing! as
- 1984 · Glitter as Margaret Davis
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1982 · Hotel as Natalie Trent
- 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Stella Logan
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
- 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1968 · Here's Lucy as Ginger Rogers
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1965 · Harlow as Mama Jean Bello
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1965 · Cinderella as Queen
- 1964 · The Confession as Madame Rinaldi
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Kay Neilson
- 1957 · Oh, Men! Oh, Women! as Mildred Turner
- 1956 · Teenage Rebel as Nancy Fallon
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · The First Traveling Saleslady as Rose Gillray
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - SInger
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self
- 1955 · Tight Spot as Sherry Conley
- 1954 · Black Widow as Carlotta Marin
- 1954 · Beautiful Stranger as Johnny Victor
- 1953 · Forever Female as Beatrice Page
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Monkey Business as Edwina Fulton
- 1952 · Dreamboat as Gloria Marlowe
- 1952 · We're Not Married! as Ramona Gladwyn
- 1951 · The Groom Wore Spurs as AJ Furnival
- 1951 · Storm Warning as Marsha Mitchell
- 1950 · The Jack Benny Program as Ginger Rogers
- 1950 · Perfect Strangers as Terry Scott
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 1949 · The Barkleys of Broadway as Dinah Barkley
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Singer
- 1947 · It Had to Be You as Victoria Stafford
- 1946 · Magnificent Doll as Dolly Madison
- 1946 · Heartbeat as Arlette Lafron
- 1945 · George White's Scandals as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1945 · Week-End at the Waldorf as Irene Malvern
- 1944 · I'll Be Seeing You as Mary Marshall
- 1944 · Tender Comrade as Jo Jones
- 1944 · Lady in the Dark as Liza Elliott
- 1943 · Show-Business at War as Self
- 1942 · Once Upon a Honeymoon as Katherine Butt-Smith
- 1942 · The Major and the Minor as Susan Applegate
- 1942 · Tales of Manhattan as Diane
- 1942 · Roxie Hart as Roxie Hart
- 1941 · Tom, Dick and Harry as Janie
- 1940 · Kitty Foyle as Kitty Foyle
- 1940 · Lucky Partners as Jean Newton
- 1940 · Primrose Path as Ellie May Adams
- 1939 · 5th Ave Girl as Mary Grey
- 1939 · Bachelor Mother as Polly Parrish
- 1939 · The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Irene Castle
- 1938 · Carefree as Amanda Cooper
- 1938 · Having Wonderful Time as Teddy Shaw
- 1938 · Vivacious Lady as Francey
- 1937 · Stage Door as Jean Maitland
- 1937 · Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 as Self (uncredited)
- 1937 · Shall We Dance as Linda Keene
- 1936 · Swing Time as Penny Carrol
- 1936 · Follow the Fleet as Sherry Martin
- 1935 · In Person as Carol Corliss
- 1935 · Top Hat as Dale Tremont
- 1935 · Star of Midnight as Donna Mantin
- 1935 · Roberta as Comtesse Scharwenka
- 1935 · Romance in Manhattan as Sylvia Dennis
- 1934 · The Gay Divorcee as Mimi Glossop
- 1934 · Twenty Million Sweethearts as Peggy Cornell
- 1934 · Change of Heart as Madge Rountree
- 1934 · Finishing School as Pony
- 1934 · Upperworld as Lilly Linda
- 1934 · Hollywood Newsreel as Self
- 1933 · Flying Down to Rio as Honey Hale
- 1933 · Sitting Pretty as Dorothy
- 1933 · Chance at Heaven as Marge Harris
- 1933 · Rafter Romance as Mary
- 1933 · A Shriek in the Night as Pat Morgan
- 1933 · Don't Bet on Love as Molly Gilbert
- 1933 · Professional Sweetheart as Glory Eden
- 1933 · Gold Diggers of 1933 as Fay Fortune
- 1933 · 42nd Street as Ann Lowell
- 1933 · Broadway Bad as Flip Daly
- 1932 · You Said a Mouthful as Alice Brandon
- 1932 · Hat Check Girl as Jessie King
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 as Self
- 1932 · The Thirteenth Guest as Lela / Marie Morgan
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade as Self
- 1932 · The Tenderfoot as Ruth Weston
- 1932 · Carnival Boat as Honey
- 1931 · Suicide Fleet as Sally
- 1931 · The Tip-Off as Baby Face
- 1931 · Honor Among Lovers as Doris Brown
- 1930 · Follow the Leader as Mary Brennan
- 1930 · Office Blues as Miss Gravis
- 1930 · Queen High as Polly Rockwell
- 1930 · The Sap from Syracuse as Ellen Saunders
- 1930 · Young Man of Manhattan as Puff Randolph
- 1930 · Campus Sweethearts as
- 1930 · A Night in a Dormitory as Ginger Rogers
- 1929 · A Day of a Man of Affairs as