1911-07-16 Independence, Missouri, USA
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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Fred Astaire donne le 'la' | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-24 |
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Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil | Self (archive footage) | 2014-06-01 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook | Self (archive footage) | 2010-04-09 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive) | 2009-01-01 |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star | Self (archive footage) | 2007-02-20 |
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
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Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm | Various / Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-24 |
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"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After | Archive Footage | 2006-10-10 |
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again | Self (archive footage) | 2005-08-16 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | Self (Archival Footage) | 1999-07-20 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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That's Dancing! | 1985-01-18 | |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Hooray for Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 1976-01-01 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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Harlow | Mama Jean Bello | 1965-05-14 |
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Cinderella | Queen | 1965-02-22 |
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The Confession | Madame Rinaldi | 1964-05-22 |
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Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Mildred Turner | 1957-02-22 |
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Teenage Rebel | Nancy Fallon | 1956-11-01 |
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The First Traveling Saleslady | Rose Gillray | 1956-08-01 |
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Tight Spot | Sherry Conley | 1955-03-19 |
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Beautiful Stranger | Johnny Victor | 1954-07-13 |
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Black Widow | Carlotta Marin | 1954-10-28 |
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Forever Female | Beatrice Page | 1953-11-28 |
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Monkey Business | Edwina Fulton | 1952-09-03 |
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We're Not Married! | Ramona Gladwyn | 1952-07-11 |
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Dreamboat | Gloria Marlowe | 1952-07-26 |
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The Groom Wore Spurs | AJ Furnival | 1951-03-13 |
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Storm Warning | Marsha Mitchell | 1951-02-10 |
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Perfect Strangers | Terry Scott | 1950-03-11 |
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The Barkleys of Broadway | Dinah Barkley | 1949-05-04 |
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It Had to Be You | Victoria Stafford | 1947-12-07 |
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Heartbeat | Arlette Lafron | 1946-05-01 |
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Magnificent Doll | Dolly Madison | 1946-12-08 |
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George White's Scandals | Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1945-10-09 |
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Week-End at the Waldorf | Irene Malvern | 1945-10-04 |
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Tender Comrade | Jo Jones | 1944-05-30 |
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I'll Be Seeing You | Mary Marshall | 1944-12-31 |
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Lady in the Dark | Liza Elliott | 1944-02-10 |
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Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
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Once Upon a Honeymoon | Katherine Butt-Smith | 1942-11-27 |
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Roxie Hart | Roxie Hart | 1942-02-20 |
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Tales of Manhattan | Diane | 1942-08-05 |
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The Major and the Minor | Susan Applegate | 1942-09-16 |
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Tom, Dick and Harry | Janie | 1941-06-13 |
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Kitty Foyle | Kitty Foyle | 1940-12-27 |
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Primrose Path | Ellie May Adams | 1940-03-22 |
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Lucky Partners | Jean Newton | 1940-08-02 |
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Bachelor Mother | Polly Parrish | 1939-06-30 |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Irene Castle | 1939-03-29 |
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Fifth Avenue Girl | Mary Grey | 1939-09-22 |
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Carefree | Amanda Cooper | 1938-09-02 |
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Vivacious Lady | Francey | 1938-05-13 |
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Having Wonderful Time | Teddy Shaw | 1938-07-01 |
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Stage Door | Jean Maitland | 1937-10-08 |
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Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) | 1937-08-13 |
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Shall We Dance | Linda Keene | 1937-05-07 |
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Follow the Fleet | Sherry Martin | 1936-02-20 |
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Swing Time | Penny Carrol | 1936-08-28 |
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Top Hat | Dale Tremont | 1935-08-29 |
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Roberta | Comtesse Scharwenka | 1935-03-07 |
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In Person | Carol Corliss | 1935-11-22 |
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Star of Midnight | Donna Mantin | 1935-04-19 |
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Romance in Manhattan | Sylvia Dennis | 1935-01-11 |
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Upperworld | Lilly Linda | 1934-04-28 |
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Finishing School | Pony | 1934-05-04 |
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Hollywood Newsreel | Self | 1934-03-24 |
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The Gay Divorcee | Mimi Glossop | 1934-10-12 |
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Change of Heart | Madge Rountree | 1934-05-18 |
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Twenty Million Sweethearts | Peggy Cornell | 1934-05-26 |
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Rafter Romance | Mary | 1933-09-01 |
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Flying Down to Rio | Honey Hale | 1933-12-22 |
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Don't Bet on Love | Molly Gilbert | 1933-06-30 |
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Chance at Heaven | Marge Harris | 1933-10-27 |
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42nd Street | Ann Lowell | 1933-03-11 |
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Sitting Pretty | Dorothy | 1933-11-23 |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 | Fay Fortune | 1933-05-27 |
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A Shriek in the Night | Pat Morgan | 1933-07-22 |
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Broadway Bad | Flip Daly | 1933-02-24 |
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Professional Sweetheart | Glory Eden | 1933-06-09 |
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The Thirteenth Guest | Lela / Marie Morgan | 1932-08-09 |
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Hat Check Girl | Jessie King | 1932-10-08 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self | 1932-08-25 |
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Hollywood on Parade | Self | 1932-06-05 |
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You Said a Mouthful | Alice Brandon | 1932-11-18 |
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Carnival Boat | Honey | 1932-03-19 |
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The Tenderfoot | Ruth Weston | 1932-05-23 |
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Honor Among Lovers | Doris Brown | 1931-02-28 |
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Suicide Fleet | Sally | 1931-11-20 |
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The Tip-Off | Baby Face | 1931-10-16 |
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Young Man of Manhattan | Puff Randolph | 1930-04-19 |
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Office Blues | Miss Gravis | 1930-11-22 |
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Queen High | Polly Rockwell | 1930-08-23 |
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Follow the Leader | Mary Brennan | 1930-12-06 |
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A Night in a Dormitory | Ginger Rogers | 1930-01-05 |
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The Sap from Syracuse | Ellen Saunders | 1930-07-26 |
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Campus Sweethearts | 1930-03-09 | |
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A Day of a Man of Affairs | 1929-11-06 |
