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Ginger Rogers
Actor
Born July 16, 1911Died April 25, 1995 (83 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2022 | Moonage Daydream · as Dale Tremont |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as (segment "cinéma De Boulevard") |
| 2006 | Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm · as Various / Self (archive Footage) |
| 2003 | The Dreamers · as Dale Tremont |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
| 1999 | The Green Mile · as Actress In 'top Hat' |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as Francey Morgan (clip From Vivacious Lady (1938)) |
| 1985 | Cocoon · as Character In Film Clip From 'the Gay Divorcee' |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo · as Dale Tremont |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Glitter (TV Series) · as Margaret Davis |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) · as Natalie Trent |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actress - 'monkey Business' |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Stella Logan |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! · as (archive Footage) |
| 1965 | Harlow · as Mama Jean Bello |
| 1965 | Cinderella · as Queen |
| 1964 | The Confession · as Madame Rinaldi |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Kay Neilson |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! · as Mildred Turner |
| 1956 | Teenage Rebel · as Nancy Fallon |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) · as Angie Cartwright |
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady · as Rose Gillray |
| 1955 | Tight Spot · as Sherry Conley |
| 1955 | The $64, 000 Question (TV Series) · as Substitute Host |
| 1954 | Black Widow · as Carlotta Marin |
| 1954 | Twist of Fate · as Johnny Victor |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase (TV Series) · as (segment 'red Peppers) (segment Still Life) (segment Shadow Play') |
| 1953 | Forever Female · as Beatrice Page |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! · as Ramona Gladwyn |
| 1952 | Monkey Business · as Edwina Fulton |
| 1952 | Dreamboat · as Gloria Marlowe |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs · as Aj Furnival |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cavendish |
| 1950 | Storm Warning · as Marsha Mitchell |
| 1950 | Perfect Strangers · as Terry Scott |
| 1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway · as Dinah Barkley |
| 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 | Lady in the Dark · as Liza Elliott |
| 1943 | Tender Comrade · as Jo Jones |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor · as Susan Applegate |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon · as Katherine Butt-Smith |
| 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 | Fifth Avenue 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 | Vivacious Lady · as Francey |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time · as Teddy Shaw |
| 1937 | Stage Door · as Jean Maitland |
| 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 |
| 1934 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 · as Fay |
| 1933 | 42nd Street · as Ann |
| 1933 | Broadway Bad · as Flip Daly |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful · as Alice Brandon |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot · as Ruth Weston |
| 1932 | Hat Check Girl · as Jessie King |
| 1932 | The Thirteenth Guest · as Lela / Marie Morgan |
| 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 | Queen High · as Polly Rockwell |
| 1930 | The Sap from Syracuse · as Ellen Saunders |
| 1930 | Young Man of Manhattan · as Puff Randolph |