Cast

Ginger Rogers

Acting

Cast

Ginger Rogers

Known for

Acting

Born

1911-07-16

From

Independence, Missouri, USA

Died

1995-04-25

Also known as Virginia Katherine McMath

Biography

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.

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Biography

Black Widow

Teenage Rebel

Kitty Foyle

That's Entertainment!

Professional Sweetheart

Hollywood Newsreel

Monkey Business

Vivacious Lady

Cinderella

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil

Roxie Hart

That's Entertainment! III

Tender Comrade

Chance at Heaven

Fifth Avenue Girl

Gold Diggers of 1933

Night of 100 Stars II

The Gay Divorcee

Top Hat

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Stage Door

That's Entertainment, Part II

We're Not Married!

Campus Sweethearts

Flying Down to Rio

That's Dancing!

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Swing Time

In Person

Fred Astaire donne le 'la'

The Major and the Minor

Quick, Let's Get Married

42nd Street

The Barkleys of Broadway

The Casting Couch

Hooray for Hollywood

Shall We Dance

Primrose Path

Tales of Manhattan

Night of 100 Stars

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Storm Warning

I'll Be Seeing You

Week-End at the Waldorf

Tom, Dick and Harry

Beautiful Stranger

Finishing School

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Carefree

Heartbeat

It Had to Be You

Star of Midnight

Follow the Fleet

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Change of Heart

Office Blues

Perfect Strangers

The Groom Wore Spurs

Tight Spot

Having Wonderful Time

Roberta

Forever Female

The Tip-Off

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Complicated Women

Rafter Romance

Show-Business at War

Honor Among Lovers

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Twenty Million Sweethearts

The Thirteenth Guest

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

You Said a Mouthful

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Mondo Hollywood

Bachelor Mother