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