Ginger Rogers
Acting
- Born:
- 1911-07-16
- Died:
- 1995-04-25
- Place of birth:
- Independence, Missouri, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
Talking Pictures
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
Complicated Women
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Casting Couch
That's Entertainment! III
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Night of 100 Stars II
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
That's Dancing!
Hollywood '84
Glitter
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Hotel
Night of 100 Stars
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Love Boat
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
That's Entertainment, Part II
Hooray for Hollywood
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
That's Entertainment!
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Great Performances
Brasileiros em Hollywood
The David Frost Show
Here's Lucy
The Dick Cavett Show
Omnibus
Mondo Hollywood
Harlow
Cinderella
The Hollywood Palace
Quick, Let's Get Married
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Vacation Playhouse
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Teenage Rebel
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The First Traveling Saleslady
The Steve Allen Show
Tony Awards
Tight Spot
Black Widow
Beautiful Stranger
Forever Female
The Oscars
Monkey Business
Dreamboat
We're Not Married!
The Groom Wore Spurs
Storm Warning
The Jack Benny Program
Perfect Strangers
What's My Line?
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Ed Sullivan Show
It Had to Be You
Magnificent Doll
Heartbeat
George White's Scandals
Week-End at the Waldorf
I'll Be Seeing You
Tender Comrade
Lady in the Dark
Show-Business at War
Once Upon a Honeymoon
The Major and the Minor
Tales of Manhattan
Roxie Hart
Tom, Dick and Harry
Kitty Foyle
Lucky Partners
Primrose Path
Fifth Avenue Girl
Bachelor Mother
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Carefree
Having Wonderful Time
Vivacious Lady
Stage Door
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
Shall We Dance
Swing Time
Follow the Fleet
In Person
Top Hat
Star of Midnight
Roberta
Romance in Manhattan
The Gay Divorcee
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Change of Heart
Finishing School
Upperworld
Hollywood Newsreel
Flying Down to Rio
Sitting Pretty
Chance at Heaven
Rafter Romance
A Shriek in the Night
Don't Bet on Love
Professional Sweetheart
Gold Diggers of 1933
42nd Street
Broadway Bad
You Said a Mouthful
Hat Check Girl
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
The Thirteenth Guest
Hollywood on Parade
The Tenderfoot
Carnival Boat
Suicide Fleet
The Tip-Off
Honor Among Lovers
Follow the Leader
Office Blues
Queen High
The Sap from Syracuse
Young Man of Manhattan
Campus Sweethearts
A Night in a Dormitory
A Day of a Man of Affairs