Ginger Rogers
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1911-07-16
- Died
- 1995-04-25
- Place of birth
- Independence, Missouri, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Stella Logan
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Helen
Omnibus
1967
as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self / Self - Panelist
Tony Awards
1956
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self / Self - SInger
Here's Lucy
1968
as Ginger Rogers
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Angie Cartwright
Hotel
1982
as Natalie Trent
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Ginger Rogers
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Kay Neilson
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood '84
1984
as Self
Glitter
1984
as Margaret Davis
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
as Self
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
as Self
The David Frost Show
1969
Movies (115)
Black Widow
1954
as Carlotta Marin
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Nancy Fallon
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Kitty Foyle
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Glory
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Self
Monkey Business
1952
as Edwina Fulton
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Francey
Cinderella
1965
as Queen
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Roxie Hart
1942
as Roxie Hart
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Tender Comrade
1944
as Jo Jones
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Marge Harris
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
as Mary Grey
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Fay
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Gay Divorcee
1934
as Mimi Glossop
Top Hat
1935
as Dale Tremont
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Stage Door
1937
as Jean Maitland
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
We're Not Married!
1952
as Ramona Gladwyn
Campus Sweethearts
1930
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Honey Hale
That's Dancing!
1985
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Mildred Turner
Swing Time
1936
as Penny Carrol
In Person
1935
as Carol Corliss
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Susan Applegate
Quick, Let's Get Married
1964
as Madame Rinaldi
42nd Street
1933
as Ann
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Dinah Barkley
The Casting Couch
1995
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Shall We Dance
1937
as Linda Keene
Primrose Path
1940
as Ellie May Adams
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Diane
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Storm Warning
1951
as Marsha Mitchell
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Mary Marshall
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Irene Malvern
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Janie
Beautiful Stranger
1954
as Johnny Victor
Finishing School
1934
as Pony
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Carefree
1938
as Amanda Cooper
Heartbeat
1946
as Arlette Lafron
It Had to Be You
1947
as Victoria Stafford
Star of Midnight
1935
as Donna Mantin
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Sherry Martin
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Change of Heart
1934
as Madge Rountree
Office Blues
1930
as Miss Gravis
Perfect Strangers
1950
as Terry Scott
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
as AJ Furnival
Tight Spot
1955
as Sherry Conley
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Teddy Shaw
Roberta
1935
as Scharwenka
Forever Female
1953
as Beatrice Page
The Tip-Off
1931
as Baby Face
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Rafter Romance
1933
as Mary
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Doris Brown
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Peggy Cornell
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Lela / Marie Morgan
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Irene Castle
You Said a Mouthful
1932
as Alice Brandon
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Mondo Hollywood
1967
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Polly Parrish
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Dolly Madison
Lady in the Dark
1944
as Liza Elliott
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
Dreamboat
1952
as Gloria Marlowe
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Katherine Butt-Smith
Harlow
1965
as Mama Jean
Sitting Pretty
1933
as Dorothy
Lucky Partners
1940
as Jean Newton
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Hat Check Girl
1932
as Jessie King
Romance in Manhattan
1934
as Sylvia Dennis
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006
as Various / Self (archive footage)
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Sally
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Pat Morgan
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956
as Rose Gillray
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
1945
as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932
as Self
Young Man of Manhattan
1930
as Puff Randolph
Follow the Leader
1930
as Mary Brennan
Upperworld
1934
as Lilly Linda
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006
as Archive Footage
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway Bad
1933
as Flip Daly
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Bet on Love
1933
as Molly Gilbert
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
as Self (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
The Sap from Syracuse
1930
as Ellen Saunders
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Carnival Boat
1932
as Honey
The Tenderfoot
1932
as Ruth Weston
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
as Self (archive footage)
A Day of a Man of Affairs
1929
Queen High
1930
as Polly Rockwell
A Night in a Dormitory
1930
as Ginger Rogers
About Ginger Rogers
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 Star… With 145 credits spanning from 1929 to 2017, Ginger Rogers has appeared in 115 films and 30 TV shows.
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- Black Widow (1954) — as Carlotta Marin
- Teenage Rebel (1956) — as Nancy Fallon
- Kitty Foyle (1940) — as Kitty Foyle
- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Professional Sweetheart (1933) — as Glory
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