Ginger Rogers

Acting · 1.5 popularity

Age

115

Movies

115

Born: July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995
From: 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.

Works

115 films

Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil

201410.0

Top Hat

19357.3

Cinderella

19656.5

42nd Street

19336.9

Kitty Foyle

19406.6

Monkey Business

19526.7

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

19876.0

Black Widow

19546.4

The Gay Divorcee

19346.9

Storm Warning

19516.7

That's Entertainment! III

19947.0

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Swing Time

19366.8

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Stage Door

19377.1

Gold Diggers of 1933

19337.2

Brasileiros em Hollywood

1970

Shall We Dance

19377.3

Complicated Women

20036.9

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

20097.5

Hollywood Newsreel

19347.0

Roxie Hart

19427.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

19876.5

Teenage Rebel

19567.0

Vivacious Lady

19387.0

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Fifth Avenue Girl

19397.0

Professional Sweetheart

19336.0

The Barkleys of Broadway

19496.9

The Major and the Minor

19427.1

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Night of 100 Stars

19825.8

We're Not Married!

19525.9

Carefree

19386.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Finishing School

19346.2

The First Traveling Saleslady

19565.6

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

Once Upon a Honeymoon

19426.3

The Casting Couch

19958.3

In Person

19356.8

Dreamboat

19526.1

Follow the Fleet

19366.9

Going Hollywood: The '30s

19849.0

Quick, Let's Get Married

19643.5

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

19727.3

Flying Down to Rio

19336.3

Tales of Manhattan

19426.4

I'll Be Seeing You

19446.9

It Had to Be You

19477.8

Forever Female

19536.9

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

19397.0

Fred Astaire donne le 'la'

2017

Roberta

19357.1

Primrose Path

19406.7

Hooray for Hollywood

19768.0

Perfect Strangers

19506.0

Beautiful Stranger

19545.2

Tender Comrade

19445.7

Chance at Heaven

19335.8

Hat Check Girl

19327.5

Bachelor Mother

19397.2

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

19999.0

Tight Spot

19556.5

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

19324.0

Week-End at the Waldorf

19456.4

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

19855.8

Heartbeat

19465.2

Mondo Hollywood

19676.7

Tom, Dick and Harry

19416.0

Office Blues

19306.3

Lucky Partners

19406.1

The Sap from Syracuse

19305.5

Show-Business at War

19437.0

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

19576.2

Magnificent Doll

19466.1

Having Wonderful Time

19384.9

The Tip-Off

19316.0

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

19886.0

Rafter Romance

19336.8

Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

19375.0

Hollywood on Parade

19326.5

Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm

20066.5

Harlow

19654.7

Change of Heart

19346.3

Young Man of Manhattan

19306.2

Suicide Fleet

19315.0

Campus Sweethearts

193010.0

Star of Midnight

19355.9

The Thirteenth Guest

19325.2

Twenty Million Sweethearts

19346.6

Lady in the Dark

19444.7

Sitting Pretty

19338.0

Upperworld

19346.1

Follow the Leader

19304.9

Romance in Manhattan

19347.8

Carnival Boat

19325.5

You Said a Mouthful

19325.8

Queen High

19306.5

A Shriek in the Night

19335.2

The Tenderfoot

19327.5

George White's Scandals

19456.5

Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook

2010

The Groom Wore Spurs

19515.0

Broadway Bad

19335.3

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

20064.9

A Night in a Dormitory

19305.4

Honor Among Lovers

19315.9

Don't Bet on Love

19338.0

A Day of a Man of Affairs

19299.0

Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again

200510.0

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

2007

"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After

2006