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