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