Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the twentieth century.
During her long career, she made a total of 73 films and is noted for her role as Fred Astaire's partner in a series of ten musical films. She achieved great success in a variety of film roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle. 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 role as a supporting actress in 42nd Street.
In the 1930s, Rogers' nine films with Fred Astaire gave RKO Pictures some of its biggest successes, most notably Top Hat and Swing Time. 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. Her performance in Kitty Foyle won her the Oscar for Best Actress.
Rogers' popularity peaked by the end of the decade. She reunited with Astaire in 1949 in the commercially successful The Barkleys of Broadway. After an unsuccessful period in the 1950s, she returned to Broadway in 1965, playing 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. In 1992, Rogers was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors. She died of a heart attack in 1995, at age 83.
Rogers is associated with the phrase "backwards and in high heels", which is attributed to Bob Thaves' Frank and Ernest 1982 cartoon with the caption "Sure he [Astaire] was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did...backwards and in high heels". This phrase is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Ann Richards, who used it in her keynote address to the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
A Republican and a devout Christian Scientist, Rogers married five times with all of them ending in divorce, and having no children. During her long career, Rogers made 73 films, and her musical films with Astaire are credited with revolutionizing the genre. Rogers was a major movie star during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood and is often considered an American icon. She ranks number 14 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of female stars of classic American cinema. Her autobiography Ginger: My Story was published in 1991.
Acted in
what would you do without me?
2023
In Full Swing
2019
as Self (Archive Footage)
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
2010
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive)
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006
as Various / Self (archive footage)
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006
as Archive Footage
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Dale Tremont (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
1985
Glitter
1984
as Margaret Davis
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Hotel
1982
as Natalie Trent
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Stella Logan
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Here's Lucy
1968
as Ginger Rogers
Harlow
1965
as Mama Jean Bello
The Love Goddesses
1965
as (archive footage)
Cinderella
1965
as Queen
The Confession
1964
as Madame Rinaldi
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Singer
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Kay Neilson
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Mildred Turner
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Nancy Fallon
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956
as Rose Gillray
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - SInger
Tony Awards
1956
as Self
Tight Spot
1955
as Sherry Conley
Black Widow
1954
as Carlotta Marin
Beautiful Stranger
1954
as Johnny Victor
Forever Female
1953
as Beatrice Page
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Monkey Business
1952
as Edwina Fulton
Dreamboat
1952
as Gloria Marlowe
We're Not Married!
1952
as Ramona Gladwyn
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
as AJ Furnival
Storm Warning
1951
as Marsha Mitchell
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Ginger Rogers
Perfect Strangers
1950
as Terry Scott
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Dinah Barkley
It Had to Be You
1947
as Victoria Stafford
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Dolly Madison
Heartbeat
1946
as Arlette Lafron
George White's Scandals
1945
as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Irene Malvern
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Mary Marshall
Tender Comrade
1944
as Jo Jones
Lady in the Dark
1944
as Liza Elliott
Show-Business at War
1943
as Self
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Katherine Butt-Smith
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Susan Applegate
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Diane
Roxie Hart
1942
as Roxie Hart
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Janie
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Kitty Foyle
Lucky Partners
1940
as Jean Newton
Primrose Path
1940
as Ellie May Adams
5th Ave Girl
1939
as Mary Grey
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Polly Parrish
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Irene Castle
Carefree
1938
as Amanda Cooper
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Teddy Shaw
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Francey
Stage Door
1937
as Jean Maitland
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
as Self (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
1937
as Linda Keene
Swing Time
1936
as Penny Carrol
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Sherry Martin
In Person
1935
as Carol Corliss
Top Hat
1935
as Dale Tremont
Star of Midnight
1935
as Donna Mantin
Roberta
1935
as Comtesse Scharwenka
Romance in Manhattan
1935
as Sylvia Dennis
The Gay Divorcee
1934
as Mimi Glossop
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Peggy Cornell
Change of Heart
1934
as Madge Rountree
Finishing School
1934
as Pony
Upperworld
1934
as Lilly Linda
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Self
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Honey Hale
Sitting Pretty
1933
as Dorothy
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Marge Harris
Rafter Romance
1933
as Mary
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Pat Morgan
Don't Bet on Love
1933
as Molly Gilbert
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Glory Eden
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Fay Fortune
42nd Street
1933
as Ann Lowell
Broadway Bad
1933
as Flip Daly
You Said a Mouthful
1932
as Alice Brandon
Hat Check Girl
1932
as Jessie King
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932
as Self
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Lela / Marie Morgan
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
The Tenderfoot
1932
as Ruth Weston
Carnival Boat
1932
as Honey
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Sally
The Tip-Off
1931
as Baby Face
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Doris Brown
Follow the Leader
1930
as Mary Brennan
Office Blues
1930
as Miss Gravis
Queen High
1930
as Polly Rockwell
The Sap from Syracuse
1930
as Ellen Saunders
Young Man of Manhattan
1930
as Puff Randolph
Campus Sweethearts
1930
A Night in a Dormitory
1930
as Ginger Rogers
A Day of a Man of Affairs
1929