Acting · Independence, Missouri, USA · Born July 16, 1911
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.
MovieFred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
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MovieSem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014
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TVTalking Pictures
2013
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MovieAstaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
2010
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Movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
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MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
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MovieBusby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
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MovieAstaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006
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Movie"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006
as Archive Footage
MovieGold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
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MovieComplicated Women
2003
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MovieHidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
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MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
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MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
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Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
1991
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MovieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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TVThe RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
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MovieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
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MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
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MovieGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
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MovieThat's Dancing!
1985
Hollywood '84
1984
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TVGlitter
1984
as Margaret Davis
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
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TVHotel
1982
as Natalie Trent
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
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TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Stella Logan
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
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MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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MovieHooray for Hollywood
1976
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MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
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MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
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TVThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
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TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
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MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
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TVGreat Performances
1971
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MovieBrasileiros em Hollywood
1970
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The David Frost Show
1969
TVHere's Lucy
1968
as Ginger Rogers
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
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TVOmnibus
1967
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MovieMondo Hollywood
1967
MovieHarlow
1965
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MovieCinderella
1965
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TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
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MovieQuick, Let's Get Married
1964
as Madame Rinaldi
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Helen
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
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MovieOh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Mildred Turner
MovieTeenage Rebel
1956
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TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
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TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
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MovieThe First Traveling Saleslady
1956
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TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
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TVTony Awards
1956
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MovieTight Spot
1955
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MovieBlack Widow
1954
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MovieBeautiful Stranger
1954
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MovieForever Female
1953
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TVThe Oscars
1953
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MovieMonkey Business
1952
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MovieDreamboat
1952
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MovieWe're Not Married!
1952
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MovieThe Groom Wore Spurs
1951
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MovieStorm Warning
1951
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TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Ginger Rogers
MoviePerfect Strangers
1950
as Terry Scott
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
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MovieThe Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Dinah Barkley
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
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MovieIt Had to Be You
1947
as Victoria Stafford
MovieMagnificent Doll
1946
as Dolly Madison
MovieHeartbeat
1946
as Arlette Lafron
MovieGeorge White's Scandals
1945
as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieWeek-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Irene Malvern
MovieI'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Mary Marshall
MovieTender Comrade
1944
as Jo Jones
MovieLady in the Dark
1944
as Liza Elliott
MovieShow-Business at War
1943
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MovieOnce Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Katherine Butt-Smith
MovieThe Major and the Minor
1942
as Susan Applegate
MovieTales of Manhattan
1942
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MovieRoxie Hart
1942
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MovieTom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Janie
MovieKitty Foyle
1940
as Kitty Foyle
MovieLucky Partners
1940
as Jean Newton
MoviePrimrose Path
1940
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MovieFifth Avenue Girl
1939
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MovieBachelor Mother
1939
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MovieThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
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MovieCarefree
1938
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MovieHaving Wonderful Time
1938
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MovieVivacious Lady
1938
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MovieStage Door
1937
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MovieScreen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
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MovieShall We Dance
1937
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MovieSwing Time
1936
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MovieFollow the Fleet
1936
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MovieIn Person
1935
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MovieTop Hat
1935
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MovieStar of Midnight
1935
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MovieRoberta
1935
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MovieRomance in Manhattan
1934
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MovieThe Gay Divorcee
1934
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MovieTwenty Million Sweethearts
1934
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MovieChange of Heart
1934
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MovieFinishing School
1934
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MovieUpperworld
1934
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Hollywood Newsreel
1934
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MovieFlying Down to Rio
1933
as Honey Hale
MovieSitting Pretty
1933
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MovieChance at Heaven
1933
as Marge Harris
MovieRafter Romance
1933
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MovieA Shriek in the Night
1933
as Pat Morgan
MovieDon't Bet on Love
1933
as Molly Gilbert
MovieProfessional Sweetheart
1933
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MovieGold Diggers of 1933
1933
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Movie42nd Street
1933
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MovieBroadway Bad
1933
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MovieYou Said a Mouthful
1932
as Alice Brandon
MovieHat Check Girl
1932
as Jessie King
MovieHollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932
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MovieThe Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Lela / Marie Morgan
MovieHollywood on Parade
1932
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MovieThe Tenderfoot
1932
as Ruth Weston
MovieCarnival Boat
1932
as Honey
MovieSuicide Fleet
1931
as Sally
MovieThe Tip-Off
1931
as Baby Face
MovieHonor Among Lovers
1931
as Doris Brown
MovieFollow the Leader
1930
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Office Blues
1930
as Miss Gravis
MovieQueen High
1930
as Polly Rockwell
MovieThe Sap from Syracuse
1930
as Ellen Saunders
MovieYoung Man of Manhattan
1930
as Puff Randolph
Campus Sweethearts
1930
MovieA Night in a Dormitory
1930
as Ginger Rogers
MovieA Day of a Man of Affairs
1929
