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

• 2006"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After — Archive Footage
• 2006Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm — Various / Self (archive footage)
• 1999Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults — (archive footage)
• 1995The Casting Couch
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1985That's Dancing!
• Glitter — Margaret Davis
• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)
• Hotel — Natalie Trent
• The Love Boat — Stella Logan
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The David Frost Show
• Here's Lucy — Ginger Rogers
• 1967Mondo Hollywood
• 1965Cinderella — Queen
• 1965Harlow — Mama Jean
• 1964Quick, Let's Get Married — Madame Rinaldi
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Helen
• Vacation Playhouse — Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Kay Neilson
• 1957Oh, Men! Oh, Women! — Mildred Turner
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Angie Cartwright
• 1956Teenage Rebel — Nancy Fallon
• 1956The First Traveling Saleslady — Rose Gillray
• 1955Tight Spot — Sherry Conley
• 1954Beautiful Stranger — Johnny Victor
• 1954Black Widow — Carlotta Marin
• 1953Forever Female — Beatrice Page
• 1952Dreamboat — Gloria Marlowe
• 1952Monkey Business — Edwina Fulton
• 1952We're Not Married! — Ramona Gladwyn
• 1951Storm Warning — Marsha Mitchell
• 1951The Groom Wore Spurs — AJ Furnival
• 1950Perfect Strangers — Terry Scott
• The Jack Benny Program — Ginger Rogers
• 1949The Barkleys of Broadway — Dinah Barkley
• 1947It Had to Be You — Victoria Stafford
• 1946Heartbeat — Arlette Lafron
• 1946Magnificent Doll — Dolly Madison
• 1945George White's Scandals — Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — Irene Malvern
• 1944I'll Be Seeing You — Mary Marshall
• 1944Lady in the Dark — Liza Elliott
• 1944Tender Comrade — Jo Jones
• 1942Once Upon a Honeymoon — Katherine Butt-Smith
• 1942Roxie Hart — Roxie Hart
• 1942Tales of Manhattan — Diane
• 1942The Major and the Minor — Susan Applegate
• 1941Tom, Dick and Harry — Janie
• 1940Kitty Foyle — Kitty Foyle
• 1940Lucky Partners — Jean Newton
• 1940Primrose Path — Ellie May Adams
• 1939Bachelor Mother — Polly Parrish
• 1939Fifth Avenue Girl — Mary Grey
• 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle — Irene Castle
• 1938Carefree — Amanda Cooper
• 1938Having Wonderful Time — Teddy Shaw
• 1938Vivacious Lady — Francey
• 1937Shall We Dance — Linda Keene
• 1937Stage Door — Jean Maitland
• 1936Follow the Fleet — Sherry Martin
• 1936Swing Time — Penny Carrol
• 1935In Person — Carol Corliss
• 1935Roberta — Scharwenka
• 1935Star of Midnight — Donna Mantin
• 1935Top Hat — Dale Tremont
• 1934Change of Heart — Madge Rountree
• 1934Finishing School — Pony
• 1934Romance in Manhattan — Sylvia Dennis
• 1934The Gay Divorcee — Mimi Glossop
• 1934Twenty Million Sweethearts — Peggy Cornell
• 1934Upperworld — Lilly Linda
• 193342nd Street — Ann
• 1933A Shriek in the Night — Pat Morgan
• 1933Broadway Bad — Flip Daly
• 1933Chance at Heaven — Marge Harris
• 1933Don't Bet on Love — Molly Gilbert
• 1933Flying Down to Rio — Honey Hale
• 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 — Fay
• 1933Professional Sweetheart — Glory
• 1933Rafter Romance — Mary
• 1933Sitting Pretty — Dorothy
• 1932Carnival Boat — Honey
• 1932Hat Check Girl — Jessie King
• 1932The Tenderfoot — Ruth Weston
• 1932The Thirteenth Guest — Lela / Marie Morgan
• 1932You Said a Mouthful — Alice Brandon
• 1931Honor Among Lovers — Doris Brown
• 1931Suicide Fleet — Sally
• 1931The Tip-Off — Baby Face
• 1930A Night in a Dormitory — Ginger Rogers
• 1930Campus Sweethearts
• 1930Follow the Leader — Mary Brennan
• 1930Office Blues — Miss Gravis
• 1930Queen High — Polly Rockwell
• 1930The Sap from Syracuse — Ellen Saunders
• 1930Young Man of Manhattan — Puff Randolph
• 1929A Day of a Man of Affairs

Appearances as themselves (45)

• 2017Fred Astaire donne le 'la' — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil — Self (archive footage)
• Talking Pictures — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook — Self (archive footage)
• 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star — Self (archive footage)
• 2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
• Burt Reynolds' Conversations with... — Self
• 1988Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)
• The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood — Self
• 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — Self
• 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
• Hollywood '84 — Self
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts — Self
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• Great Performances — Self
• 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• Omnibus — Self (archive footage)
• The Hollywood Palace — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• The Steve Allen Show — Self, Self - SInger
• Tony Awards — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1943Show-Business at War — Self
• 1937Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 — Self (uncredited)
• 1934Hollywood Newsreel — Self
• 1932Hollywood on Parade — Self
• 1932Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 — Self