10.0
10.0
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
Acting
Born:July 16, 1911
Died:April 25, 1995(aged 83)
Birthplace:Independence, Missouri, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Green B. Trimble Technical High School
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
The Gay DivorceeTop HatSwing TimeThe Major and the MinorMonkey Business
Filmography (96 movies)
7.8
7.8
Romance in Manhattan
1935
as Sylvia Dennis
7.5
7.5
Sitting Pretty
1933
as Dorothy
7.2
7.2
Top Hat
1935
as Dale Tremont
7.2
7.2
Shall We Dance
1937
as Linda Keene
7.2
7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Fay
7.1
7.1
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Polly Parrish
7.1
7.1
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Susan Applegate
7.0
7.0
Roberta
1935
as Comtesse Scharwenka
7.0
7.0
Stage Door
1937
as Jean Maitland
7.0
7.0
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Francey
6.9
6.9
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Mary Marshall
6.9
6.9
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
as Mary Grey
6.9
6.9
42nd Street
1933
as Ann
6.9
6.9
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Dinah Barkley
6.9
6.9
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Irene Castle
6.9
6.9
Roxie Hart
1942
as Roxie Hart
6.9
6.9
The Gay Divorcee
1934
as Mimi Glossop
6.8
6.8
Swing Time
1936
as Penny Carrol
6.8
6.8
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Sherry Martin
6.7
6.7
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Forever Female
1953
as Beatrice Page
6.7
6.7
Monkey Business
1952
as Edwina Fulton
6.6
6.6
Primrose Path
1940
as Ellie May Adams
6.6
6.6
Storm Warning
1951
as Marsha Mitchell
6.6
6.6
Carefree
1938
as Amanda Cooper
6.5
6.5
Cinderella
1965
as Queen
6.5
6.5
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Nancy Fallon
6.5
6.5
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006
as Various / Self (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Kitty Foyle
6.5
6.5
Rafter Romance
1933
as Mary
6.5
6.5
It Had to Be You
1947
as Victoria Stafford
6.3
6.3
Upperworld
1934
as Lilly Linda
6.3
6.3
Tight Spot
1955
as Sherry Conley
6.3
6.3
In Person
1935
as Carol Corliss
6.3
6.3
Black Widow
1954
as Carlotta Marin
6.2
6.2
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
as Katherine Butt-Smith
6.2
6.2
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Diane
6.2
6.2
Change of Heart
1934
as Madge Rountree
6.2
6.2
Flying Down to Rio
1933
as Honey Hale
6.0
6.0
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Irene Malvern
6.0
6.0
Queen High
1930
as Polly Rockwell
6.0
6.0
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Peggy Cornell
6.0
6.0
Hat Check Girl
1932
as Jessie King
6.0
6.0
The Tenderfoot
1932
as Ruth Weston
6.0
6.0
Lucky Partners
1940
as Jean Newton
6.0
6.0
Finishing School
1934
as Pony
6.0
6.0
Tender Comrade
1944
as Jo Jones
5.9
5.9
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Dolly Madison
5.9
5.9
Young Man of Manhattan
1930
as Puff Randolph
5.8
5.8
Star of Midnight
1935
as Donna Mantin
5.8
5.8
Honor Among Lovers
1931
as Doris Brown
5.8
5.8
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Mildred Turner
5.7
5.7
Chance at Heaven
1933
as Marge Harris
5.7
5.7
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Janie
5.7
5.7
We're Not Married!
1952
as Ramona Gladwyn
5.7
5.7
Dreamboat
1952
as Gloria Marlowe
5.6
5.6
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
5.4
5.4
Perfect Strangers
1950
as Terry Scott
5.4
5.4
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956
as Rose Gillray
5.3
5.3
George White's Scandals
1945
as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.2
5.2
The Tip-Off
1931
as Baby Face
5.1
5.1
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Pat Morgan
5.0
5.0
You Said a Mouthful
1932
as Alice Brandon
5.0
5.0
Office Blues
1930
as Miss Gravis
5.0
5.0
Beautiful Stranger
1954
as Johnny Victor
5.0
5.0
Professional Sweetheart
1933
as Glory
5.0
5.0
Carnival Boat
1932
as Honey
5.0
5.0
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937
as Self (uncredited)
4.9
4.9
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Lela / Marie Morgan
4.9
4.9
The Sap from Syracuse
1930
as Ellen Saunders
4.9
4.9
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
4.6
4.6
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Teddy Shaw
4.6
4.6
Broadway Bad
1933
as Flip Daly
4.6
4.6
Heartbeat
1946
as Arlette Lafron
4.5
4.5
A Night in a Dormitory
1930
as Ginger Rogers
4.5
4.5
Follow the Leader
1930
as Mary Brennan
4.4
4.4
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
as AJ Furnival
4.3
4.3
Lady in the Dark
1944
as Liza Elliott
4.3
4.3
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Sally
4.0
4.0
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Self
4.0
4.0
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932
as Self
3.8
3.8
Harlow
1965
as Mama Jean Bello
3.0
3.0
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
2.3
2.3
The Confession
1964
as Madame Rinaldi
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive footage)
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006
as Archive Footage
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A Day of a Man of Affairs
1929
Campus Sweethearts
1930
Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Bet on Love
1933
as Molly Gilbert
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