Ginger Rogers
Gender: Female
Born: 16th July 1911
Died: 25th April 1995
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Red Skelton Show, The Red Skelton Show, Vacation Playhouse, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Love Boat, The Red Skelton Show, Vacation Playhouse, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Hotel
Movies: 42nd Street, Carefree, Follow the Fleet, Gold Diggers of 1933, Shall We Dance, Stage Door, Swing Time, Tales of Manhattan, The Barkleys of Broadway, The Gay Divorcee, The Major and the Minor, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, Top Hat, Monkey Business, Young Man of Manhattan, Rafter Romance, I'll Be Seeing You, Vivacious Lady, Having Wonderful Time, Bachelor Mother, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman, We're Not Married!, Romance in Manhattan, Week-End at the Waldorf, The First Traveling Saleslady, Flying Down to Rio, Queen High, Honor Among Lovers, Roberta, My Tender Comrade, Roxie Hart, Storm Warning, Once Upon a Honeymoon, A Shriek in the Night, Twenty Million Sweethearts, Sitting Pretty, Dreamboat, Tight Spot, 5th Ave Girl, Primrose Path, Harlow, Lady in the Dark, Teenage Rebel, The Groom Wore Spurs, Perfect Strangers, Black Widow, The Thirteenth Guest, Star of Midnight, Tom, Dick and Harry, Heartbeat, Forever Female, Finishing School, In Person, It Had to Be You, Upper World, Cinderella, Beautiful Stranger, Lucky Partners, Once Upon a Honeymoon, Once Upon a Honeymoon, The Thirteenth Guest, Campus Sweethearts, Oh, Men! Oh, Women!, Suicide Fleet, Magnificent Doll, The Tip-Off, Change of Heart, You Said a Mouthful, The Confession, Broadway Bad, Professional Sweetheart, Chance at Heaven, Hat Check Girl, Chance at Heaven, Don't Bet on Love, Carnival Boat,
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 20th century.
During her long career, she made a total of 73 films, and was best known as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre. She achieved great success on her own in a variety of film roles and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list of actress screen legends.
Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri, the only child of William Eddins McMath, an electrical engineer, and his wife, Lela Emogene (née Owens; 1891–1977). Ginger's parents separated soon after her birth, and she and her mother went to live with her grandparents, Walter and Saphrona (née Ball) Owens, in nearby Kansas City. Rogers' parents fought over her custody. After her mother denied him visitation, her father reportedly absconded with his daughter twice. After her parents divorced, Rogers stayed with her grandparents while her mother wrote
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