Other notable films include: FLYING DOWN TO RIO, THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR, and THE BARKELEYS OF BROADWAY.

Ginger Rogers won the Best Actress award for KITTY FOYLE.

Praising Ginger Rogers, a critic once said, "She did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards, and in high heels!" More

Ginger Rogers, 1940 Best Actress

KITTY FOYLE

(Drama - NR)

Ginger Rogers played the heroine, who plays an innocent 15 year-old and winds up a successful businesswoman who has to choose between two men in Christopher Morley's popular story.

ABOUT GINGER ROGERS (1911 - 95)

American leading actrss, dancer, and comedienne (born in Missouri) who's real name was Virginia McMath. Ginger Rogers had some experinece on Broadway, in GIRL CRAZY, before arriving in Hollywood for her first film: MANHATTAN MARY.

Best remembered for her musicals with Fred Astaire.

Ginger Rogers' other credits include:

QUEEN HIGH
FOLLOW THE LEADER
HONOR AMONG LOVERS
SUICIDE FLEET
THE TENDERFOOT
42ND STREET
BROADWAY BAD
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
SITTING PRETTY
FLYING DOWN TO RIO
CHANGE OF HEART
UPPERWORLD
THE GAY DIVORCESS
TOP HAT
FOLLOW THE FLEET
SWING TIME
STAGE DOOR
VIVACIOUS LADY
CAREFREE
BACHELOR MOTHER
FIFTH AVENUE GIRL
THE PRIMROSE PATH
LUCK PARTNERS
TOM DICK AND HARRY
ROXIE HART
TALES OF MANHATTAN
TENDER COMRADE
I'LL BE SEEING YOU
MAGNIFICENT DOLL
IT HAD TO BE YOU
PERFECT STRANGERS
MONKEY BUSINESS
DREAMBOAT
BLACK WIDOW
TIGHT SPOT
TEENAGE REBEL
THE CONFESSION