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)

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 - 1995)

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:

A DAY OF A MAN OF AFFAIRS (1929)
A NIGHT IN A DORMITORY (1929)
YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN (1930)
THE SAP FROM SYRACUSE (1930)
QUEEN HIGH (1930)
OFFICE BLUES (1930)
FOLLOW THE LEADER (1930)
HONOR AMONG LOVERS (1931)
THE TIP OFF (1931)
SUICIDE FLEET (1931)
CARNIVAL BOAT (1932)
THE TENDERFOOT (1932)
THE THIRTEENTH GUEST (1932)
HAT CHECK GIRL (1932)
YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL (1932)
42ND STREET (1933)
BROADWAY BAD (1933)
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART (1933)
DON'T BET ON LOVE (1933)
A SHRIEK IN THE NIGHT (1933)
RAFTER ROMANCE (1933)
CHANCE AT HEAVEN (1933)
SITTING PRETTY (1933)
FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS (1934)
UPPERWORLD (1934)
FINISHING SCHOOL (1934)
CHANGE OF HEART (1934)
THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN (1935)
ROBERTA (1935)
STAR OF MIDNIGHT (1935)
TOP HAT (1935)
IN PERSON (1935)
FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
SWING TIME (1936)
SHALL WE DANCE (1936)
STAGE DOOR (1937)
VIVACIOUS LADY (1938)
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME (1938)
CAREFREE (1938)
THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
BACHELOR MOTHER (1939)
FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (1939)
THE PRIMROSE PATH (1940)
LUCK PARTNERS (1940)
KITTY FOYLE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A WOMAN (1940)
TOM DICK AND HARRY (1941)
ROXIE HART (1942)
TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942)
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (1942)
ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON (1942)
TENDER COMRADE (1943)
LADY IN THE DARK (1944)
I'LL BE SEEING YOU (1944)
WEEK-END AT THE WALDORF (1945)
HEARTBEAT (1946)
MAGNIFICENT DOLL (1946)
IT HAD TO BE YOU (1947)
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
PERFECT STRANGERS (1950)
STORM WARNING (1951)
THE GROOM WORE SPURS (1951)
WE'RE NOT MARRIED! (1952)
DREAMBOAT (1952)
MONKEY BUSINESS (1952)
FOREVER FEMALE (1953)
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER (
BLACK WIDOW (1954)
TIGHT SPOT (1955)
THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY (1956)
TEENAGE REBEL (1956)
OH, MEN! OH, WOMEN! (1957)
THE CONFESSION  (1963)