Ginger Rogers - Fred's Dancing Partner
Super Star & Award Winner
Pretty, graceful,
and good humored, Ginger Rogers was widely popular in the 1930's.
Her greatest fame came as Fred Astaire's dancer partner in a
series of 1930's musicals. Her defining role was with Astaire
in TOP
HAT.
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 Rogersplayed 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:
A DAY OF A MAN OF AFFAIRS
A NIGHT IN A DORMITORY
YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAH
THE SAP FROM SYRACUSE
QUEEN HIGH
OFFICE BLUES
FOLLOW THE LEADER
HONOR AMONG LOVERS
THE TIP OFF
SUICIDE FLEET
CARNIVAL BOAT
THE TENDERFOOT
THE THIRTEENTH GUEST
HAT CHECK GIRL
YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL
42ND STREET
BROADWAY BAD
GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933
PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART
DON'T BET ON LOVE
A SHRIEK IN THE NIGHT
RAFTER ROMANCE
CHANCE AT HEAVEN
SITTING PRETTY
FLYING DOWN TO RIO
TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS
UPPERWORLD
FINISHING SCHOOL
CHANGE OF HEART
THE GAY DIVORCEE
ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN
ROBERTA
STAR OF MIDNIGHT
TOP HAT
IN PERSON
FOLLOW THE FLEET
SWING TIME
SHALL WE DANCE
STAGE DOOR
VIVACIOUS LADY
HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME
CAREFREE
THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE
BACHELOR MOTHER
FIFTH AVENUE GIRL
THE PRIMROSE PATH
LUCK PARTNERS
KITTY FOYLE
TOM DICK AND HARRY
ROXIE HART
TALES OF MANHATTAN
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR
ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON
TENDER COMRADE
LADY IN THE DARK
I'LL BE SEEING YOU
WEEK-END AT THE WALDORF
HEARTBEAT
MAGNIFICENT DOLL
IT HAD TO BE YOU
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY
PERFECT STRANGERS
STORM WARNING
THE GROOM WORE SPURS
WE'RE NOT MARRIED!
DREAMBOAT
MONKEY BUSINESS
FOREVER FEMALE
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
BLACK WIDOW
TIGHT SPOT
THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY
TEENAGE REBEL
OH, MEN! OH, WOMEN!
THE CONFESSION