1911-07-16 ( 113 years old ) in Independence, Missouri, USA
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.
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Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
2017-12-24
Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
2014-06-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009-01-01
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007-02-20
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006-10-24
"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
2006-10-10
Complicated Women
2003-05-06
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988-11-22
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985-03-03
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985-03-01
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
Hooray for Hollywood
1976-01-01
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10
Harlow
1965-05-14
Cinderella
1965-02-22
The Confession
1964-05-22
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957-02-22
Teenage Rebel
1956-11-01
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956-08-01
Tight Spot
1955-03-19
Black Widow
1954-10-28
Beautiful Stranger
1954-07-13
Forever Female
1953-11-28
Monkey Business
1952-09-03
Dreamboat
1952-07-26
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951-03-13
Storm Warning
1951-02-10
Perfect Strangers
1950-03-11
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949-05-04
It Had to Be You
1947-12-07
Magnificent Doll
1946-12-08
Heartbeat
1946-05-01
George White's Scandals
1945-10-09
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945-10-04
I'll Be Seeing You
1944-12-31
Tender Comrade
1944-05-30
Lady in the Dark
1944-02-10
Show-Business at War
1943-05-21
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942-11-27
The Major and the Minor
1942-09-16
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Roxie Hart
1942-02-20
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941-06-13
Kitty Foyle
1940-12-27
Lucky Partners
1940-08-02
Primrose Path
1940-03-22
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939-09-22
Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
Carefree
1938-09-02
Having Wonderful Time
1938-07-01
Vivacious Lady
1938-05-13
Stage Door
1937-10-08
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937-08-13
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Swing Time
1936-08-28
Follow the Fleet
1936-02-20
In Person
1935-11-22
Top Hat
1935-08-29
Star of Midnight
1935-04-19
Roberta
1935-03-07
Romance in Manhattan
1935-01-11
The Gay Divorcee
1934-10-12
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934-05-26
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Finishing School
1934-05-04
Upperworld
1934-04-28
Hollywood Newsreel
1934-03-24
Flying Down to Rio
1933-12-22
Sitting Pretty
1933-11-23
Chance at Heaven
1933-10-27
Rafter Romance
1933-09-01
A Shriek in the Night
1933-07-22
Don't Bet on Love
1933-06-30
Professional Sweetheart
1933-06-09
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933-05-27
42nd Street
1933-03-11
Broadway Bad
1933-02-24
You Said a Mouthful
1932-11-18
Hat Check Girl
1932-10-08
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932-08-25
The Thirteenth Guest
1932-08-09
Hollywood on Parade
1932-06-05
The Tenderfoot
1932-05-23
Carnival Boat
1932-03-19
Suicide Fleet
1931-11-20
The Tip-Off
1931-10-16
Honor Among Lovers
1931-02-28
Follow the Leader
1930-12-06
Office Blues
1930-11-22
Queen High
1930-08-23
The Sap from Syracuse
1930-07-26
Young Man of Manhattan
1930-04-19
Campus Sweethearts
1930-03-09
A Night in a Dormitory
1930-01-05
A Day of a Man of Affairs
1929-11-06
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