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 Ginger Rogers |
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| Born | Virginia Katherine McMath July 16, 1911 Independence, Missouri |
| Died | April 25, 1995 (aged 83) Rancho Mirage, California |
| Spouse(s) | Jack Pepper (1929-1931) Lew Ayres (1934-1941) Jack Briggs (1943-1949) Jacques Bergerac (1953-1957) William Marshall (1961-1969) |
Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress, dancer and singer. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Independence is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Rancho Mirage is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. Jack Pepper (born Edward Jackson Culpepper, June 14 1902 &ndash April 1 1979) was an American Vaudeville dancer-singer Lew Ayres ( December 28, 1908 &ndash December 30, 1996) was an American actor Jack Briggs is an American radio broadcaster Briggs is currently Assistant Sports Director for the Associated Press. Jacques Bergerac (born 26 May 1927 in Biarritz, France) was a French actor with a brief Hollywood film career William Marshall ( October 2, 1917 - June 8, 1994) was an American Singer, Bandleader and a Motion picture Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works In a film career spanning fifty years she made a total of 73 films, and is now principally celebrated for her role as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the genre. Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award
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Early life
Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri, the daughter of William Eddins McMath, of Scottish ancestry, and his wife Lela Owens, of Welsh ancestry. Independence is a city in Jackson County in the US state of Missouri, and the fourth largest city in the state The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry Her mother separated from Rogers' father soon after her birth, and mother and daughter went to live with the Walter Owens family in nearby Kansas City. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Ginger was close to her grandfather and she later (1939) bought him a home in Sherman Oaks, California (5115 Greenbush Ave) so that he could be close to her while filming at the studios. Sherman Oaks is an 81-square-mile district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California.
Rogers' parents divorced and fought for custody, with her father even kidnapping her twice. After they divorced, Rogers stayed with her grandparents, Walter and Saphrona Owens, while her mother wrote scripts for two years in Hollywood. Several of Rogers' cousins had a hard time pronouncing her first name Virginia, shortening it to "Ginya".
When Rogers was nine years old, her mother got remarried to a man named John Logan Rogers. Ginger took the name of Rogers, although she was never legally adopted. They lived in Fort Worth, Texas, and her mother became a theater critic for a local newspaper, the Fort Worth Record. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word
As a teenager, Rogers thought of teaching school, but with her mother's interest in Hollywood and the theater, her young exposure to the theater increased. Waiting for her mother in the wings of the Majestic Theatre, she began to sing and dance along to the performers on stage.
Vaudeville
Rogers' entertainment career was born one night when the traveling vaudeville act of Eddie Foy came to Fort Worth and needed a quick stand-in. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Eddie Foy Sr (born Edwin Fitzgerald Foy March 9, 1856 in Greenwich Village, New York City died February 16, 1928 Kansas City Missouri She would enter and win a Charleston contest and then hit the road on a Vaudeville tour. The Charleston is a Dance named for the city of Charleston South Carolina. She and her mother would tour for four years. During this time her mother divorced John Rogers, but kept his surname.
At 17 years old, Rogers married Jack Culpepper, another dancer on the circuit. The marriage was over within months, and she went back to touring with her mother. When the tour got to New York City, she stayed, getting radio singing jobs and then her Broadway theater debut in a musical called Top Speed, which opened on Christmas Day, 1929. The City of New York Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
Film career
1929-1933
Rogers' first movie roles were in a trio of short films made in 1929 — Night in the Dormitory, A Day of a Man of Affairs, and Campus Sweethearts.
Within two weeks of opening in Top Speed, Rogers was hired to star on Broadway in Girl Crazy by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located This article is about the stage musical For other uses see Girl Crazy (disambiguation. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ira Gershwin ( 6 December 1896 &ndash 17 August 1983) was an American Lyricist who collaborated with his younger Fred Astaire was hired to help the dancers with their choreography, Rogers dated him for a while. Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 &ndash June 22, 1987) was an American Academy Award Her appearance in Girl Crazy made her an overnight star at the age of 19. In 1930 she was signed with Paramount Pictures for a seven-year contract. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.
Rogers would soon get herself out of the Paramount contract -- under which she had made films at Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens -- and move with her mother to Hollywood. The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens New York, and home to productions like Sesame Street, Johnny and the Sprites, Astoria is a Neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. When she got to California, she signed a three-picture deal with Pathé, which resulted in three forgettable pictures. This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records. She received bit parts for singing and dancing for most of 1932, as well as being named as one of fifteen "WAMPAS Baby Stars", a list which that year also included future Hollywood legend Gloria Stuart. The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young Gloria Frances Stewart, also known as Gloria Stuart (born July 4, 1910 in Santa Monica California) is an American actress She then made her screen breakthrough in the Warner Brothers film 42nd Street (1933). Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and 42nd Street is a Warner Bros Musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon with choreography by Busby Berkeley. She went on to make a series of films with RKO Radio Pictures and, in the second of those, Flying Down to Rio (1933), she again met up with Fred Astaire. Flying Down to Rio is a Musical film made by RKO and released on December 29, in 1933.
1933-1939: Astaire and Rogers
Rogers was most famous for her partnership with Fred Astaire. Together, from 1933 to 1939 they made nine musical films at RKO and in so doing, revolutionized the Hollywood musical, introducing dance routines of unprecedented elegance and virtuosity, set to songs specially composed for them by the greatest popular song composers of the day. To this day, "Fred and Ginger" remains an almost automatic reference for any successful dance partnership.
Croce, Hyam and Mueller all consider Rogers to have been Astaire's finest dance partner, principally due to her ability to combine dancing skills, natural beauty and exceptional abilities as a dramatic actress and comedienne, thus truly complementing Astaire: a peerless dancer who sometimes struggled as an actor and was not considered classically handsome. Arlene Croce (born 1934 founded Ballet Review magazine in 1965 The resulting song and dance partnership enjoyed a unique credibility in the eyes of audiences, as bluntly expressed by Katharine Hepburn: "She gives him sex, he gives her class. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage " Most of the films in which the two appeared had several very difficult numbers to be rehearsed dozens of times. During Swing Time, the highlighted dance in which the pair had to dance up and down a flight of stairs was shot 99 times. There was even a take where Astaire's hair piece flew off. Of the 33 partnered dances she filmed with Astaire, Croce and Mueller have highlighted the infectious spontaneity of her performances in the comic numbers "I'll Be Hard to Handle" from Roberta (1935), "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" from Follow the Fleet (1936) and "Pick Yourself Up" from Swing Time (1936). See also Fred Astaire This is a complete guide to over one hundred and fifty of Fred Astaire's solo and partnered dances compiled from his thirty-one Hollywood musical " I'll Be Hard to Handle " is a 1942 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Bernard Dougall. Roberta is a 1935 Musical film by RKO starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott " I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket " is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced Follow the Fleet ( RKO) is a 1936 Hollywood musical comedy Film with a nautical theme and stars Fred Astaire, Ginger " Pick Yourself Up " is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. They also point to the use Astaire made of her remarkably flexible back in classic romantic dances such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" from Roberta (1935), "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat (1935) and "Let's Face the Music and Dance" from Follow the Fleet (1936). " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " is a Show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for their 1933 Operetta " Cheek to Cheek " is a song written by Irving Berlin, and first performed by Fred Astaire in the movie Top Hat (1935 For the item of clothing see Top hat. For the fictional TUGS character see Top Hat (TUGS. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" is a notable song written by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet (1936 where it was introduced by For special praise, they have singled out her performance in the "Waltz in Swing Time" from Swing Time (1936), which is generally considered to be the most virtuosic partnered routine ever committed to film by Astaire. She generally avoided solo dance performances: Astaire always included at least one virtuoso solo routine in each film while Rogers only ever performed one: "Let Yourself Go" from Follow the Fleet (1936). " Let Yourself Go " is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers
Although the dance routines were choreographed by Astaire and his assistant Hermes Pan, both have acknowledged Rogers' input into the process, and have also testified to her consummate professionalism, even during periods of intense strain as she tried to juggle her many other contractual film commitments with the punishing rehearsal schedules of Astaire, who made at most two films in any one year. Hermes Pan ( December 10, 1910 &ndash September 19, 1990) was an American Dancer and Choreographer, principally celebrated In 1986, shortly before his death, Astaire remarked: "All the girls I ever danced with thought they couldn't do it, but of course they could. So they always cried. All except Ginger. No no, Ginger never cried". John Mueller sums up Rogers' abilities as follows: "Rogers was outstanding among Astaire's partners not because she was superior to others as a dancer but because, as a skilled, intuitive actress, she was cagey enough to realize that acting did not stop when dancing began. . . the reason so many women have fantasized about dancing with Fred Astaire is that Ginger Rogers conveyed the impression that dancing with him is the most thrilling experience imaginable". According to Astaire, "Ginger had never danced with a partner before. She faked it an awful lot. She couldn't tap and she couldn't do this and that . . . but Ginger had style and talent and improved as she went along. She got so that after a while everyone else who danced with me looked wrong. "
Rogers also introduced some celebrated numbers from the Great American Songbook, songs such as Harry Warren and Al Dubin's "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)" from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), "Music Makes Me" from Flying Down to Rio (1933), "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee (1934), Irving Berlin's "Let Yourself Go" from Follow the Fleet (1936) and the Gershwins' "Embraceable You" from Girl Crazy and "They All Laughed (at Christopher Columbus)" from Shall We Dance (1937). Great American Songbook (sometimes abbreviated as "GAS" is a term referring to the interrelated music of Broadway musical theater Harry Warren ( December 24, 1893 &ndash September 22, 1981; born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna in Brooklyn, New York Al Dubin ( June 10, 1891 - February 11, 1945) was a Jewish-American Swiss -born lyricist "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money" is a song from the 1933 film Gold Diggers of 1933, sung in the opening sequence by Ginger Rogers and chorus Gold Diggers of 1933 is a Warner Bros Musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music and Al Dubin Flying Down to Rio is a Musical film made by RKO and released on December 29, in 1933. The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. "Embraceable You" is a popular Song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. This article is about the stage musical For other uses see Girl Crazy (disambiguation. " They All Laughed " is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where Shall We Dance is the seventh of the ten Astaire - Rogers Musical comedy Films. Furthermore, in song duets with Astaire, she co-introduced Berlin's "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" from Follow the Fleet (1936), Jerome Kern's "Pick Yourself Up" and "A Fine Romance" from Swing Time (1936) and the Gershwins' "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" from Shall We Dance (1937). " I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket " is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced Jerome David Kern ( January 27, 1885 &ndash November 11, 1945) was an American Composer of popular music " Pick Yourself Up " is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. "A Fine Romance" is a popular Song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936. " Let's Call the Whole Thing Off " is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance Shall We Dance is the seventh of the ten Astaire - Rogers Musical comedy Films.
After 1939
In 1939, Rogers requested a break from musicals saying "I don't want to make a musical for the next year. Don't get me wrong—I'm not ungrateful for what musicals have accomplished for me. However for the last four years I've been doing the same thing with minor variations. " After breaking with Astaire, her first role was opposite David Niven in Bachelor Mother. James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Bachelor Mother ( 1939) is a American Comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers (in a non-dancing In 1941 Ginger Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in 1940s Kitty Foyle. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Kitty Foyle, subtitled The Natural History of a Woman, is a film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, She enjoyed considerable success during the early 1940s, and was RKO's hottest property during this period, however, by the end of this decade her film career was in decline. Arthur Freed reunited her with Fred Astaire for one last time in The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) which, while very successful, failed to revive Rogers's flagging career, although she continued to obtain parts throughout the 1950s. Arthur Freed ( September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was born Arthur Grossman The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 Musical film from the Arthur Freed unit at MGM that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger She played Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly! on Broadway in 1965. In 1956 Ginger Rogers was the debut act at the grand opening of Hotel Riviera in Havana Cuba, dictator Fulgencio Batista's collaboration project with gangster Meyer Lansky. General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (fulˈxensjo βaˈtista i salˈdiβar January 16, 1901 &ndash August 6, 1973) was a Cuban
In later life, Rogers remained on good terms with Astaire: she presented him with a special Academy Award in 1950, and they teamed up in 1967 as co-presenters of individual Academy Awards. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Kennedy Center honored Ginger Rogers in December 1992, an event which when shown on television, was somewhat marred when Astaire's widow, Robyn Smith (who permitted clips of Astaire dancing with Rogers to be shown for free at the function, itself), was unable to agree terms with CBS for broadcast rights to the clips. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to artists in the performing arts CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. [1]
Personal life
In 1940, Rogers purchased a 1000-acre (4 km²) ranch between Shady Cove, Oregon and Eagle Point, Oregon, along the Rogue River, just north of Medford. A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle Shady Cove is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. Eagle Point is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The Rogue River in the southwestern part of the US state of Oregon flows from the Cascade Range to the Pacific Ocean. Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of 2007 the city had a total population of 75675 and a Metropolitan area population The ranch, named the 4-R's (for Rogers's Rogue River Ranch), is where she would live, along with her mother, when not doing her Hollywood business, for 50 years. The ranch was also a dairy, and supplied milk to Camp White for the war effort during World War II. A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal Milk &mdashmostly from goats or cows, but also from buffalo, Sheep Camp White was an Army training base in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Rogers loved to fish the Rogue every summer. She sold the ranch in 1990 and moved to Medford.
Rogers, who was an only child, lived for much of her life with her mother, Lela Rogers (1891–1977), who was a newspaper reporter, scriptwriter, and movie producer. Lela was also one of the first women to enlist in the Marine Corps, and was a founder of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals. The Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals ( MPA) was an American organization of politically conservative movie workers who wanted
Rogers' mother "named names" to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and both mother and daughter were staunchly anti-Communist. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. They had an extremely close mother-daughter relationship — Rogers's mother even denied Rogers's father visitation rights after their divorce.
Rogers' first marriage was to her dancing partner Jack Pepper (real name Edward Jackson Culpepper) on March 29, 1929. Jack Pepper (born Edward Jackson Culpepper, June 14 1902 &ndash April 1 1979) was an American Vaudeville dancer-singer Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They divorced in 1931, having separated soon after the wedding. In 1934, she married her second husband, actor Lew Ayres (1908 – 1996). Lew Ayres ( December 28, 1908 &ndash December 30, 1996) was an American actor They separated quickly and were divorced in 1941. In 1943, she married her third husband, Jack Briggs, a Marine. They divorced in 1949.
In 1953, Rogers married her fourth husband, lawyer Jacques Bergerac. A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Jacques Bergerac (born 26 May 1927 in Biarritz, France) was a French actor with a brief Hollywood film career 16 years her junior, he became an actor and then a cosmetics company executive. They divorced in 1957 and he soon remarried actress Dorothy Malone. This article is about the actress For the cookbook writer see Dorothy Malone. In 1961, she married her fifth husband, director and producer William Marshall. William Marshall ( October 2, 1917 - June 8, 1994) was an American Singer, Bandleader and a Motion picture They divorced in 1971.
Rogers was good friends with Lucille Ball (a distant cousin on her mother's side) for many years until Ball's death in 1989, at the age of 77. Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film Ball did not seem to share Rogers's political views, but evidently still enjoyed her friendship, as did Bette Davis, a Democrat who definitely did not share Rogers's views and called her a "moralist", but still professed to enjoying her company. Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5 1908 – October 6 1989 was an American actress of Film, Television and Theatre. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party.
Rogers was a cousin of actress/writer/socialite Phyllis Fraser (whose acting career was brief). Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner ( April 13, 1916 – November 25, 2006) was an American actress, journalist and children's book
It has been said in books and other publications that Rogers was Rita Hayworth's cousin but they were not blood relatives. Rita Hayworth (October 17 1918 &ndash May 14 1987 born Margarita Carmen Cansino was a Spanish-American actress who rose to stardom in the 1940s as the era's leading Sex symbol Their connection is as follows: Hayworth's mother's brother, Vinton Hayworth (Hayworth's uncle), was married to Rogers's mother's sister, Jean Owens (Rogers's aunt).
Rogers would spend the winters in Rancho Mirage, California, and the summers in Medford, Oregon. Rancho Mirage is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of 2007 the city had a total population of 75675 and a Metropolitan area population Ginger Rogers died on April 25, 1995, of congestive heart failure, at the age of 83, in Rancho Mirage, and was cremated. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire Her ashes are interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street Chatsworth Los Angeles California. Chatsworth is a district of the City of Los Angeles California in the San Fernando Valley region
Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
The Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater opened in 1924 in Medford, Oregon, USA. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of 2007 the city had a total population of 75675 and a Metropolitan area population Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Originally, the theater featured silent films and then later new releases, but eventually lost popularity. In 1997, the theater was revitalized and reopened with the present name. [1]
The theater now seats 734 patrons, with 529 on the floor and 205 in the balcony. The stage is elevated 32 inches (81 centimeters), is 82 feet (25 meters) wide, and is 31 feet (9. 5 meters) deep. The theater provides two group dressing rooms and two star dressing rooms. [1]
Portrayals of Rogers
A musical about the life of Rogers, entitled Backwards in High Heels, premiered in Florida in early 2007. [2]
Quotations about Rogers
- "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels. "[3]
- "Fred gave Ginger class, and Ginger gave Fred sex. " Katharine Hepburn, actress. Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Variants include "Astaire gave her class, and Rogers gave him sex" and "He gave her class, and she gave him sex appeal. "
Filmography
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- A Day of a Man of Affairs (1929)
- A Night in a Dormitory (1930)
- Campus Sweethearts (1930)
- Office Blues (1930)
- Hollywood on Parade (1932)
- Screen Snapshots (1932)
- Hollywood on Parade No. Young Man of Manhattan is a 1930 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Monta Bell, and starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Queen High is the title of an early musical - Comedy produced by Paramount Pictures in 1930. Honor Among Lovers is a 1931 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Dorothy Arzner. Le Pied-tendre is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and illustrated by Morris. The Thirteenth Guest were a four piece Jazz/Rock/Fusion band from Glasgow formed 1979 and disbanded in 1981 when the members all went their respective ways 42nd Street is a Warner Bros Musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon with choreography by Busby Berkeley. Gold Diggers of 1933 is a Warner Bros Musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music and Al Dubin A Shriek in the Night is a 1933 American comedy horror film starring Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, and Harvey Clark. Rafter Romance is a 1933 film directed by William A Seiter and starring Ginger Rogers. Sitting Pretty ( 1933) is a musical comedy film telling the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley Flying Down to Rio is a Musical film made by RKO and released on December 29, in 1933. Twenty Million Sweethearts is a 1934 American Musical film comedy directed by Ray Enright. This article is about finishing school for the reality show see Charm School (TV series Change of Heart ( 1934) is a drama film starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, James Dunn, Ginger Rogers, and Shirley The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 Film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Romance in Manhattan ( 1935) is an American comedy/romance film directed by Stephen Roberts, starring Francis Lederer and Ginger Rogers Roberta is a 1935 Musical film by RKO starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott For the item of clothing see Top hat. For the fictional TUGS character see Top Hat (TUGS. Follow the Fleet ( RKO) is a 1936 Hollywood musical comedy Film with a nautical theme and stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Shall We Dance is the seventh of the ten Astaire - Rogers Musical comedy Films. Stage Door ( 1937) is a RKO film adapted from the play by the same name that tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding Vivacious Lady ( 1938) is a US Black-and-white romantic Comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and James Stewart Having Wonderful Time is a 1938 film Plot Summary A bored New York office girl (Ginger Rogers goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains called Camp Carefree is a Musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is an American biographical Musical comedy, released in 1939 and directed by H Bachelor Mother ( 1939) is a American Comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers (in a non-dancing 5th Ave Girl, also spelled Fifth Avenue Girl, is a 1939 Comedy film about a millionaire who feels neglected by his family so he hires Primrose Path is a 1940 film about a young woman determined not to follow the profession of her mother and grandmother Prostitution. Kitty Foyle, subtitled The Natural History of a Woman, is a film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Tom Dick and Harry ( 1941) is a Comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, written by Paul Jarrico, and starring Ginger Rogers Roxie Hart is a 1942 film directed by William A Wellman and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 Black-and-white Anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. The Major and the Minor is a 1942 film It is a romantic Comedy that represented Billy Wilder 's feature debut as Film director in Once Upon a Honeymoon ( 1942) is a Romantic film starring Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant and Walter Slezak, directed by Tender Comrade ( 1943) is a black and white movie released by RKO Radio Pictures, showing women on the home front living communally when their husbands Lady in the Dark is a Broadway musical written by Kurt Weill (music Ira Gershwin (lyrics and Moss Hart (book and direction I'll Be Seeing You is a 1944 drama film made by Selznick International Pictures, Dore Schary Productions and Vanguard Pictures and distributed by United Week-End at the Waldorf is a 1945 American Drama film. An updated version of the classic Grand Hotel, it focuses on various guests It Had to Be You is a 1947 romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde. The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 Musical film from the Arthur Freed unit at MGM that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Perfect Strangers is a 1950 American Dramedy Film directed by Bretaigne Windust. A storm warning generally refers to an advisory issued by an official meteorological department to warn citizens of approaching dangerous Weather. We're Not Married is a 1952 Romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, and Marilyn Monroe. "Dreamboat" is a Popular song, the words and music to which were written by Jack Hoffman (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Al Hoffman Monkey Business is a 1952 Screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Tight Spot ( 1955) is an American Film noir directed by Phil Karlson and written by William Bowers, based on the play The First Traveling Saleslady was a 1956 American film starring Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, James Arness, and a young Harlow is the title of two competing Biographical films released through Paramount Pictures and the foreign film distributor Magna Pictures, both A-9 (1933)
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934)
- Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936)
- Show Business at War (1943)
- Battle Stations (Narrator, 1944)
- Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman (1950)
- Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Great Entertainers (1954)
Television
- Cinderella (1965)
- Glitter (1984) (pilot for series)
References
- ^ a b Tech Specs at the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater;retrieved 2008-Jan-29
- ^ Playbill News: Sold Out Florida Stage Run of Ginger Rogers Musical Gets Added Performances
- ^ In a 1982 Frank and Ernest cartoon. Show Business at War was a Short film (17 minutes made in 1943 to tout the United States Film industry 's contribution to the General Quarters is an announcement made aboard a naval Warship to signal the crew to prepare for battle Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Cinderella is a musical written for Television by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Glitter is an American Television drama series screened on the ABC network during the 1984 - 1985 season Often incorrectly attributed to Faith Whittlesey, Ann Richards (who said it in a 1988 speech), or to Ms. This article is about the American politician/teacher for the Australian-American actress see Ann Richards (actress. Rogers herself, but the official Ginger Rogers website attributes it to Thaves. The quote is given in its more usual form, but it appeared in the comic as "Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did, backwards. . . and in high heels. "
External links
- Ginger Rogers at the Internet Movie Database
- Ginger Rogers at the TCM Movie Database
- Ginger Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database
- Fred Astaire (1986 archive footage), The 100 Greatest Musicals, Channel 4 television, 2003
- Fred Astaire: Steps in Time, 1959, multiple reprints. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner The Internet Broadway Database ( IBDB) is an online Database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel
- Arlene Croce: The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book, Galahad Books 1974, ISBN 0-88365-099-1
- Hannah Hyam: Fred and Ginger - The Astaire-Rogers Partnership 1934-1938, Pen Press Publications, Brighton, 2007. ISBN 978-1-905621-96-5
- John Mueller: Astaire Dancing - The Musical Films of Fred Astaire, Knopf 1985, ISBN 0-394-51654-0
- Ginger Rogers: Ginger My Story, New York: Harper Collins, 1991
- Ginger Rogers biography from Reel Classics
- John Mueller's 1991 New York Times review of Ginger: My Story
- Ginger Rogers at Find A Grave
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind |
Academy Award for Best Actress 1940 for Kitty Foyle |
Succeeded by Joan Fontaine for Suspicion |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rogers, Ginger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McMath, Virginia Katherine |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Independence, Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1995 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Rancho Mirage, California |
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