Ginger Rogers was born in Independence, Missouri, United States, on July 16, 1911, was an American actress and dancer. Young Ginger Rogers first started her career as vaudeville performer. She won a Charleston contest in 1925, at the age of fourteen. She landed her Broadway debut in a musical "Girl Crazy" (1930) in role as as Molly Gray, at the age of 19. She made her big screen debut in short movie A Day of a Man of Affairs (1929). Ginger breakthrough performance came as Ann Lowell in pre-Code musical film 42nd Street (1933).
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Ginger Rogers
Photo: Studio publicity still / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Birth Date:
July 16, 1911
Died:
April 25, 1995
Nationality:
United States
Sun Sign:
Cancer
Natural hair color:
Blonde
Eye Color:
Blue
Height:
5 ft 4½ in | 164 cm
Weight:
57 kg | 126 lbs
Body Measurements:
35.5-25-36 in | 90-63.5-91.5 cm
Bra Size:
34B
Shoe Size:
6.5 US | 37 EU
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kitty Foyle in drama movie Kitty Foyle (1940).
She won the National Board of Review, USA Awards for Best Acting for her roles in movies:
Primrose Path (1940) - Ellie May Adams
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) - Janie
Roxie Hart (1942) - Roxanne "Roxie" Hart
The Major and the Minor (1942) - Susan Kathleen Applegate
She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for her role as Edwina Fulton in screwball comedy film Monkey Business (1952).
Flying Down to Rio (1933) - Honey Hales
Swing Time (1936) - Penelope "Penny" Carroll
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) - Dinah Barkley
Top Hat (1935) - Dale Tremont
Shall We Dance (1937) - Linda Keene
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) - Fay Fortune
Stage Door (1937) - Jean Maitland
Bachelor Mother (1939) - Polly Parrish
Vivacious Lady (1938) - Francey Morgan
Attended Fort Worth's Central High School.
Had Scottish, Welsh and English ancestry.
She has acted in 73 movies during her career.
She was one of the Hollywood's highest paid star.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on 6772 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960.
She made ten movies with actor Fred Astaire.
She was good friends with actress Maureen O'Hara, Lucille Ball and Bette Davis.
Featured on cover of Life magazine four times.
She wrote autobiography "Ginger, My Story" (1991).
She did not have children.
Rogers died on April 25, 1995, Rancho Mirage, California, United States, at the age of 83.
She was married to:
Jack Pepper (1929-1931)
Lew Ayres (1934-1941)
William Marshall (1961-1969)
Jacques Bergerac (1953-1957)
Jack Briggs (1943-1949)
She was engaged to Howard Hughes (1940).
She dated Greg Bautzer (1948-1950), James Stewart (1941), Jean Gabin (1939), Alfred G. Vanderbilt (1937), Cesar Romero (1932), Mervyn LeRoy (1930-1933) and Rudy Vallee (1929).