Ginger Rogers

1911-1995

Biography: life and films

Ginger Rogers was an American actress and singer. She was born in Independence, Missouri, USA on 16th July 1911 and died in Rancho Mirage, California, USA on 25th April 1995, aged 83.

Her best films as an actor include Mark Sandrich's comedy Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), George Stevens's Swing Time (1936), Gregory La Cava's Stage Door (1937) and Howard Hawks's Monkey Business (1952).

Ginger Rogers appeared in 76 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: William A. Seiter (5 films), Mark Sandrich (5), Gregory La Cava (3), Albert S. Rogell (3), William Dieterle (2), Stephen Roberts (2), Sidney Lanfield (2), Sam Wood (2), Ray Enright (2), Nunnally Johnson (2), Lloyd Bacon (2), George Stevens (2), Garson Kanin (2), Edmund Goulding (2) and Albert Ray (2).

Her most frequent genres include: comedy (40 films), comedy-romance (25), drama (21), romance (11), comedy-drama (8), War (3), Documentary (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Ginger Rogers over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Follow the Leader (1930) [a]

Queen High (1930) [a]

The Sap from Syracuse (1930) [a]

Young Man of Manhattan (1930) [a]

Honor Among Lovers (1931) [a]

Suicide Fleet (1931) [a]

The Tip-Off (1931) [a]

Carnival Boat (1932) [a]

Hat Check Girl (1932) [a]

The Tenderfoot (1932) [a]

The Thirteenth Guest (1932) [a]

You Said a Mouthful (1932) [a]

42nd Street (1933) [a]

A Shriek in the Night (1933) [a]

Broadway Bad (1933) [a]

Chance at Heaven (1933) [a]

Don't Bet on Love (1933) [a]

Flying Down to Rio (1933) [a]

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) [a]

Professional Sweetheart (1933) [a]

Rafter Romance (1933) [a]

Sitting Pretty (1933) [a]

Change of Heart (1934) [a]

Finishing School (1934) [a]

The Gay Divorcee (1934) [a]

Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934) [a]

Upperworld (1934) [a]

In Person (1935) [a]

Roberta (1935) [a]

Romance in Manhattan (1935) [a]

Star of Midnight (1935) [a]

Top Hat (1935) [a]

Follow the Fleet (1936) [a]

Swing Time (1936) [a]

Shall We Dance (1937) [a]

Stage Door (1937) [a]

Carefree (1938) [a]

Having Wonderful Time (1938) [a]

Vivacious Lady (1938) [a]

5th Ave Girl (1939) [a]

Bachelor Mother (1939) [a]

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) [a]

Kitty Foyle (1940) [a]

Lucky Partners (1940) [a]

Primrose Path (1940) [a]

Tom Dick and Harry (1941) [a]

Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) [a]

Roxie Hart (1942) [a]

Tales of Manhattan (1942) [a]

The Major and the Minor (1942) [a]

Tender Comrade (1943) [a]

I'll Be Seeing You (1944) [a]

Lady in the Dark (1944) [a]

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) [a]

Heartbeat (1946) [a]

Magnificent Doll (1946) [a]

It Had to Be You (1947) [a]

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) [a]

Perfect Strangers (1950) [a]

Storm Warning (1951) [a]

The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) [a]

Dreamboat (1952) [a]

Monkey Business (1952) [a]

We're Not Married! (1952) [a]

Beautiful Stranger (1954) [a]

Black Widow (1954) [a]

Forever Female (1954) [a]

Tight Spot (1955) [a]

Teenage Rebel (1956) [a]

The First Traveling Saleslady (1956) [a]

Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) [a]

The Confession (1964) [a]

Harlow (1965) [a]

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]



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