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Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940), and performed during the 1930s in RKO 's musical films with Fred Astaire.
May 29, 2024 · Ginger Rogers (born July 16, 1911, Independence, Missouri, U.S.—died April 25, 1995, Rancho Mirage, California) was an American stage and film dancer and actress who was noted primarily as the partner of Fred Astaire in a series of motion-picture musicals.
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- ‘We’re in the Money’ from Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Hot on the high heels of 42nd Street’s success came this raunchy pre-Code musical comedy about four chorus girls.
- ‘Cheek to Cheek’ from Top Hat (1935) Top Hat is generally reckoned to be the strongest of the 10 Fred and Ginger films, and its most celebrated dance scene is the perfect demonstration of the romance and elegance that epitomises the pair.
- ‘Never Gonna Dance’ from Swing Time (1936) Fred and Ginger’s sixth pairing, and Rogers’ personal favourite of their films together, is this George Stevens comedy, another high-water mark of the duo’s collaborations.
- ‘Let Yourself Go’ from Follow the Fleet (1936) Although the best of the Irving Berlin songs in Follow the Fleet may be ‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance’, ‘Let Yourself Go’ is notable as it is the only solo number Rogers ever performed in her 10 films with Astaire.
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were dance partners in a total of 10 films, nine of them released by RKO Radio Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and one, The Barkleys of Broadway, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1949, their only film in Technicolor.
TitleYearCo-starsMusical Numbers1933Dolores Del Rio; Gene Raymond; Raul ..."Music Makes Me"; "The Carioca"; "Orchids ...1934Edward Everett Horton; Alice Brady; Erik ..."Don't Let It Bother You"; "It's Just ...1935Irene Dunne; Randolph Scott; Helen ..."Let's Begin"; "Yesterdays"; "I'll Be ...1935Edward Everett Horton; Helen Broderick;"No Strings"; "Isn't This A Lovely Day To ...Apr 26, 1995 · Ginger Rogers Danced Into Our Hearts. "Everything Fred did, I did backwards." That is the most famous line attributed to Ginger Rogers, quoted in almost every article about her. Whether she ever really said it or not, it was true: She was the partner for the best dancer in the movies, in his best films, and she not only mirrored his every step ...
Mar 18, 2015 · Ginger Rogers was beautiful, seductive, and comedic. Her dancing was a notch below that of Astaire, but her playful coquettish style and natural charisma complemented him well. Katherine Hepburn once observed, “He gives her class and she gives him sex.”
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