Ginger Rogers
Acting
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.
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Fred Astaire donne le 'la'
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Sem Título #1: Dance of Leitfossil
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Astaire and Rogers Sing the Great American Songbook
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
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Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
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"All -Singing All-Dancing" Before And After
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
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Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again
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Complicated Women
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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
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That's Entertainment! III
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
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Night of 100 Stars II
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
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That's Dancing!
Going Hollywood: The '30s
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Night of 100 Stars
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That's Entertainment, Part II
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Hooray for Hollywood
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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That's Entertainment!
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
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Brasileiros em Hollywood
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Mondo Hollywood
Harlow
Mama Jean
Cinderella
Queen
Quick, Let's Get Married
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Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
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Teenage Rebel
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The First Traveling Saleslady
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Tight Spot
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Black Widow
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Beautiful Stranger
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Forever Female
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Monkey Business
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Dreamboat
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We're Not Married!
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The Groom Wore Spurs
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Storm Warning
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Perfect Strangers
Terry Scott
The Barkleys of Broadway
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It Had to Be You
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Magnificent Doll
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Heartbeat
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George White's Scandals
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Week-End at the Waldorf
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I'll Be Seeing You
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Tender Comrade
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Lady in the Dark
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Show-Business at War
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Once Upon a Honeymoon
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The Major and the Minor
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Tales of Manhattan
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Roxie Hart
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Tom, Dick and Harry
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Kitty Foyle
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Lucky Partners
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Primrose Path
Ellie May Adams
Fifth Avenue Girl
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Bachelor Mother
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
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Carefree
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Having Wonderful Time
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Vivacious Lady
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Stage Door
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Shall We Dance
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Swing Time
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Follow the Fleet
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In Person
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Top Hat
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Star of Midnight
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Roberta
Scharwenka
Romance in Manhattan
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The Gay Divorcee
Mimi Glossop
Twenty Million Sweethearts
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Change of Heart
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Finishing School
Pony
Upperworld
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Hollywood Newsreel
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Flying Down to Rio
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Sitting Pretty
Dorothy
Chance at Heaven
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Rafter Romance
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A Shriek in the Night
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Don't Bet on Love
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Professional Sweetheart
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Gold Diggers of 1933
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42nd Street
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Broadway Bad
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You Said a Mouthful
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Hat Check Girl
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
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The Thirteenth Guest
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Hollywood on Parade
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The Tenderfoot
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Carnival Boat
Honey
Suicide Fleet
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The Tip-Off
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Honor Among Lovers
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Follow the Leader
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Office Blues
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Queen High
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The Sap from Syracuse
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Young Man of Manhattan
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Campus Sweethearts
A Night in a Dormitory
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A Day of a Man of Affairs