Ginger Rogers

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Ginger Rogers was an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for her iconic film musicals with Fred Astaire during Hollywood’s Golden Age.


Statements (97)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Hollywood Golden Age star
dancer
film actress
human
singer
stage actress
television actress
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1920s
alsoKnownAs Ginger Rogers
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Henrietta Award
Kennedy Center Honors (citation/recognition era, honorary-type distinctions)
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
Photoplay Gold Medal Award
awardReceivedForWork Academy Award for Best Actress for "Kitty Foyle"
birthName Virginia Katherine McMath
burialPlace Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure
co-star Cary Grant
David Niven
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Fred Astaire
James Stewart
Marx Brothers
Ronald Colman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-07-16
dateOfDeath 1995-04-25
employer 20th Century Fox
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
Warner Bros.
ethnicGroup White American
familyName McMath
fieldOfWork dance
film acting
musical theatre
genre musical film
romantic comedy film
screwball comedy film
givenName Virginia
hasStarOn Hollywood Walk of Fame
influenced later musical film performers
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
mother Lela Emogene Owens McMath
notableFor dance partnership with Fred Astaire
notableRelative Lela Rogers
notableWork 42nd Street
Bachelor Mother
Carefree
Flying Down to Rio
Follow the Fleet
Forever Female
Ginger: My Story (autobiography)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Harlow (1965 film)
Hello, Dolly! (stage role)
Kitty Foyle
Lady in the Dark
Love and Let Love (Broadway debut as a teenager)
Mame (stage role)
Monkey Business
Roberta
Roxie Hart
Shall We Dance
Stage Door
Swing Time
Teenage Rebel
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee (stage musical inspiration)
The Major and the Minor
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Top Hat
occupation actress
dancer
film producer
singer
placeOfBirth Independence, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath Rancho Mirage, California, United States
religion Christian Science
residence Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Hollywood, California, United States
Independence, Missouri, United States
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Medford, Oregon, United States
New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender female
spouse Jack Briggs
Jack Pepper
Jacques Bergerac
Lew Ayres
William Marshall
style ballroom dance
tap dance

Referenced by (47)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bachelor Mother
Carefree
Flying Down to Rio
Follow the Fleet
Forever Female
Monkey Business
Shall We Dance
Swing Time
Teenage Rebel
The Barkleys of Broadway
The Gay Divorcee
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Top Hat
starring
McMath
Rogers
hasNotableBearer
Forever Female
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
leadActor
Follow the Fleet ("Sherry Martin – Ginger Rogers")
Stage Door
portrayedBy
Swing Time ("Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carroll")
Top Hat ("Ginger Rogers as Dale Tremont")
portraysCharacter
Jacques Bergerac
Lew Ayres
spouse
Ginger Rogers
alsoKnownAs
Ginger: My Story
author
Kitty Foyle
awardReceivedBy
The Major and the Minor
castMember
Kitty Foyle
characterPortrayedBy
RKO Radio Pictures
collaboratedWith
Lady in the Dark
filmAdaptationStar
Carefree
hasCastMember
The Major and the Minor
hasFemaleLead
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
hasNotableBurial
Jacques Bergerac
hasRelative
Bachelor Mother ("Ginger Rogers as Polly Parrish")
leadActorRole
Monkey Business
leadActress
Forever Female
mainCharacterPortrayedBy
Ginger: My Story
mainSubject
Dancing House
namedAfter
Mame (stage role)
notablePerformer
Ginger: My Story
notablePersonDescribed
Photoplay Gold Medal Award
notableRecipient
Kitty Foyle
starred
Roxie Hart
starredActor
Gold Diggers of 1933
stars
McMath
usedBy
Fred Astaire
workedWith

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