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.

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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 Award
surface form: Golden Globe Henrietta Award

Kennedy Center Honors
surface form: 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, California, United States
surface form: 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. Pictures
surface form: 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!
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 Church of Christ, Scientist
surface form: Christian Science
residence Fort Worth, Texas
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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Virginia Katherine McMath alsoKnownAs Ginger Rogers
Lela Rogers child Ginger Rogers
Lela Rogers relative Ginger Rogers
Lela Rogers motherOf Ginger Rogers
Lela Rogers mentorOf Ginger Rogers
Ginger & Fred restaurant namedAfter Ginger Rogers
Ginger and Fred inspiredBy Ginger Rogers
Fred and Ginger namedAfter Ginger Rogers
Mark Sandrich workedWith Ginger Rogers
David Abel notableCollaboration Ginger Rogers
Erwin Gelsey starring Ginger Rogers
subject surface form: Swing Time
A Fine Romance introducedBy Ginger Rogers
A Fine Romance performedBy Ginger Rogers
Pick Yourself Up associatedPerformer Ginger Rogers
Never Gonna Dance performer Ginger Rogers
Never Gonna Dance portrayedBy Ginger Rogers
subject surface form: Penelope Penny Carroll
Waltz in Swing Time performer Ginger Rogers
Never Gonna Dance finale performer Ginger Rogers
Never Gonna Dance finale portrayedBy Ginger Rogers
Penelope "Penny" Carroll portrayedBy Ginger Rogers
Eric Blore as Gordon associatedWith Ginger Rogers
They All Laughed performedBy Ginger Rogers
The Continental introducedBy Ginger Rogers
The Continental performedBy Ginger Rogers
Hermes Pan collaboratedWith Ginger Rogers
The Carioca associatedWith Ginger Rogers
Erik Rhodes coStarredWith Ginger Rogers
Let’s Face the Music and Dance notablePerformer Ginger Rogers
subject surface form: Let's Face the Music and Dance
Let’s Face the Music and Dance notableDancePartners Ginger Rogers
subject surface form: Let's Face the Music and Dance
Let Yourself Go introducedBy Ginger Rogers
Let Yourself Go performer Ginger Rogers
Let Yourself Go starring Ginger Rogers
subject surface form: Follow the Fleet
Let Yourself Go notablePerformer Ginger Rogers