Ginger Rogers's biography

Virginia Katherine McMath is 84 years old film actor born at Independence. Ginger was born on Sunday 16th of July 1911. She is often nicknamed as Feathers, Virginia Katherine McMath, Ginger Rogers. According to year of birth 1911 Ginger belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 16th of July means Ginger is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.She was married 5 times.

Ginger is white american. Ginger is citizen of United States of America. She is christian science. Ginger´s primary profession is to be film actor. You can know Ginger also as playwright, dancer, stage actor, television actor, singer. She is recently known as writer. Ginger received Academy Award for Best Actress Kitty Foyle in 1939

Ginger Rogers's dad

Ginger Rogers's father's name is Eddins McMath.

Ginger Rogers's mom

Ginger Rogers's mother's name is Lela E. Rogers.

Ginger Rogers's family

Ginger Rogers's ex husbands

Lew Ayres

Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres have been together since 1934 for 6 years. He is known as actor. Her ex husband was born on Monday 28th of December 1908 in Minneapolis. Ginger´s ex husband died on Monday 30th of December 1996 in Los Angeles. Lew Ayres was 85 years old, when this happened.

Jacques Bergerac

Ginger Rogers and Jacques Bergerac have been together since 1953 for 4 years. He is known as actor. Ginger´s ex husband was born on Thursday 26th of May 1927 in Biarritz. Her ex husband died on Sunday 15th of June 2014 in Anglet. Jacques Bergerac was 103 years old, when this happened.

Jack Pepper

Ginger Rogers and Jack Pepper have been together since 1929 for 2 years. He is known as singer. Ginger´s ex husband was born on Saturday 14th of June 1902 in Palestine. Her ex husband died on Sunday 1st of April 1979 in Los Angeles. Jack Pepper was 68 years old, when this happened.

Jack Briggs

Ginger Rogers and Jack Briggs have been together since 1943 for 4 years. He is known as film actor. Her ex husband was born on Sunday 1st of August 1920 in Schenectady. Ginger´s ex husband died on Saturday 22nd of August 1998. Jack Briggs was 87 years old, when this happened.

William Marshall

Ginger Rogers and William Marshall have been together since 1961 for 8 years. He is known as actor. Her ex husband was born on Friday 12th of October 1917 in Chicago. Her ex husband died on Wednesday 8th of June 1994 in Paris. William Marshall was 83 years old, when this happened.

Ginger Rogers's schools

We found 2 schools She attended. Complete list of schools: Cambridge, Green B. Trimble Technical High School.

Detailed informations about her schools

Ginger studied high school - Central High School, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ginger Rogers's career

Her main focus is to be film actor. Ginger is famous thanks to Rogers and Astaire, Kitty Foyle, WAMPAS Baby Star of 1932. Ginger is also a member of Daughters of the American Revolution.

Is Ginger Rogers gay ?

She is known to be straight.

How did Ginger Rogers die

Ginger died on on Tuesday 25th of April 1995 when he was 84 years old at Rancho Mirage. Ginger Rogerss death was caused by congestive heart failure. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Ginger Rogers's Awards

She made her final public appearance on March 18, 1995 (just five weeks before her death) when she received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award.
She first introduced the song "The Continental" in The Gay Divorcee (1934) and it went on to be the first song that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Was the 16th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Kitty Foyle (1940) at The 13th Academy Awards on February 27, 1941.
Left her Academy Award statuette to her personal assistant Roberta Olden.

Ginger Rogers's Nominations

Appeared in five Oscar Best Picture nominees: 42nd Street (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Stage Door (1937) and Kitty Foyle (1940).

What else you don't know about Ginger Rogers ?

Ginger´s middle name is Katherine.

What Ginger Rogers has done for a first time

Brought her first cousin Helen Nichols to Hollywood, renamed her Phyllis Fraser, and guided her through a few films. Phyllis Fraser married and then became known as Phyllis Fraser.
Directed her first stage musical, "Babes In Arms", at age 74.
The well-known quote often attributed to her - "My first picture was [Kitty Foyle (1940)]. It was my mother [Lela E. Rogers] who made all those films with Fred Astaire" - was actually fabricated for a 1966 article in "Films In Review".
First cousin, once removed, of Christopher Cerf and Jonathan Cerf.
Her first teaming with Fred Astaire, Flying Down to Rio (1933), was her 20th film appearance but only Astaire's second.
She first introduced the song "The Continental" in The Gay Divorcee (1934) and it went on to be the first song that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Was married to third husband, Jack Briggs, at the First Methodist Church in Pasadena, California. Reverend Edwin Day performed the ceremony.

Ginger Rogers's quotes

My mother [Lela E. Rogers] told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.
When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.
[1983] They're not going to get my money to see the junk that's made today.
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
[early 1930s] I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money, too.
When you're happy, you don't count the years.
Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket.
[on her partnership with Fred Astaire] After all, it's not as if we were Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. We did have careers apart from each other.
The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift.
[on working with Katharine Hepburn] She is snippy, you know, which is a shame. She was never on my side.
[1987] It'd be fun to have a chum around, but it's very hard to have a chum unless you're married to him. And I don't believe in today's concept for living with someone unmarried.
Even when one is of a certain age to make one's own decisions, there are many times when it is great to be able to go back and talk it over with the people one loves - one's family.
[on her screen partnership with Fred Astaire] We had fun and it shows. True, we were never bosom buddies off the screen; we were different people with different interests. We were only a couple on film.
I'm most grateful to have had that joyous time in motion pictures. It really was a Golden Age of Hollywood. Pictures were talking, they were singing, they were coloring. It was beginning to blossom out: bud and blossom were both present.
I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom [Lela E. Rogers] will give me a good review if nobody else does.
It was tough being a woman in the theatrical business in those days.
I think the motion pictures talked themselves out of business when they sold their backlogs [to TV networks]. They sold what they thought were old clothes. It turns out some of them had better material in them than their new ones.
Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner you don't have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen to be in vogue. All you have to do is be a good average dancer and anybody who spends the time and effort can accomplish this.
I believe in living each day as it comes, to the best of my ability. When it's done, I put it away, remembering that there will be a tomorrow to take it's place. If I have any philosophy, that's it. To me it's not a fatalistic attitude.
[1976, on Fred Astaire] I adore the man. I always have adored him. It was the most fortunate thing that ever happened to me, being teamed with Fred: he was everything a little starry-eyed girl from a small town ever dreamed of.
[on Howard Hughes] Howard was one of the best dancers I ever knew, and fascinating to be with. Terribly bright and intelligent. But he was immersed in his work.
I've made thousands of mistakes, but they've all been stepping stones toward a better concept of life.
Gossip is hardly uplifting.
I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Chariots of Fire (1981) instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.
You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything.
Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.
Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip.
Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.
There are no small parts. Only small actors.
The fun, joy, and humor dry up in a relationship when one of the partners is swimming in gin. To my way of thinking, it is selfishness personified to see life through the bottom of a liquor bottle.
They (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) were so cute, holding hands and giving each other little kisses. They were so happy together.

Ginger Rogers's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Ginger Rogers looks. We will focus on her height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Ginger is tall as 5' 4½" (164 cm). Body build is slim. Ginger´s eyes are tinted blue. Her hair is shade of blonde.

Ginger Rogers