--- name: "Ginger Rogers" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ginger-rogers" roles: ["Actor"] born: "16 July 1911" died: "25 April 1995" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 81 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-20T00:13:27.177125+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ginger Rogers Actor. Born 16 July 1911 in Independence, Missouri, USA. Died 25 April 1995. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 16 July 1911, Independence, Missouri, USA - **Died:** 25 April 1995 - **Active:** 1933–1940 - **Also known as:** Virginia Katherine McMath - **Frequently works with:** [Pandro S. Berman](https://film.one/person/pandro-s-berman.md), [Edward Everett Horton](https://film.one/person/edward-everett-horton.md), [Erik Rhodes](https://film.one/person/erik-rhodes.md), [Fred Astaire](https://film.one/person/fred-astaire.md), [Mark Sandrich](https://film.one/person/mark-sandrich.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 83 (4), 1940s 70 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 84 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 4 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 4, Romance 4, Drama 3, Music 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $9m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30003 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) (82) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ginger Rogers, born Virginia Katherine McMath, was an American actress and dancer. She began her career in vaudeville after winning a Charleston contest and made her Broadway debut in *Girl Crazy* (1930). She appeared as Ann Lowell in *42nd Street* (1933) and *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933). Rogers is best known for her partnership with Fred Astaire in ten musical films, including *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), *Top Hat* (1935) and *Swing Time* (1936). She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for *Kitty Foyle* (1940). Her other notable roles include those in *Stage Door* (1937), *The Major and the Minor* (1942) and *Monkey Business* (1952). She also appeared on television in series such as *The Love Boat* (1977). *Sources: imdb.com, britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Kitty Foyle* (1940), Fi1m 70, as Kitty Foyle — [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md) - *Stage Door* (1937), Fi1m 85, as Jean Maitland — [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md) - *Top Hat* (1935), Fi1m 87, as Dale Tremont — [page](https://film.one/film/top-hat.md) - *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Fi1m 79, as Mimi Glossop — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md) - *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, as Ann — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) ## Complete filmography (96) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm* (2006), as Various / Self (archive footage) - *Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults* (1999), as (archive footage) - *The Casting Couch* (1995), Actor - *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *That's Dancing!* (1985), Actor - *Glitter* (1984), series, as Margaret Davis - *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage) - *Hotel* (1982), series, as Natalie Trent - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Stella Logan - *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage) - *That's Entertainment!* (1974), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Ginger Rogers - *Mondo Hollywood* (1967), Actor - *Harlow* (1965), as Mama Jean - *Cinderella* (1965), as Queen - *Quick, Let's Get Married* (1964), as Madame Rinaldi - *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, as Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt - *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Kay Neilson - *Oh, Men! Oh, Women!* (1957), as Mildred Turner - *Teenage Rebel* (1956), as Nancy Fallon - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Angie Cartwright - *The First Traveling Saleslady* (1956), as Rose Gillray - *Tight Spot* (1955), as Sherry Conley - *Black Widow* (1954), as Carlotta Marin - *Beautiful Stranger* (1954), as Johnny Victor - *Forever Female* (1953), as Beatrice Page - *Monkey Business* (1952), as Edwina Fulton - *Dreamboat* (1952), as Gloria Marlowe - *We're Not Married!* (1952), as Ramona Gladwyn - *The Groom Wore Spurs* (1951), as AJ Furnival - *Storm Warning* (1951), as Marsha Mitchell - *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Ginger Rogers - *Perfect Strangers* (1950), as Terry Scott - *The Barkleys of Broadway* (1949), as Dinah Barkley - *It Had to Be You* (1947), as Victoria Stafford - *Magnificent Doll* (1946), as Dolly Madison - *Heartbeat* (1946), as Arlette Lafron - *George White's Scandals* (1945), as Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Week-End at the Waldorf* (1945), as Irene Malvern - *I'll Be Seeing You* (1944), as Mary Marshall - *Tender Comrade* (1944), as Jo Jones - *Lady in the Dark* (1944), as Liza Elliott - *Once Upon a Honeymoon* (1942), as Katherine Butt-Smith - *The Major and the Minor* (1942), as Susan Applegate - *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), as Diane - *Roxie Hart* (1942), as Roxie Hart - *Tom, Dick and Harry* (1941), as Janie - *Kitty Foyle* (1940), as Kitty Foyle — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md) - *Lucky Partners* (1940), as Jean Newton - *Primrose Path* (1940), as Ellie May Adams - *Fifth Avenue Girl* (1939), as Mary Grey - *Bachelor Mother* (1939), as Polly Parrish - *The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle* (1939), as Irene Castle - *Carefree* (1938), as Amanda Cooper - *Having Wonderful Time* (1938), as Teddy Shaw - *Vivacious Lady* (1938), as Francey - *Stage Door* (1937), as Jean Maitland — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md) - *Shall We Dance* (1937), as Linda Keene - *Swing Time* (1936), as Penny Carrol - *Follow the Fleet* (1936), as Sherry Martin - *In Person* (1935), as Carol Corliss - *Top Hat* (1935), as Dale Tremont — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/top-hat.md) - *Star of Midnight* (1935), as Donna Mantin - *Roberta* (1935), as Scharwenka - *Romance in Manhattan* (1934), as Sylvia Dennis - *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), as Mimi Glossop — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md) - *Twenty Million Sweethearts* (1934), as Peggy Cornell - *Change of Heart* (1934), as Madge Rountree - *Finishing School* (1934), as Pony - *Upperworld* (1934), as Lilly Linda - *Flying Down to Rio* (1933), as Honey Hale - *Sitting Pretty* (1933), as Dorothy - *Chance at Heaven* (1933), as Marge Harris - *Rafter Romance* (1933), as Mary - *A Shriek in the Night* (1933), as Pat Morgan - *Don't Bet on Love* (1933), as Molly Gilbert - *Professional Sweetheart* (1933), as Glory - *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), as Fay - *42nd Street* (1933), as Ann — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) - *Broadway Bad* (1933), as Flip Daly - *You Said a Mouthful* (1932), as Alice Brandon - *Hat Check Girl* (1932), as Jessie King - *The Thirteenth Guest* (1932), as Lela / Marie Morgan - *The Tenderfoot* (1932), as Ruth Weston - *Carnival Boat* (1932), as Honey - *Suicide Fleet* (1931), as Sally - *The Tip-Off* (1931), as Baby Face - *Honor Among Lovers* (1931), as Doris Brown - *Follow the Leader* (1930), as Mary Brennan - *Office Blues* (1930), as Miss Gravis - *Queen High* (1930), as Polly Rockwell - *The Sap from Syracuse* (1930), as Ellen Saunders - *Young Man of Manhattan* (1930), as Puff Randolph - *Campus Sweethearts* (1930), Actor - *A Night in a Dormitory* (1930), as Ginger Rogers - *A Day of a Man of Affairs* (1929), Actor ## Gallery - ![Ginger Rogers](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-c3c9275960ce.jpg) Ginger Rogers — Studio publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Ginger_Rogers_-_Tender_Comrade.jpg/1280px-Ginger_Rogers_-_Tender_Comrade.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Publicity photo of Ginger Rogers. (1940)](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-5742ef19bb7e.jpg) Publicity photo of Ginger Rogers. (1940) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Ginger_Rogers_-_1940s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-87bae63eba11.jpg) Ginger Rogers in Follow the Fleet — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ginger_Rogers_-_Follow_the_Fleet_%281936%29_%2849681853651%29.jpg/1280px-Ginger_Rogers_-_Follow_the_Fleet_%281936%29_%2849681853651%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![From 1993 Baltimore M.D. Senator theater (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-ebac5aad3db8.jpg) From 1993 Baltimore M.D. Senator theater (2010) — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Ginger_Rogers_1993.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ginger Rogers](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-977de6341b22.jpg) Ginger Rogers — Image via TMDB - ![Film star Ginger Rogers and her husband Jacques Bergerac, 1950s](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-d7559c59d274.jpg) Film star Ginger Rogers and her husband Jacques Bergerac, 1950s — SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Film_star_Ginger_Rogers_and_her_husband_1950s.jpg/1280px-Film_star_Ginger_Rogers_and_her_husband_1950s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![David Burns and Ginger Rogers celebrating the third anniversary of the Broadway's production Hello, Dolly! - publicity still (cropped) (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/1225899/gallery-41a0ce7b4358.jpg) David Burns and Ginger Rogers celebrating the third anniversary of the Broadway's production Hello, Dolly! - publicity still (cropped) (1967) — unknown (UPI Photo), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/David_Burns-Ginger_Rogers_in_Hello%2C_Dolly%21.jpg/1280px-David_Burns-Ginger_Rogers_in_Hello%2C_Dolly%21.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 1941: Best Actress (won), for *Kitty Foyle* ### Other awards — 1 won - Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award 1980: Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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