What is Ginger Rogers?
[[File:Ginger Rogers Colorized 1943.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ginger Rogers''' (born '''Virginia Katherine McMath''', July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]], [[dancer]] and [[singer]]. She was born in [[Independence, Missouri]]. During her long career, she made a total of 73 films, collaborating with [[Fred Astaire]] as a romantic lead actress and dancing partner in a series of ten Hollywood musical films that revolutionized the [[genre]]. She achieved great success on her own in a variety of film roles and won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her performance in ''Kitty Foyle'' (1940). She ranks #14 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list of actress screen legends. She also appeared on numerous [[television]] programs. She died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Rancho Mirage, California]]. == 1933–1939: Astaire and Rogers == Rogers was most famous for her partnership with [[Fred Astaire]]. Together, from 1933 to 1939, they made nine musical films at RKO and one at MGM. They revolutionized the Hollywood musical, introducing dance routines of unprecedented elegance and virtuosity, set to songs specially composed for them by the greatest popular song composers of the day. === Films with Astaire === ''[[Flying Down to Rio]]'' (1933) ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'' (1934) ''Roberta'' (1935) ''[[Top Hat]]'' (1935) ''[[Follow the Fleet]]'' (1936) ''Swing Time'' (1936) ''Shall We Dance'' (1937) ''Carefree'' (1938) ''The Story of [[Vernon and Irene Castle]]'' (1939) ''The Barkleys of Broadway'' (1949) == Other websites == *{{imdb|0001677}} *Ginger Rogers at 92 dances [[salsa]] with her grandson. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O-o5gwi4HI] {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Ginger}} [[Category:American Academy Award winning actors]] [[Category:Actors from Missouri]] [[Category:American dancers]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:People from