Ginger Rogers

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Ginger Rogers , (July 16th 1911 - April 25th 1995), is an actress and American dancer .

Biography

Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath , with Independence in the Missouri, of Eddins McMath and Lela Owens McMath. His/her parents separate little from time after its birth and his/her mother takes it along food in her maternal grandparents to Kansas City. The separation of his/her parents is surging, and they fight to have the guard of their daughter, her father going until taking it against the assent of his/her mother. After their divorce, Ginger remains at his/her grandparents, Walter and Saphrona Owens, while Lela works with Hollywood then with New York like Scénariste. Its nickname “Ginger” would come owing to the fact that his/her cousins, having evil to pronounce Virginia, call it Ginga .

Ginger is 9 years old when his/her mother remarie with John Logan Rogers. Ginger takes at this time the name of Rogers which will become its name of scene, but will never carry it legally. They live with Fort Worth with the Texas and Lela becomes critical of Théâtre for a local newspaper, the Fort Worth Record . Teenager, Ginger thinks of becoming teacher, but the interest of his/her mother for the theater and Hollywood make it little by little return in the entertainment world. While it awaits her mother in the slides of the theater, it takes the practice to dance and sing in the unison with the actors on scene.

Its career starts when a troop of light comedy of passage to Fort Worth needs a lining to the raised foot. It presents, gains a contest of charleston and leaves with the troop. His/her mother accompanies it and they turn during four years. Lela divorces John Rogers during this period. When the troop reached New York, Ginger remains there, working with the radio where it earns its living while singing. It makes its beginnings with Broadway the December 25th 1929 in the musical comedy Top Speed . Two weeks later, it is committed for a role in Girl Crazy of George and Ira Gershwin. Fred Astaire is engaged on its side to make work the dancers on the level of choreography and it briefly leaves with Ginger. Its appearance in Girl Crazy makes of it a star of the day at the following day whereas it is only 19 years old. It signs its first contract with the Paramount for one seven years duration in 1930.

Ginger Rogers breaks her contract quickly and leaves for Hollywood with her mother. When it arrives in California, it signs a contract for three films with Pathé, which have only little success. She continues to play and dance until in 1933 and obtains its first true cinematographic success with the film 42 {{E}} Rue which she turns for Warner Brothers. She works then with RKO and on this occasion Fred Astaire in Carioca finds ( Flying Down to Rio ).

As from this moment is born the cinematographic couple Rogers/Astaire which will become legendary. They make together ten films, in which they dance and sing both. If Ginger remained in all the memories for this part of its career, it however turns in more than one hundred of films and short films during the three decades which follow.

In 1941 Ginger Rogers gains the Oscar of the best actress for her service in Kitty Foyle .

It buys in 1940 a Ranch in Oregon, close to the Rouge To rivet. It named it 4-R' S (for Rogers' Rogue River Ranch) and there lives with her mother during 50 years. She sells it in 1990 to settle with Medford, a close city.

Selective catalog of films

See too

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External bonds

  • Official site

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