Ginger Rogers was born Virginia Katherine McMath in Independence, Missouri on July 16, 1911. Her mother, known as Lelee, went to Independence to have Ginger away from her husband. She had a baby earlier in their marriage and he allowed the doctor to use forceps and the baby died. She was kidnapped by her father several times until her mother took him to court...See full bio »
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The Fred Astaire Songbook
(1991)
(performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Isn't It a Lovely Day", "This Is A Fine Romance", "Lovely to Look At", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "Cheek to Cheek", "Let's Face the Music and Dance")
1952Monkey Business
(performer: "The Whiffenpoof Song" - uncredited)
1952Dreamboat
(performer: "You'll Never Know" - uncredited)
1949The Barkleys of Broadway
(performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me" 1937, "Swing Trot" 1949 - uncredited, "You'd Be Hard to Replace" 1949 - uncredited, "Bouncin' the Blues" 1949 - uncredited, "My One and Only Highland Fling" 1949 - uncredited, "Week-End in the Country" 1949 - uncredited, "Manhattan Downbeat" 1949 - uncredited / "La Marseillaise" 1792 - uncredited)
1946Heartbeat
(performer: "The Heartbeat Song Can You Guess?" - uncredited)
1944Lady in the Dark
(performer: "Suddenly It's Spring", "The Saga of Jenny" - uncredited, "My Ship" - uncredited)
1943Tender Comrade
(performer: "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It" 1913)
1940Kitty Foyle
(performer: "I'll See You in My Dreams" 1924 - uncredited, "Three Little Words" 1930 - uncredited)
1940Lucky Partners
("Comin' Thro' the Rye" - uncredited)
1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
(performer: "Only When You're in My Arms" 1939, "The Yama Yama Man" - uncredited, "King Chanticleer" - uncredited, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" - uncredited, "The Syncopated Walk" - uncredited, "While They Were Dancing Around" - uncredited, "Too Much Mustard Tres Moutarde" - uncredited, "Rose Room" - uncredited, "Tres Jolie" - uncredited, "Little Brown Jug" - uncredited, "Dengozo" - uncredited, "You're Here and I'm Here" - uncredited, "Chicago" - uncredited, "Hello, Frisco, Hello" - uncredited, "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" - uncredited, "Take Me Back to New York Town" - uncredited, "La Marseillaise" - uncredited / "Cecile Waltz" - uncredited, "Nights of Gladness" - uncredited, "Missouri Waltz" - uncredited)
1938Vivacious Lady
(performer: "You'll Be Reminded of Me" 1938)
1938Carefree
(performer: "I Used To Be Color Blind" 1938 - uncredited, "The Yam" 1938 - uncredited, "Change Partners" 1938 - uncredited)
1937Shall We Dance
(performer: "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" 1937 - uncredited, "Shall We Dance" 1937 - uncredited, "They All Laughed" 1937 - uncredited)
1937Stage Door
(performer: "Put Your Heart Into Your Feet and Dance" - uncredited)
1936Swing Time
(performer: "Pick Yourself Up" 1936 - uncredited, "Waltz in Swing Time" 1936 - uncredited, "A Fine Romance" 1936 - uncredited, "Never Gonna Dance" 1936 - uncredited / "The Way You Look Tonight" 1936 - uncredited, "A Fine Romance" 1936 - uncredited)
1936Follow the Fleet
(performer: "Let Yourself Go" 1936 - uncredited, "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" 1936 - uncredited, "Let's Face the Music and Dance" 1932 - uncredited)
1935Top Hat
(performer: "Isn't This a Lovely Day to Be Caught in the Rain?" 1935 - uncredited, "Cheek to Cheek" 1935 - uncredited, "The Piccolino" 1935 - uncredited)
1935In Person
(performer: "Don't Mention Love to Me", "Got a New Lease on Life", "Out of Sight, Out of Mind")
1935Roberta
(performer: "Let's Begin" 1933 - uncredited, "I'll Be Hard to Handle" 1933 - uncredited, "I Won't Dance" 1934 - uncredited, "Lovely to Look At" 1935 - uncredited, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" 1933 - uncredited)
1934Twenty Million Sweethearts
(performer: "Out for No Good" 1934 - uncredited / "I'll String Along with You" 1934 - uncredited)
1934The Gay Divorcee
(performer: "Night and Day" 1932, "The Continental" 1934, "The Continental" 1934 - uncredited)
1934Finishing School
(performer: "Virginia's Gonna Get Fried", "Never Hit Your Grandma with a Shovel")
1934Upperworld
(performer: "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" - uncredited, "Shake Your Powder Puff" - uncredited)
1933Gold Diggers of 1933
(performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited)
1933Flying Down to Rio
(performer: "Music Makes Me" 1933 - uncredited, "Carioca" 1933 - uncredited)
1933Sitting Pretty
(performer: "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?", "You're Such a Comfort to Me", "Good Morning Glory", "There's a Bluebird at My Window")
1933Chance at Heaven
(performer: "London Bridge is Falling Down" - uncredited)
(1930) Stage: Appeared as 'Molly Gray' in "Girl Crazy" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Directed by Alexander Leftwich. Alvin Theatre: 14 Oct 1930-6 Jun 1931 (272 performances).
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[on Fred Astaire, 1976] 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.
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Trivia:
She was of Welsh and Scottish heritage.
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