Ginger Rogers filmography

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The Ginger Rogers filmography lists the film appearances of American actress Ginger Rogers, as well as her television, stage, and radio credits. Rogers's career spanned fifty-seven years, from 1930 to 1987.

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Initially signing with Paramount Pictures in 1930, she quickly opted out of her contract and worked for several studios, most notably for Warner Brothers in musicals 42nd Street (1933) and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), during this time she was named one of WAMPAS Baby Stars. In 1932 Ginger co-starred with comedian Joe E. Brown in the movie, "You Said A Mouthful". In 1933, Rogers signed with RKO Radio Pictures, where she was paired with dancer Fred Astaire in commercially successful Flying Down to Rio (1933). [1] The pair achieved greater success in subsequent musicals The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and Shall We Dance (1937), totaling 8 films made between 1933 and 1939.

Without Astaire, Rogers starred in critically and commercially successful non-musicals throughout the remainder of the 1930s such as Stage Door (1937) with Katharine Hepburn, Vivacious Lady (1938) with James Stewart, and Bachelor Mother (1939) with David Niven, culminating with an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940).

Rogers flourished throughout the 1940s, becoming one of the most popular and highest paid actresses of the decade. She starred in comedies Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) and Roxie Hart (1942; this was an adaptation of the 1926 non-musical play Chicago , and later the inspiration for the hit 1975 musical and 2002 film adaptation), dramas Tender Comrade (1943) and I'll Be Seeing You (1944) and in director Billy Wilder's American film debut The Major and the Minor (1942).

She was reunited with Fred Astaire for MGM's The Barkleys of Broadway (1949).

In the 1950s, Rogers' film career had faltered, due to lesser demand for older actresses. She co-starred with popular Cary Grant in Monkey Business (1952) but her career continued to wane throughout the decade. She ended her film career with one of two fictionalized biographies on actress Jean Harlow in 1965's Harlow . Beginning the following year, she found success by returning to musical theatre, including a stint as one of several replacements for Carol Channing in the long-running Hello, Dolly! on Broadway. [2]

Films

TitleDateDirectorCo-StarringNotes
Night In A Dormitory1930Harry Delmarmaybe 1929
Office Blues1930musical short
Young Man of Manhattan 1930Monta Bell Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster The line "Cigarette me, big boy" became a catchphrase during the 1930s after audiences heard Rogers repeat it throughout the movie.
Queen High 1930Fred Newmeyer
The Sap from Syracuse 1930A. Edward Sutherland Jack Oakie
Follow the Leader 1930Norman Taurog
Honor Among Lovers 1931 Dorothy Arzner Claudette Colbert
The Tip-Off 1931Albert Rogell
Suicide Fleet 1931Albert Rogell
Carnival Boat 1932Albert Rogell
The Tenderfoot 1932Ray Enright Joe E. Brown
The Thirteenth Guest 1932Albert Ray Lyle Talbot
Hat Check Girl 1932 Sidney Lanfield Sidney Lanfield was the most frequent director on the Addams Family 1960s television show.
You Said a Mouthful 1932Lloyd BaconJoe E. Brown
42nd Street 1933Lloyd Bacon Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell As Ann Lowell, aka "Anytime Annie". ("She only said no once, and then she didn't hear the question".) [3]
Broadway Bad 1933Sidney Lanfield
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933Mervyn LeRoyRuby Keeler, Dick PowellFeatured Rogers' famous performance of "We're in the Money," directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley.
Professional Sweetheart 1933 William A. Seiter Norman Foster
A Shriek in the Night 1933Albert RayLyle Talbot
Don't Bet on Love 1933Murray Roth Lew Ayres Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres were married for seven years following this film.
Sitting Pretty 1933Harry Joe Brown Jack Oakie, Jack Haley
Flying Down to Rio 1933Thornton Freeland Dolores del Río, Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire The first Astaire–Rogers pairing. [1] This is the only movie where Rogers is billed above Astaire.
Chance at Heaven 1933William A. Seiter Joel McCrea
Rafter Romance 1933William A. Seiter Norman Foster
Finishing School 1934Wanda Tuchock and George Nicholas Beulah Bondi
Twenty Million Sweethearts 1934Ray EnrightDick Powell
Change of Heart 1934John G. Blystone Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
Upperworld 1934Roy Del Ruth Mary Astor
The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mark Sandrich Fred Astaire
Romance in Manhattan 1935Stephen Roberts Francis Lederer
Roberta 1935William A. Seiter Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott Lucille Ball has an uncredited appearance as a model. She had lines deleted since her character was supposed to be a French model and she could not perfect the accent.
Star of Midnight 1935Stephen Roberts William Powell
Top Hat 1935Mark SandrichFred Astaire
In Person 1935William A. Seiter George Brent
Follow the Fleet 1936Mark SandrichFred Astaire, Randolph Scott, Lucille Ball
Swing Time 1936 George Stevens Fred Astaire
Shall We Dance 1937Mark SandrichFred Astaire
Stage Door 1937Gregory La Cava Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Lucille Ball
Having Wonderful Time 1938Alfred Santell Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lucille Ball, Red Skelton This used much of the same cast as Stage Door.
Vivacious Lady 1938George Stevens James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel
Carefree 1938Mark SandrichFred Astaire, Jack Carson, Hattie McDaniel
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939H. C. PotterFred Astaire
Bachelor Mother 1939 Garson Kanin David Niven, Charles Coburn
Fifth Avenue Girl 1939 Gregory La Cava Walter Connolly
Primrose Path 1940Gregory La CavaJoel McCrea
Lucky Partners 1940Lewis Milestone Ronald Colman, Jack Carson
Kitty Foyle 1940Sam Wood Dennis Morgan, James Craig Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress the first year that the academy did not announce winners before the ceremony. She beat Bette Davis, Joan Fontaine, Martha Scott, and former co-star Katharine Hepburn.
Tom, Dick and Harry 1941Garson Kanin George Murphy, Burgess Meredith
Roxie Hart 1942 William A. Wellman Adolphe MenjouAn adaptation of the non-musical play Chicago , later adapted into the successful stage musical and film.
Tales of Manhattan 1942Julien Duvivier Henry Fonda, Cesar Romero, Rita Hayworth, Gail Patrick
The Major and the Minor 1942 Billy Wilder Ray Milland Rogers campaigned hard for Billy Wilder and as a result this became his debut film. This remains one of Rogers' favorite movies. Near the end, her real mother, Lela Rogers, played her character's mother.
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 Leo McCarey Cary Grant
Tender Comrade 1943 Edward Dmytryk Robert Ryan
Lady in the Dark 1944Mitchell LeisenRay Milland, Warner Baxter
I'll Be Seeing You 1944William Dieterle Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Week-End at the Waldorf 1945Robert Z. Leonard Lana Turner Remake of the 1932 film Grand Hotel , Rogers portrayed the ballerina who was first played on screen by Greta Garbo.
Heartbeat 1946Sam WoodAdolphe Menjou
Magnificent Doll 1946Frank BorzageDavid Niven, Burgess Meredith
It Had to Be You 1947Don Hartman and Rudolph MateCornel Wilde
The Barkleys of Broadway 1949Charles WaltersFred Astaire Judy Garland was originally cast, having recently starred with Astaire in Easter Parade (1948); due to personal problems, she was replaced by Rogers. This is the only Astaire–Rogers film not released by RKO and the only one filmed in color (although the "I Used to Be Color Blind" number in Carefree was originally filmed in Technicolor).
Perfect Strangers 1950Bretaigne WindustDennis Morgan
Storm Warning 1951Stuart Heisler Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran
The Groom Wore Spurs 1951Richard WhorfJack Carson
We're Not Married! 1952Edmund Goulding Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Fred Allen, Victor Moore
Monkey Business 1952 Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Dreamboat 1952Claude Binyon Clifton Webb
Forever Female 1953Irving Rapper William Holden
Black Widow 1954Nunnally Johnson Gene Tierney, Van Heflin, Peggy Ann Garner
Twist of Fate (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ')1954David Miller Herbert Lom Released in Great Britain as Beautiful Stranger; Rogers' husband at the time, Jacques Bergerac, appeared in the film.
Tight Spot 1955Phil Karlson Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene, Eve McVeagh
The First Traveling Saleslady 1956Arthur Lubin Carol Channing Clint Eastwood appeared in an early film role.
Teenage Rebel 1956Edmund Goulding Michael Rennie
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! 1957Nunnally JohnsonDavid Niven
Quick, Let's Get Married 1964William DieterleRay MillandAlso known as "The Confession."
Harlow 1965Alex Segal Carol Lynley Rogers' last film.

Box office ranking

Short subjects

File:Perry Como Ginger Rogers 1957.JPG| An appearance with Perry Como on TV's Kraft Music Hall (1957)

Television

On The Red Skelton Show (1963) Red skelton junior ginger rogers 1963.JPG
On The Red Skelton Show (1963)

Stage work

Radio appearances

YearProgramEpisode/source
1942Lux Radio Theatre Kitty Foyle [12]
1953Radio Theater It Grows on Trees [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 Flying Down to Rio (1933) at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ginger Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. Clip of first reference to Ginger Rogers' character as "Anytime Annie", a pre-Code element in 42nd Street (1933 film) on YouTube
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Ginger Rogers filmography and TV appearances on IMDb
  5. What's My Line episode, Aug. 5, 1962 on YouTube
  6. "Something's Gotta Give" on The Ed Sullivan Show on YouTube (Dec. 8, 1963)
  7. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965 remake) at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  8. "Here's Lucy" episode "Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea" (1971) at IMDb OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  9. Video clip from stage production of Hello, Dolly! (1967)
  10. Video clip from London stage production of Mame (British TV, 1971)
  11. Mame poster with Ginger Rogers at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
  12. "Old Time Radio Catalogue". otrcat.com.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  13. Kirby, Walter (November 15, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 50. Retrieved July 7, 2015 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg