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Ginger Rogers, born Virginia Katherine McMath in 1911, was a versatile American entertainer whose career spanned the Golden Age of Hollywood. Known for her dancing prowess alongside Fred Astaire in ten groundbreaking musicals, she also won the Academy Award for Best Actress for "Kitty Foyle" (1940). Her rise from vaudeville to Broadway to Hollywood solidified her status as one of the most bankable stars of the 1940s, with films like "Top Hat" (1935) and "Swing Time" (1936) defining her legacy. Though her popularity waned in the 1950s, Rogers found success on Broadway in "Hello, Dolly!" and continued to act until her death in 1995, leaving behind a legacy as a dynamic performer across multiple mediums.
The roles that explain the career.
74 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2006 | Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm | Various / Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | Film | |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | Film |
| 1967 | Mondo Hollywood | Film | |
| 1965 | Cinderella | Queen | Film |
| 1965 | Harlow | Mama Jean | Film |
| 1957 | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Mildred Turner | Film |
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady | Rose Gillray | Film |
| 1956 | Teenage Rebel | Nancy Fallon | Film |
| 1955 | Tight Spot | Sherry Conley | Film |
| 1954 | Beautiful Stranger | Johnny Victor | Film |
| 1954 | Black Widow | Carlotta Marin | Film |
| 1953 | Forever Female | Beatrice Page | Film |
| 1952 | Dreamboat | Gloria Marlowe | Film |
| 1952 | We're Not Married! | Ramona Gladwyn | Film |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Edwina Fulton | Film |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | AJ Furnival | Film |
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Marsha Mitchell | Film |
| 1950 | Perfect Strangers | Terry Scott | Film |
| 1949 | The Barkleys of Broadway | Dinah Barkley | Film |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You | Victoria Stafford | Film |
| 1946 | Heartbeat | Arlette Lafron | Film |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Dolly Madison | Film |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Irene Malvern | Film |
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | Ginger Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1944 | Tender Comrade | Jo Jones | Film |
| 1944 | Lady in the Dark | Liza Elliott | Film |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Mary Marshall | Film |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Diane | Film |
| 1942 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Katherine Butt-Smith | Film |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart | Roxie Hart | Film |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Susan Applegate | Film |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry | Janie | Film |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Jean Newton | Film |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Kitty Foyle | Film |
| 1940 | Primrose Path | Ellie May Adams | Film |
| 1939 | Fifth Avenue Girl | Mary Grey | Film |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Irene Castle | Film |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | Polly Parrish | Film |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady | Francey | Film |
| 1938 | Carefree | Amanda Cooper | Film |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time | Teddy Shaw | Film |
| 1937 | Shall We Dance | Linda Keene | Film |
| 1937 | Stage Door | Jean Maitland | Film |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Sherry Martin | Film |
| 1936 | Swing Time | Penny Carrol | Film |
| 1935 | In Person | Carol Corliss | Film |
| 1935 | Roberta | Scharwenka | Film |
| 1935 | Star of Midnight | Donna Mantin | Film |
| 1935 | Top Hat | Dale Tremont | Film |
| 1934 | Finishing School | Pony | Film |
| 1934 | Twenty Million Sweethearts | Peggy Cornell | Film |
| 1934 | Romance in Manhattan | Sylvia Dennis | Film |
| 1934 | The Gay Divorcee | Mimi Glossop | Film |
| 1934 | Upperworld | Lilly Linda | Film |
| 1934 | Hollywood Newsreel | Self | Film |
| 1933 | 42nd Street | Ann | Film |
| 1933 | A Shriek in the Night | Pat Morgan | Film |
| 1933 | Sitting Pretty | Dorothy | Film |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance | Mary | Film |
| 1933 | Chance at Heaven | Marge Harris | Film |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Fay | Film |
| 1933 | Flying Down to Rio | Honey Hale | Film |
| 1933 | Don't Bet on Love | Molly Gilbert | Film |
| 1932 | The Thirteenth Guest | Lela / Marie Morgan | Film |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot | Ruth Weston | Film |
| 1932 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 | Self | Film |
| 1931 | Honor Among Lovers | Doris Brown | Film |
| 1931 | Suicide Fleet | Sally | Film |
| 1930 | Office Blues | Miss Gravis | Film |
| 1930 | Queen High | Polly Rockwell | Film |
| 1930 | Young Man of Manhattan | Puff Randolph | Film |
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