Ginger Rogers was born on this day in 1911 and danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere.
Her big break came by landing the lead in George and Ira Gershwin’s Broadway production of “Girl Crazy” in 1930 when she was just 19. Her breakthrough film role came with “Gold Diggers of 1933,” pictured above. She was launched into superstardom when she was paired with Fred Astaire that same year in “Flying Down to Rio,” her 20th film and Fred’s second.
By 1942 she was Hollywood’s highest-paid star, having an Best Actress Oscar under her belt for her work in “Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman.” She realized her dream to direct when she was 74, with an off-Broadway production of “Babes in Arms.” In the 1980s she appeared on TV’s “Love Boat” and “Hotel.”
Unfortunately, she was a radical right-wing Republican Christian Scientist who supported Hollywood’s infamous Black List. She married and divorced five times.
Ginger died in 1995 and was buried next to her mother. Her grave is just yards from Fred Astaire’s.
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