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.
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). The pair achieved greater success in subsequent musicals The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and Shall We Dance (1937), totaling 9 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.
Acting credits Films Year Title Role(s) DirectorNotes Ref. 1930 Night in a Dormitory Harry Delmar maybe 1929 Young Man of Manhattan Puff Randolph Monta Bell Queen High Polly Rockwell Fred C. Newmeyer The Sap from Syracuse Ellen Saunders A. Edward Sutherland Follow the Leader Mary Brennan Norman Taurog 1931 Honor Among Lovers Doris Brown Dorothy Arzner The Tip-Off Babyface Albert S. Rogell Suicide Fleet Sally 1932 Carnival Boat Honey The Tenderfoot Ruth Weston Ray Enright The Thirteenth Guest Lela/Marie Albert Ray Hat Check Girl Jessie King Sidney Lanfield You Said a Mouthful Alice Brandon Lloyd Bacon 1933 42nd Street Ann Lowell / Anytime Annie Clip of first reference to Ginger Rogers' character as "Anytime Annie", a pre-Code element in 42nd Street (1933 film) on YouTube Broadway Bad Flip Daly Sidney Lanfield Gold Diggers of 1933 Fay Fortune Mervyn LeRoy Professional Sweetheart Glory Eden William A. Seiter A Shriek in the Night Pat Morgan Albert Ray Don't Bet on Love Molly Gilbert Murray Roth Sitting Pretty Dorothy Harry Joe Brown Flying Down to Rio Honey Hales Thornton Freeland The first Astaire–Rogers pairing Chance at Heaven Marjorie "Marje" Harris William A. Seiter Rafter Romance Mary Carroll 1934 Finishing School Cecilia "Pony" Ferris Wanda Tuchock and George Nicholas Twenty Million Sweethearts Peggy Cornell Ray Enright Change of Heart Madge Rountree John G. Blystone Upperworld Lilly Roy Del Ruth The Gay Divorcee Mimi Glossop Mark Sandrich 1935 Romance in Manhattan Sylvia Dennis Stephen Roberts Roberta Scharwenka William A. Seiter Star of Midnight Donna Mantin Stephen Roberts Top Hat Dale Tremont Mark Sandrich In Person Carol Corliss/Clara Colfax William A. Seiter 1936 Follow the Fleet Sherry Martin Mark Sandrich Swing Time Penelope "Penny" Carroll George Stevens Fred Astaire 1937 Shall We Dance Linda Keene Mark Sandrich Stage Door Jean Maitland Gregory La Cava 1938 Having Wonderful Time Thelma "Teddy" Shaw Alfred Santell Vivacious Lady Francey Morgan George Stevens Carefree Amanda Cooper Mark Sandrich 1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Irene Castle H.C. Pounder Bachelor Mother Polly Parrish Garson Kanin Fifth Avenue Girl Mary Grey Gregory La Cava 1940 Primrose Path Ellie May Adams Lucky Partners Jean Newton Lewis Milestone Kitty Foyle Kitty Foyle Sam Wood 1941 Tom, Dick and Harry Janie Garson Kanin 1942 Roxie Hart Roxie Hart William A. Wellman Tales of Manhattan Diane Julien Duvivier The Major and the Minor Susan Kathleen Applegate Billy Wilder Once Upon a Honeymoon Katie / Katherine / Baroness Von Luber Leo McCarey 1943 Tender Comrade Jo Jones Edward Dmytryk 1944 Lady in the Dark Liza Elliott Mitchell Leisen I'll Be Seeing You Mary Marshall William Dieterle 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Irene Malvern Robert Z. Leonard Remake of the 1932 film Grand Hotel 1946 Heartbeat Arlette Lafron Sam Wood Magnificent Doll Dolley Madison Frank Borzage 1947 It Had to Be You Victoria Stafford Don Hartman and Rudolph Mate 1949 The Barkleys of Broadway Dinah Barkley Charles Walters Rogers replaced Judy Garland 1950 Perfect Strangers Theresa "Terry" Scott Bretaigne Windust 1951 Storm Warning Marsha Mitchell Stuart Heisler The Groom Wore Spurs A. J. Furnival Richard Whorf 1952 We're Not Married! Ramona Gladwyn Edmund Goulding Monkey Business Edwina Fulton Howard Hawks Dreamboat Gloria Marlowe Claude Binyon 1953 Forever Female Beatrice Page Irving Rapper 1954 Black Widow Carlotta "Lottie" Marin Nunnally Johnson Twist of Fate Joan Victor David Miller Aka in the UK as Beautiful Stranger 1955 Tight Spot Sherry Conley Phil Karlson 1956 The First Traveling Saleslady Rose Gillray Arthur Lubin Teenage Rebel Nancy Fallon Edmund Goulding 1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women! Mildred Turner Nunnally Johnson 1964 Quick, Let's Get Married Madame Rinaldi William Dieterle Also known as "The Confession" 1965 Harlow Mama Jean Bello Alex Segal Rogers' final film.
Box office ranking
1935 - 14th 1936 - 19th 1938 - 18th 1939 - 21st 1940 - 23rd 1941 - 18th 1944 - 16th 1945 - 23rd
Short films
A Day of a Man of Affairs (1929) A Night in a Dormitory (1930) Campus Sweethearts (1930) Office Blues (1930) Hollywood on Parade (1932) Screen Snapshots (1932) Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933) Hollywood Newsreel (1934) Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936) Show Business at War (1943) Battle Stations (Narrator, 1944) Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman (1950) Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Great Entertainers (1954)
Television
Year Title Role(s) Notes Ref. 1956–1965 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall Herself / Guest 10 episodes Ginger Rogers filmography and TV appearances on IMDb 1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson Kay Neilson Episode: "The Tender Shoot" 1954–1966 What's My Line? Herself 6 episodes What's My Line episode, Aug. 5, 1962 on YouTube 1964 The Hollywood Palace Herself 2 episodes 1963–1964 The Red Skelton Show Performer 3 episodes 1957 The Jack Benny Program Herself Episode: "Ginger Rogers Show" 1959 The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom Herself Episode 2.6 1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (1963) Herself Sang: "Something's Gotta Give" "Something's Gotta Give" on The Ed Sullivan Show on YouTube (Dec. 8, 1963) 1965 Chrysler Theatre Helen Episode: "Terror Island" 1965 Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella The Queen Television special 1971 Here's Lucy Herself Episode: "Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea" 1979 The Love Boat Stella 2 episodes 1984 Glitter Margaret Episode: "In Tennis, Love Means Nothing" 1987 Hotel Natalie Trent Episode: "Hail and Farewell"
Theater
Top Speed (1929) Girl Crazy (1930) Love and Let Love (1951) The Pink Jungle (1959) Annie Get Your Gun (1960) Bell, Book and Candle (1960) Calamity Jane (1961) Husband and Wife (1962) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1963) A More Perfect Union (1963) Tovarich (1964) Hello, Dolly! (1965, Broadway,replacement for lead)Video clip from stage production of Hello, Dolly! (1967) Mame (London, 1969)Video clip from London stage production of Mame (British TV, 1971)Mame poster with Ginger Rogers at Theatre Royal Drury Lane Coco (1971) No, No, Nanette (1974) Forty Carats (1974) Anything Goes (1980) Miss Moffat (1983) Charley's Aunt (1984)
Radio appearances Selected Works Year Program Notes 1936-1953 Lux Radio Theatre 11 Episodes1943-1947Command Performance5 Episodes1950-1951Cavalcade of America2 Episodes1951SuspenseEpisode: "Vamp Till Dead"
References
External links