Ginger Rogers filmography

Ginger Rogers - 1940s

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 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.

• 
  In The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
• 
  With Norman Foster in
  Rafter Romance (1933)
• 
  Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler and Rogers in 42nd Street (1933)
• 
  Flying Down to Rio (1933)
• 
  With Fred Astaire in
  Follow the Fleet (1936)
• 
  With Katharine Hepburn in
  Stage Door (1937)
• 
  Kitty Foyle (1940), an Academy Award winner for Best Actress
• 
  With Fred Astaire in
  The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
• 
  L-R: Rogers, Robert Cornthwaite, Cary Grant, and Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business (1952)

Films

Title	Date	Director	Co-Starring	Notes
Night In A Dormitory	1929	Harry Delmar		maybe 1930
Office Blues	1930			musical short
Young Man of Manhattan	1930	Monta 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	1930	Fred Newmeyer
The Sap from Syracuse	1930	A. Edward Sutherland	Jack Oakie
Follow the Leader	1930	Norman Taurog
Honor Among Lovers	1931	Dorothy Arzner	Claudette Colbert
The Tip-Off	1931	Albert Rogell
Suicide Fleet	1931	Albert Rogell
Carnival Boat	1932	Albert Rogell
The Tenderfoot	1932	Ray Enright	Joe E. Brown
The Thirteenth Guest	1932	Albert 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	1932	Lloyd Bacon	Joe E. Brown
42nd Street	1933	Lloyd 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".)
Broadway Bad	1933	Sidney Lanfield
Gold Diggers of 1933	1933	Mervyn LeRoy	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell	Featured 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	1933	Albert Ray	Lyle Talbot
Don't Bet on Love	1933	Murray Roth	Lew Ayres	Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres were married for seven years following this film.
Sitting Pretty	1933	Harry Joe Brown	Jack Oakie, Jack Haley
Flying Down to Rio	1933	Thornton Freeland	Dolores del Río, Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire	The first Astaire–Rogers pairing. This is the only movie where Rogers is billed above Astaire.
Chance at Heaven	1933	William A. Seiter	Joel McCrea
Rafter Romance	1933	William A. Seiter	Norman Foster
Finishing School	1934	Wanda Tuchock and George Nicholas	Beulah Bondi
Twenty Million Sweethearts	1934	Ray Enright	Dick Powell
Change of Heart	1934	John G. Blystone	Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
Upperworld	1934	Roy Del Ruth	Mary Astor
The Gay Divorcee	1934	Mark Sandrich	Fred Astaire
Romance in Manhattan	1934	Stephen Roberts	Francis Lederer
Roberta	1935	William 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	1935	Stephen Roberts	William Powell
Top Hat	1935	Mark Sandrich	Fred Astaire
In Person	1935	William A. Seiter	George Brent
Follow the Fleet	1936	Mark Sandrich	Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott, Lucille Ball
Swing Time	1936	George Stevens	Fred Astaire
Shall We Dance	1937	Mark Sandrich	Fred Astaire
Stage Door	1937	Gregory La Cava	Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Lucille Ball
Having Wonderful Time	1938	Alfred Santell	Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lucille Ball, Red Skelton	This used much of the same cast as Stage Door.
Vivacious Lady	1938	George Stevens	James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel
Carefree	1938	Mark Sandrich	Fred Astaire, Jack Carson, Hattie McDaniel
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	1939	H. C. Potter	Fred Astaire
Bachelor Mother	1939	Garson Kanin	David Niven, Charles Coburn
Fifth Avenue Girl	1939	Gregory La Cava	Walter Connolly
Primrose Path	1940	Gregory La Cava	Joel McCrea
Lucky Partners	1940	Lewis Milestone	Ronald Colman, Jack Carson
Kitty Foyle	1940	Sam 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	1941	Garson Kanin	George Murphy, Burgess Meredith
Roxie Hart	1942	William A. Wellman	Adolphe Menjou	An adaptation of the non-musical play Chicago, later adapted into the successful stage musical and film.
Tales of Manhattan	1942	Julien 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	1944	Mitchell Leisen	Ray Milland, Warner Baxter
I'll Be Seeing You	1944	William Dieterle	Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Week-End at the Waldorf	1945	Robert 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	1946	Sam Wood	Adolphe Menjou
Magnificent Doll	1946	Frank Borzage	David Niven, Burgess Meredith
It Had to Be You	1947	Don Hartman and Rudolph Mate	Cornel Wilde
The Barkleys of Broadway	1949	Charles Walters	Fred 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	1950	Bretaigne Windust	Dennis Morgan
Storm Warning	1951	Stuart Heisler	Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran
The Groom Wore Spurs	1951	Richard Whorf	Jack Carson
We're Not Married!	1952	Edmund Goulding	Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Fred Allen, Victor Moore
Monkey Business	1952	Howard Hawks	Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Dreamboat	1952	Claude Binyon	Clifton Webb
Forever Female	1953	Irving Rapper	William Holden
Black Widow	1954	Nunnally Johnson	Gene Tierney, Van Heflin, Peggy Ann Garner
Twist of Fate	1954	David Miller	Herbert Lom	Released in Great Britain as Beautiful Stranger; Rogers' husband at the time, Jacques Bergerac, appeared in the film.
Tight Spot	1955	Phil Karlson	Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith, Lorne Greene, Eve McVeagh
The First Traveling Saleslady	1956	Arthur Lubin	Carol Channing	Clint Eastwood appeared in an early film role.
Teenage Rebel	1956	Edmund Goulding	Michael Rennie
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!	1957	Nunnally Johnson	David Niven
Quick, Let's Get Married!	1964	William Dieterle	Ray Milland	Also known as "The Confession."
Harlow	1965	Alex Segal	Carol Lynley	Rogers' last film.

Box Office Ranking

See also: Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll

• 1935 - 14th
• 1936 - 19th
• 1938 - 18th
• 1939 - 21st
• 1940 - 23rd
• 1941 - 18th
• 1944 - 16th
• 1945 - 23rd

Short subjects

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

• 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

On The Red Skelton Show (1963)

• Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, at least 10 appearances between 1956-65
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson, as Kay Neilson in "The Tender Shoot" (October 18, 1959)
• What's My Line? (at least six appearances between 1954-66)
• The Hollywood Palace (two appearances, 1964)
• The Red Skelton Show (at least 3 episodes, 1963-64)
• The Jack Benny Program (1957)
• The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (1959)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1963), singing "Something's Gotta Give"
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965 remake starring Lesley Ann Warren)
• Here's Lucy, episode "Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea" (1971)
• The Love Boat (1979) (episodes 3.10 and 3.11) as Stella (costar in episode: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.)
• Glitter (1984) (episode 1.3)
• Hotel (1987) (episode 5.1) (final screen role)

Stage work

• 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)
• Mame (London, 1969)
• Coco (1971)
• No, No, Nanette (1974)
• Forty Carats (1974)
• Anything Goes (1980)
• Miss Moffat (1983)
• Charley's Aunt (1984)

Radio appearances

Year	Program	Episode/source
1942	Lux Radio Theatre	Kitty Foyle
1953	Radio Theater	It Grows on Trees

External links

• Ginger Rogers at IMDb
• Ginger Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database