General Info

Height: 5'4 ½

Hair color: Naturally dark chestnut red, dyed blond

Eye color: Blue

Nickname: Pinkie, by her fourth husband, Jacques Bergerac, because she adored the color pink

Name change: From Virginia Katherine McMath to Ginger Rogers

Parents: Lela Emogen Owens and William Eddins McMath

Race: Caucasian

Religion: Christian Science

Occupation: Actress

Date, place of Birth: July 16, 1911 in Independence, Missouri

Date, place of Death: April 25, 1995 in Rancho Mirage, California, of natural causes

Burial location: Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, California, USA, the same cemetery as longtime dancing/acting partner Fred Astaire

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Actors/ Actresses: Cary Grant, Lucille Ball, Lew Ayres, Fred Astaire

Films: All Quiet on the Western Front

Foods: eggs sunny-side up and crisp bacon, steak and baked Idaho potatoes, and ice cream

Color: pink

Drinks: ice-cream sodas

Car: Rolls Royce

Hobbies: sculpting, painting, swimming, tennis, golf

Did You Know?

Ginger's grandmother on her mother's side was a relation of George Washington.

She was given the name "Ginger" by her little cousin who couldn't pronounce "Virginia" correctly.

She did not drink: the bar at her house was stocked with ice-cream sodas.

Ginger brought her cousin Helen Brown to Hollywood, renamed her Phyllis Fraser, and guided her through a few films.

Miss Rogers was an accomplished artist and excelled at both sculpting and painting, but could never bring herself to sell any of her work.

She enjoyed tennis, golf, swimming and skeet shooting and held several tennis cups and some high-card records at skeet.

The first Rogers and Astaire teaming, 'Flying Down To Rio', was her twentieth film appearance and only Fred's second.

Ginger turned down lead roles in To Each His Own and The Heiress, both roles were made famous by Olivia de Havilland.