Ginger Rogers is one of the TOP-20 great movie stars, but today's film lovers and fans know very little about her - the rise of this actress's career came in the 30s of the last century.
Early childhood
Ginger Rogers (birth name - Virginia McMath) was born over 100 years ago - in 1911, in a small town in Missouri. Already in her early childhood years, the life of the future actress resembled most of all not real life, but films full of adventures. Her mother, an immigrant from Britain, refused to live in the same family with the girl's father, so she took little Ginger and went to her parents. But the father, enraged by such an act, stole his daughter.
Jean was later returned to her mother, but her father wanted to steal her again. As a result, the court put the relationship of the parents into place, and the daughter remained with her mother. When the actress was 9 years old, she had a stepfather, and she took his last name - Rogers, and a little later took the last name and first name Ginger as a pseudonym.
The mother of the future actress tried to become a screenwriter, and then went to work as a theater critic in one of the newspapers - Fort Worth in Texas. It was there that the whole family stayed. Ginger was an excellent student and wanted to become a teacher. However, gradually, being with her mother in the theater, she decided to become an actress.
Eddie Foy troupe and work
Once the famous group of Eddie Foy himself came to the theater. Before the performance, it became known that one actress was ill, and Ginger was nearby. Take it off she started performing.
In one of the theaters in Oregon, the audience liked Ginger so much that she stayed there for 1, 5 seasons. Now the theater bears her name. Ginger got married very early - at 17. At first she worked with her husband - Jack Pepper, but soon the couple divorced, and with him their acting duet.
Broadway
A year later, Ginger ended up on Broadway, where she played in the musical "Crazy Girl". Thanks to him, they started talking about the actress, and many influential people offered her roles in films. In 1930, the Paramount film studio signed a contract with the girl, and the couple ended up in Hollywood.
The first notable role was "42nd Street" in 1932. At the same time, a year later, Ginger and Fred Astaire successfully formed a famous duet. Their tandem became more popular after the musical "Flight to Rio". Later, the couple moved to the foreground and overshadowed the audience. In 1941, the girl received her first Oscar for her performance in the film Kitty Foyle.
Personal life
Very little is known about her personal actress. It is known that she was married 5 times, but all marriages ended only in divorce, and there was no such man with whom she gave birth to a child.
Ginger lived a long life - 83 years, and at the end of her days the actress was not only remembered, but also offered several roles in the series. Ginger died in 1995, beloved and remembered by everyone as a young and ambitious actress who made her contribution to cinema.
