Ginger Rogers Net Worth

Ginger Rogers's Quotes

• My mother [Lela E. Rogers] told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.
• When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.
• [1983] They're not going to get my money to see the junk that's made today.
• The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
• [early 1930s] I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money, too.

Interesting Facts about Ginger Rogers

1. Daughter of Lela E. Rogers.
2. Was a Christian Scientist.
3. Was given the name "Ginger" by her little cousin who couldn't pronounce "Virginia" correctly.
4. Brought her first cousin Helen Nichols to Hollywood, renamed her Phyllis Fraser, and guided her through a few films. Phyllis Fraser married and then became known as Phyllis Fraser.
5. Interred at Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, California, USA, the same cemetery as long-time dancing/acting partner Fred Astaire is located.
6. Sort-of cousin of Rita Hayworth. Rogers' aunt married Hayworth's uncle.
7. She didn't drink alcohol and had her very own ice cream soda fountain.
8. Directed her first stage musical, "Babes In Arms", at age 74.
9. Was fashion consultant for the J.C. Penney chain from 1972-1975.
10. A keen artist, Rogers did many paintings, sculptures and sketches in her free time, but could never bring herself to sell any of them.
11. Was Hollywood's highest-paid star of 1942.
12. Author Graham Greene always said he would have liked Rogers to play the role of Aunt Augusta in the film version of his novel "Travels With My Aunt". When the film Travels with My Aunt (1972) was made in 1972, the role was played by Maggie Smith.
13. The well-known quote often attributed to her - "My first picture was [Kitty Foyle (1940)]. It was my mother [Lela E. Rogers] who made all those films with Fred Astaire" - was actually fabricated for a 1966 article in "Films In Review".
14. Always the outdoor sporty type, she was a near-champion tennis player, a topline shot and loved going fishing.
15. She made her final public appearance on March 18, 1995 (just five weeks before her death) when she received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award.
16. Was badly affected by illness in her last years after suffering two strokes that had left her wheelchair-bound and visibly overweight, while her voice had become a shrunken rasp.
17. Related to Random House publisher and What's My Line? (1950) panelist Bennett Cerf through marriage; Cerf married Rogers' cousin Phyllis Fraser.
18. Was asked to replace Judy Garland in both Harlow (1965) and Valley of the Dolls (1967). Rogers turned down 'Valley of the Dolls' because she hated the script; she did, however, accept 'Harlow'.
19. First cousin, once removed, of Christopher Cerf and Jonathan Cerf.
20. Was a life-long Republican.