Ginger Rogers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Fred Astaire was hired to help the dancers with their choreography. Her appearance in "Girl Crazy" made her an overnight star at the age of 19. Rogers' first movie roles were in a trio of short films made in 1929—"Night in the Dormitory", "A Day of a Man of Affairs", and "Campus Sweethearts". In 1930, she was signed by Paramount Pictures to a seven-year contract. Rogers soon got herself out of the Paramount contract—under which she had made five feature films at Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens—and moved with her mother to Hollywood. When she
Ginger Stanley Ginger Stanley Ginger Stanley (born December 19, 1931 in Sandersville, Georgia) is an American model, actress and stunt woman. She is best known for her stunt work in the horror films "Creature from the Black Lagoon" (1954), swimming as a double for lead actress Julie Adams, and the movie's sequel, "Revenge of the Creature" (1955), swimming as a double for lead actress Lori Nelson. Stanley left her home in Georgia at the age of 15 and moved to Sebring, Florida to live with her older sister. While competing in a festival in Leesburg, Florida, she met Newt Perry, a swimming