Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 to 1949. They made a total of 10 films, nine of them with RKO Radio Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and one, "The Barkleys of Broadway", with M-G-M in 1949, their only color (Technicolor) film. Many years later, they became known by the portmanteau nickname of "Fringer", popularised by Australian entertainer Dave Gorr. Astaire started dancing in the early 1900s as a child on stage
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