The Ginger House and heavily involved in the theater, Ginger went on to become a Broadway star at the age of 19, and shortly after, a Hollywood film actress. She is perhaps best known for the nine films she made with Fred Astaire, but she was a huge star before they began working together and making dance films. Ginger visited her hometown several times during her lifetime. In 1942, she visited the home during an interview with LIFE magazine. In 1964, President Harry Truman declared July 16 to be "Ginger Roger's Day," Ginger again visited the home in 1972 when she was in
Johnny Ginger pioneer Detroit television for children in the fifties and sixties. "The Johnny Ginger Show" was cancelled in 1968. Ginger went on to host "Captain Detroit" for WKBD-TV. Johnny left Detroit for Hollywood and appeared on an episode of "The Rifleman". Johnny Ginger Galen Grindle (born June 16, 1934), better known as Johnny Ginger, was a pioneer of Detroit television. Grindle was born in Toledo, Ohio. His parents, Ray and Edna, were a Vaudeville family act performing at the Paramount Theater in Toledo. His brother, Kenny, was a tap dancer in the family act. One day they brought little Johnny up