Ginger Rogers filmography with RKO Radio Pictures, where she was paired with dancer Fred Astaire in commercially successful "Flying Down to Rio" (1933). The pair achieved greater success in subsequent musicals "The Gay Divorcee" (1934), "Top Hat" (1935), "Swing Time" (1936), and "Shall We Dance" (1937), totaling 8 films made between 1933 and 1939. Without Astaire, Rogers starred in critically and commercially successful non-musicals throughout the remainder of the 1930s such as "Stage Door" (1937) with Katharine Hepburn, "Vivacious Lady" (1938) with James Stewart, and "Bachelor Mother" (1939) with David Niven, culminating with an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in
Ginger Rogers filmography had faltered, due to lesser demand for older actresses. She co-starred with popular Cary Grant in "Monkey Business" (1952) but her career continued to wane throughout the decade. She ended her film career with one of two fictionalized biographies on actress Jean Harlow in 1965's "Harlow". Beginning the following year, she found success by returning to musical theatre, including a stint as one of several replacements for Carol Channing in the long-running "Hello, Dolly!" on Broadway. Ginger Rogers filmography The Ginger Rogers filmography lists the film appearances of American actress Ginger Rogers, as well as her television, stage, and radio