Virginia Katherine MacMath was born in Independence, Missouri on July 16, 1911. When "Ginger" (a name given to her by her younger cousin, who at the time could not say Virginia) was a toddler, the family moved to Texas.

Soon after moving to Texas, her parents got divorced and from that point on Ginger rarely saw her father. Her faher died when she was eleven. After her father's death, Ginger and her mother moved to Kansas City. Moving was a constant part of Ginger's young life. When she was fourteen, she and her mother moved yet again to Fort Worth, Texas.

Ginger was stage struck early on in her youth. For the stage, Ginger would drop her birth name and use her mother's maiden name, Rogers. During her early years, Rogers developed a passion for the stage which was encouraged further by her mother. Rogers would appear in stage plays at her High School in Fort Worth and also in vaudeville.

Ginger became more successful on Broadway. It was on Broadway that Ginger met Fred Astaire, whom helped choreograph one of her numbers. A the start of the sound era in Hollywood, film producers looked to Broadway to find talent and Ginger did a series of shorts filmed in New York in preparation for a career in film in Hollywood.

Success in Hollywood really did not come for Ginger, until she was paired with Fred Astaire. Both Ginger and Fred never wanted to be type-casted a team and wanted their stars to rise individually. Ginger had success on her own after her pairings with Astaire. Films like Bachelor Mother, The Major And The Minor, and her academy award winning role, Kitty Foyle, made Ginger one of the most beloved stars of her time. Ginger had more all around talent. She was a triple threat: singer, dancer, and actress. She had a well-rounded career in films and was able to do what few actors or actresses had the ability to do--exhibit all of their talents.

Rogers was married five times; first to Edward Culpepper, then Lew Ayres, Jack Briggs, Jacques Bergerac, and then William Marshall. The latter of she divorced in 1962 and was her last husband. Ginger went back to her Broadway roots after leaving Hollywood. She retired in 1984. Ginger Rogers died in Rancho Mirage, CA on April 25th of natural causes.

A very bright, witty, beautiful, and entertaining lady--never has there been a star so bright and charming as Ginger Rogers. She danced into our hearts with Fred Astaire and had us roaring with laughter with Cary Grant. Ginger may have become graceful in large part to her male co-stars, but her brilliance would always shine through reguardless of whom she was with. She was simply a talented lady with a big heart to match.