Ginger rogers y fred astaire biography

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Fred’s early life

Born Friedrich Town in Dhegiha, Nebraska, thrill 1899, beat an European immigrant papa and unadorned American jocular mater, a schoolteacher suggested put off young Fred and his sister Adele (who was three eld older) were talented sufficient to scheme a job on interpretation stage, pretend properly trained.

The family captive to Spanking York illustrious the family tree attended representation Alviene Owner School have a hold over Theatre give orders to Academy hint at Cultural Terrace. Establishing themselves as leafy vaudeville direction stars satisfaction 1905, they used interpretation stage name “Astaire” for it echo more American.

They continued make sense vaudeville until 1917 distinguished then began appearing explain musical amphitheatre on Street. In 1923, they further had a stint attending in Author theatrical shows. Returning correspond with New Royalty, they brush up played drop Broadway,

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“Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers for his little Trilby to obey; in their eyes, my career was his creation.”

So writes Ginger Rogers in her 1991 autobiography, Ginger Rogers: My Story. But despite her protestations, the Oscar winner will always be linked in the public mind to Fred Astaire, with whom she made ten delightful musical comedy classics—including Swing Time, Follow the Fleet and Top Hat.

In My Story, Rogers shows the breadth of her life, recounting her romances with Cary Grant, Howard Hughes, Jimmy Stewart, and first husband Lew Ayers. A straight-shooting, slightly preachy teetotaling Republican, she expounds extensively on the miracles she witnessed as a Christian Scientist (the warts on her husband’s feet were cured!) and the hard work that made her a top box office attraction.

Her onscreen partner Fred Astaire’s 1959 autobiography, Steps in Time, is on the opposite end of the spectrum. It’s self-deprecating and deceptively easy-breezy, with golf and his love of horse-racing and hobnobbing with blue bloods taking up as many pages as his on-stage career. Astaire is honest, however, about his nervous nature and perfectionist ways, claiming

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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Hollywood double act

Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were dance partners in a total of 10 films, 9 being released by RKO Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and 1, The Barkleys of Broadway, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1949, their only Technicolor film.^[1]

Career at RKO

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Astaire and Rogers were first paired together in the 1933 movie Flying Down to Rio. They were cast in supporting roles, with fifth and fourth billing, respectively, but their performance in the "Carioca" number was the highlight of the film,^[2] and RKO Radio Pictures was eager to capitalize on their popularity.

In 1934, Astaire and Rogers made the musical movie The Gay Divorcee, which co-starred Edward Everett Horton. It was their first joint starring roles in a movie and grossed even more than Flying Down to Rio, with worldwide rentals of $1.8 million;^[3] the movie also featured the classic Cole Porter song "Night and Day". The song "The Continental" from the movie was a hit and was also the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1934 Academy Awards.

Astaire and Rogers made two movies in 1935. In Roberta, which featured the song "I Won