Virginia Katherine McMatch

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Virginia Katherine McMatch Wiki Biography

Virginia Katherine McMatch, born on the 16th of July 1911, was an American actress, singer, and dancer popularly known as Ginger Rogers, who became famous for her Broadway and film performances, in particular for her film partnership with dancer/actor the legendary Fred Astaire.

So how much was Rogers’ net worth? As of mid-2017, authoritative sources report it at $20 million, acquired from her many years in show business from the 1920s to the ‘80s.

Born in Independence, Missouri, Rogers was the only daughter of Lela Emogene and William Eddins McMath, and came from Scottish, English, and Welsh descent. After her birth, her parents immediately broke up and divorced, apparently because her mother refused to deliver her in hospital, after a previous pregnancy that went wrong.

Rogers and her mother moved to Hollywood to live with her grandparents, and for her mother to continue pursuing a career as a scriptwriter. Later on, her mother remarried to John Logan Rogers, whose last name Ginger adopted in her screen name, and moved to Fort Worth, Texas – meanwhile, one of her cousins gave her the nickname Ginger that stuck.

After failing to matriculate from Fort Worth Central High School, Rogers decided to enter the entertainment industry instead. When a travelling vaudeville act visited Fort Worth, the crew needed a stand-in and she got the part by winning a Charleston dance contest. Her early years in vaudeville helped jumpstart her career and also her net worth.

During her touring career, Rogers decided to live and act and stayed in New York City. Her decision paid off in 1929 when she was included in the Broadway play “Top Speed”, and her performance immediately catapulted her to success and also led her to star in another production called “Girl Crazy”. With her success on Broadway, in 1929 Rogers also made her way on to film, starringd in her first short film “Night in the Dormitory”, followed by “Campus Sweethearts” and “A Day of a Man of Affairs”. In 1933, she achieved a breakthrough when she starred in the film “42nd Street”, and soon she was signing with the biggest movie productions elevating her career status and wealth.

Another milestone in Rogers’ career came in 1933 when she partnered with fellow actor and dancer Fred Astaire. Despite being the supporting characters in the movie “Flying Down to Rio”, the two stole the scene with their dance routines and chemistry. Their unbelievable partnership lasted for years, starring in nine films including “The Gay Divorcee”, “Top Hat”, and “Follow the Fleet”.

After her success with Astaire, Rogers also ventured into non-musical films. Her performance in “Stage Door” showed her dramatic prowess, and “Vivacious Lady” with Katharine Hepburn also became a success, but it was in 1941 that her role in “Kitty Foyle” earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress. Other notable films later in her career included “Roxie Hart”, “Primrose Path”, “I’ll Be Seeing You”, and “Tender Comrade” to name a few.

In her final years in the entertainment industry, she also went back to Broadway and even starred in “Hello, Dolly!”, and directed her own off-Broadway musical production entitled “Babes in Arms” at the age of 74. Her long and outstanding career in the entertainment industry established her as a legend and also tremendously increased her net worth.

Aside from acting she also wrote her autobiography book called “Ginger, My Story” in 1991.

In terms of her personal life, Rogers was married five times, firstly to entertainer Jack Pepper from 1929 –’31, then actor Lew Ayres (1934-40), Jack Briggs (1943-49), Jacques Bergerac (1953-57), and director and producer William Marshall was her last husband, who she married in 1961, but they divorced in 1971. In 1995, Rogers died from a heart attack, partly as a resuly of largely ignoring her diabetes problem for many years. Her remains are interred with her mother’s in Chatsworth, California.

Twist of Fate 1954 ‘Johnny’ Victor Forever Female 1953 Beatrice Page Monkey Business 1952 Mrs. Edwina Fulton Dreamboat 1952 Gloria Marlowe We’re Not Married! 1952 Ramona Gladwyn The Groom Wore Spurs 1951 ‘A.J.’ Furnival Storm Warning 1951 Marsha Mitchell Perfect Strangers 1950 Theresa (Terry) Scott The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 Dinah Barkley It Had to Be You 1947 Victoria Stafford Magnificent Doll 1946 Dolly Payne Madison Heartbeat 1946 Arlette Lafron Week-End at the Waldorf 1945 Irene Malvern I’ll Be Seeing You 1944 Mary Marshall Lady in the Dark 1944 Liza Elliott Tender Comrade 1943 Jo Jones Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 Kathie O’Hara / Katherine Butt-Smith / Baroness Katherine Von Luber The Major and the Minor 1942 Susan Applegate Tales of Manhattan 1942 Diane Roxie Hart 1942 Roxie Hart Tom, Dick and Harry 1941 Janie Kitty Foyle 1940 Kitty Foyle Lucky Partners 1940 Jean Primrose Path 1940 Ellie May Adams Fifth Avenue Girl 1939 Mary Grey Bachelor Mother 1939 Polly Parrish The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 Irene Castle

IMDB Wikipedia ‘Hello’ “Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre” (1965) $20 million 1911 1911-7-16 1987 1995-04-25 42nd Street (1933) 5′ 4½” (1.64 m) Actress American Bandleader Broadway debut) Cancer Cinderella (1965) Dancer Dolly! (1965) Fort Worth’s Central High School ( R.L. Paschal High School) Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Net Worth Hotel (TV Series Independence Jack Briggs (m. 1943–1949) Jack Pepper (m. 1929–1931) Jacques Bergerac (m. 1953-1957) John Logan Rogers July 16 Katharine Hepburn Kitty Foyle (1940) Lela Emogene (née Owens) Lew Ayres (m. 1934–1940) Missouri Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) Producers’ Showcase (1954) Shall We Dance (1937) Singer Single Party Going East Soundtrack Swing Time (1936) The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) The Gay Divorcee (1934) Top Hat (1935) Top Speed (1929 TV movie) U.S. Virginia Katherine McMath William Eddins McMath William Marshall William Marshall (m. 1961–1969

Virginia Katherine McMatch Quick Info

Full Name Ginger Rogers
Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth July 16, 1911, Independence, Missouri, United States
Died April 25, 1995, Rancho Mirage, California, United States
Place Of Birth Independence, Missouri, U.S.
Height 5′ 4½” (1.64 m)
Profession Actress, singer, dancer
Education Fort Worth’s Central High School ( R.L. Paschal High School)
Nationality American
Spouse William Marshall (m. 1961–1969, bandleader), Jacques Bergerac (m. 1953-1957), Jack Briggs (m. 1943–1949), Lew Ayres (m. 1934–1940), Jack Pepper (m. 1929–1931)
Parents Lela Emogene (née Owens), William Eddins McMath
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001677
Allmusic https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ginger-rogers-mn0000549374
Awards Academy Award for Best Actress (1941), Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominations Kennedy Center Honors (1992)
Movies Cinderella (1965, TV Movie), Hello, Dolly! (1965), Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942), Kitty Foyle (1940), Single Party Going East (1939), 42nd Street (1933), Swing Time (1936), Top Hat (1935)
TV Shows Hotel (TV Series, 1987), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965), The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959), Producers’ Showcase (1954), Top Speed (1929, Broadway debut)

Virginia Katherine McMatch Trademarks

  1. Corn-fed good looks
  2. Often starred with Fred Astaire

Virginia Katherine McMatch Quotes

  • I’ve made thousands of mistakes, but they’ve all been stepping stones toward a better concept of life.
  • {on Howard Hughes] Howard was one of the best dancers I ever knew, and fascinating to be with. Terribly bright and intelligent. But he was immersed in his work.
  • [on Fred Astaire, 1976] I adore the man. I always have adored him. It was the most fortunate thing that ever happened to me, being teamed with Fred: he was everything a little starry-eyed girl from a small town ever dreamed of.
  • I believe in living each day as it comes, to the best of my ability. When it’s done, I put it away, remembering that there will be a tomorrow to take it’s place. If I have any philosophy, that’s it. To me it’s not a fatalistic attitude.
  • Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner you don’t have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen to be in vogue. All you have to do is be a good average dancer and anybody who spends the time and effort can accomplish this.
  • [on being asked in 1943 what a girl needs to be a movie star] Intelligence, adaptability and talent. And by talent I mean the capacity for hard work. Lots of girls come here with little but good looks. Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.
  • I think the motion pictures talked themselves out of business when they sold their backlogs [to TV networks]. They sold what they thought were old clothes. It turns out some of them had better material in them than their new ones.
  • [speaking in 1975] The were such a pretty time. I know it was a bad time for an awful lot of people, but not for me. I remember the whole atmosphere, the ambiance of the [1930s] with a glow because success was knocking at my door. I got to California in [1932], just in time to do Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), where I sang “We’re In the Money”. It was a whole new life for me. I was excited about it. It was happy and beautiful and gay and interesting. I was surrounded by marvelous people, all the top people of our industry.
  • It was tough being a woman in the theatrical business in those days.
  • You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you. You know, there’s nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It’s kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.
  • I don’t care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does.
  • In everything that I do I learn and try to put it to use. I have learned to go through life not into it. It’s like a boat. You mustn’t let the water in or you’re sunk. Of course, I’ve made mistakes and I have had failures, but I do not dwell on them because people don’t care about garbage. When I make a mistake it’s like a bad leaf on a lettuce – I throw it out into the wastebasket.
  • I’m most grateful to have had that joyous time in motion pictures. It really was a Golden Age of Hollywood. Pictures were talking, they were singing, they were coloring. It was beginning to blossom out: bud and blossom were both present.
  • [on her screen partnership with Fred Astaire] We had fun and it shows. True, we were never bosom buddies off the screen; we were different people with different interests. We were only a couple on film.
  • [her explanation for bringing excess luggage to London in 1969 for her year-long stint on stage as “Mame”] I believe in dressing for the occasion. There’s a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. As for the little touches, well, a year is quite a long time and they make one feel at home.
  • Even when one is of a certain age to make one’s own decisions, there are many times when it is great to be able to go back and talk it over with the people one loves – one’s family.
  • [1987] It’d be fun to have a chum around, but it’s very hard to have a chum unless you’re married to him. And I don’t believe in today’s concept for living with someone unmarried.
  • [on working with Katharine Hepburn] She is snippy, you know, which is a shame. She was never on my side.
  • The most important thing in anyone’s life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift.
  • [on her partnership with Fred Astaire] After all, it’s not as if we were Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. We did have careers apart from each other.
  • Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket.
  • When you’re happy, you don’t count the years.
  • [in the early 1930s] I don’t know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating – you reach many millions through them. And you make more money, too.
  • The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
  • [1983] They’re not going to get my money to see the junk that’s made today.
  • When two people love each other, they don’t look at each other, they look in the same direction.
  • My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.

Virginia Katherine McMatch Important Facts

  • $12,500 /week
  • In 1986 Fred Astaire recalled “All the girls I ever danced with thought they couldn’t do it. So they always cried. All except Ginger. No, no, Ginger never cried.”.
  • In 1976, when Fred Astaire was asked by British TV interviewer Michael Parkinson on “Parkinson” who his favorite dancing partner was, Astaire answered “Excuse me, I must say Ginger was certainly the one. You know the most effective partner I ever had. Everyone knows. That was a whole other thing what we did…I just want to pay a tribute to Ginger because we did so many pictures together and believe me it was a value to have that girl…she had it. She was just great!”.
  • Made the cover of Life magazine four times; 8/22/38, 12/9/40, 3/2/42 and 9/5/51.
  • Fred Astaire confided in Raymond Rohauer, curator of New York Gallery of Modern Art, “Ginger was brilliantly effective. She made everything work fine for her. Actually she made things very fine for both of us and she deserves most of the credit for our success.”.
  • Was the 16th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Kitty Foyle (1940) at The 13th Academy Awards on February 27, 1941.
  • According to the 1974 book “Holly-Would” Rogers was taught the Charleston by Eddie Foy Jr. and went on the win the championship of Texas when she was only 15.
  • Rogers holds the record for actresses at New York’s prestigious Rdio City Music Hall with 23 films for a total of 55 weeks.
  • Despite being married 5 times, all of her marriages ended under a decade. Her longest marriage was her last, to William Marshall, which lasted 8 years.
  • When Ginger Rogers received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1992, Robyn Smith, widow of Fred Astaire, withheld all rights to clips of Rogers’ scenes with Astaire, demanding payment. The Kennedy Center refused and Rogers received her honor without the retrospective show.
  • Was good friends with actress Maureen O’Hara since the late 1930s.
  • Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 2009.
  • Was offered the part of Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940), but she turned it down. As a result Rosalind Russell was cast instead.
  • Replaced Judy Garland in the film The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) after Garland was suspended from MGM due to her tardiness.
  • She first introduced the song “The Continental” in The Gay Divorcee (1934) and it went on to be the first song that won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
  • Turned down Donna Reed’s role in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
  • For the “Cheek to Cheek” number in Top Hat (1935), she wanted to wear an elaborate blue dress heavily decked out with ostrich feathers. When director Mark Sandrich and Fred Astaire saw the dress, they knew it would be impractical for the dance. Sandrich suggested that Rogers wear the white gown she had worn performing “Night and Day” in The Gay Divorcee (1934). Rogers walked off the set, finally returning when Sandrich agreed to let her wear the offending blue dress. As there was no time for rehearsals, she wore the blue feathered dress for the first time during filming of the “Cheek to Cheek” number, and as Astaire and Sandrich had feared, feathers started coming off the dress. Astaire later claimed it was like “a chicken being attacked by a coyote”. In the final film, some stray feathers can be seen drifting off it. To patch up the rift between them, Astaire presented Rogers with a charm of a gold feather to add to her charm bracelet. This was the origin of Rogers’ nickname “Feathers”. The shedding feathers episode was recreated to hilarious results in a scene from Easter Parade (1948) in which Astaire danced with a clumsy, comical dancer played by Judy Garland.
  • Her great-great-grandfather was a doctor who discovered quinine, the cure for malaria.
  • One of the celebrities whose picture Anne Frank placed on the wall of her bedroom in the “Secret Annex” while in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Holland.
  • Salary for 1938, $219,500.
  • She was a conservative Republican, a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a Christian Scientist and a vocal supporter of the Hollywood blacklist.
  • Has a street named after her in Rancho Mirage, California, her final winter home. Ginger Rogers Road is located in the Mission Hills Golf Course. It crosses Bob Hope Drive, between Gerald Ford Drive and Dinah Shore Drive and 2 blocks from Frank Sinatra Drive.
  • In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lidia Simoneschi or Wanda Tettoni. She was occasionally dubbed by Andreina Pagnani; Dhia Cristiani; Rosetta Calavetta and Giovanna Scotto.
  • During the last years of her life she retired in Oregon and bought a ranch in the Medford area because she liked the climate. She donated money to the community and funded the Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater in downtown Medford, which was named after her.
  • She was of Welsh and Scottish heritage.
  • A distant cousin of Lucille Ball, according to Lucie Arnaz.
  • She and Fred Astaire acted in 10 movies together: The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), Carefree (1938), Flying Down to Rio (1933), Follow the Fleet (1936), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Shall We Dance (1937), The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Swing Time (1936) and Top Hat (1935)
  • Is one of the many movie stars mentioned in Madonna’s song “Vogue”
  • Was named #14 Actress on The AFI 50 Greatest Screen Legends
  • Her tied-to-the-hip relationship with her mother, Lela E. Rogers, proved eternal. They’re buried side by side at Oakwood Memorial Park. The grave of Ginger’s screen partner, Fred Astaire, is just yards away.
  • In a 1991 TV interview when asked why the Fred Astaire / Rogers union wasn’t known as “Ginger & Fred” rather than “Fred & Ginger” (as Ginger had been in films longer), she replied, “It’s a man’s world”.
  • Her first teaming with Fred Astaire, Flying Down to Rio (1933), was her 20th film appearance but only Astaire’s second.
  • Turned down lead roles in To Each His Own (1946) and The Snake Pit (1948). Both of these roles went on to be played to great acclaim by Olivia de Havilland. She also turned down Barbara Stanwyck’s role in “Ball of Fire.”.
  • Was a life-long Republican.
  • First cousin, once removed, of Christopher Cerf and Jonathan Cerf.
  • Was asked to replace Judy Garland in both Harlow (1965) and Valley of the Dolls (1967). She turned down “Dolls” because she hated the script; she did, however, accept Harlow (1965). She played Jean Harlow’s mother and, unlike the movie, garnered good reviews. The film was made in only eight days.
  • Related to Random House publisher and What’s My Line? (1950) panelist Bennett Cerf through marriage, when he married Ginger’s cousin Phyllis Fraser.
  • Was badly affected by illness in her last years after suffering two strokes that had left her wheelchair-bound and visibly overweight, while her voice had become a shrunken rasp.
  • She made her final public appearance on 3/18/95 (just five weeks before her death) when she received the Women’s International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award.
  • Always the outdoor sporty type, she was a near-champion tennis player, a topline shot and loved going fishing.
  • The well-known quote often attributed to her–“My first picture was [Kitty Foyle (1940)]. It was my mother who made all those films with Fred Astaire”–was actually fabricated for a 1966 article in “Films In Review”.
  • Author Graham Greene always said he would have liked Ginger to play the role of Aunt Augusta in the film version of his novel “Travels With My Aunt”. When the film Travels with My Aunt (1972) was made in 1972 the role was played by Maggie Smith.
  • Was Hollywood’s highest paid star of 1942.
  • A keen artist, Ginger did many paintings, sculptures and sketches in her free time but could never bring herself to sell any of them.
  • Was fashion consultant for the J.C. Penney chain from 1972-1975.
  • Directed her first stage musical, “Babes In Arms”, at age 74.
  • She didn’t drink: she had her very own ice cream soda fountain
  • Sort-of cousin of Rita Hayworth. Ginger’s aunt married Rita’s uncle.
  • Interred at Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, California, USA, the same cemetery as long-time dancing/acting partner Fred Astaire is located.
  • Brought her first cousin Helen Nichols to Hollywood, renamed her Phyllis Fraser, and guided her through a few films. Phyllis Fraser married and then became known as Phyllis Fraser.
  • Was given the name “Ginger” by her little cousin who couldn’t pronounce “Virginia” correctly.
  • Was a Christian Scientist.
  • Daughter of Lela E. Rogers

Virginia Katherine McMatch Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Carefree 1938 Amanda Cooper Actress
Having Wonderful Time 1938 Teddy Shaw Actress
Vivacious Lady 1938 Francey Actress
Stage Door 1937 Jean Maitland Actress
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 12 1937 Documentary short Ginger Rogers Actress
Shall We Dance 1937 Linda Keene Actress
Swing Time 1936 Penny Carroll Actress
Follow the Fleet 1936 Sherry Martin Actress
In Person 1935 Carol Corliss, aka Clara Colfax Actress
Top Hat 1935 Dale Tremont Actress
Star of Midnight 1935 Donna Mantin Actress
Roberta 1935 Scharwenka Actress
Romance in Manhattan 1935 Sylvia Dennis Actress
The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mimi Glossop Actress
Change of Heart 1934 Madge Rountree Actress
Finishing School 1934 Her Pal / Cecilia ‘Pony’ Ferris Actress
Twenty Million Sweethearts 1934 Peggy Cornell Actress
Upperworld 1934 Lilly Linda Actress
Flying Down to Rio 1933 Honey Hale Actress
Sitting Pretty 1933 Dorothy Actress
Chance at Heaven 1933 Marjorie ‘Marje’ Harris Actress
Rafter Romance 1933 Mary Actress
A Shriek in the Night 1933 Pat Morgan Actress
Don’t Bet on Love 1933 Molly Gilbert Actress
Professional Sweetheart 1933 Glory Eden Actress
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 Fay Fortune Actress
42nd Street 1933 Ann Lowell Actress
Broadway Bad 1933 Flip Daly Actress
You Said a Mouthful 1932 Alice Brandon Actress
Hat Check Girl 1932 Jessie King Actress
The Thirteenth Guest 1932 Lela / Marie Morgan Actress
The Tenderfoot 1932 Ruth Weston Actress
Carnival Boat 1932 Honey Actress
Suicide Fleet 1931 Sally Actress
The Tip-Off 1931 Baby Face Actress
Honor Among Lovers 1931 Doris Brown Actress
Follow the Leader 1930 Mary Brennan Actress
Office Blues 1930 Short Miss Gravis Actress
Queen High 1930 Polly Rockwell Actress
The Sap from Syracuse 1930 Ellen Saunders Actress
Young Man of Manhattan 1930 Puff Randolph Actress
Campus Sweethearts 1930 Short Actress
A Night in a Dormitory 1930 Short Ginger Rogers Actress
A Day of a Man of Affairs 1929 Short Actress
Hotel 1987 TV Series Natalie Trent Actress
Glitter 1984 TV Series Actress
The Love Boat 1979 TV Series Stella Logan Actress
Here’s Lucy 1971 TV Series Ginger Rogers Actress
Harlow 1965/II Mama Jean Bello Actress
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1965 TV Series Helen Actress
Cinderella 1965 TV Special Queen Actress
Quick, Let’s Get Married 1964 Madame Rinaldi Actress
The Red Skelton Hour 1963-1964 TV Series Sally Swinger / Scarlett O’Fever / Mrs. Cavendish Actress
Vacation Playhouse 1963 TV Series Elizabeth Harcourt / Margaret Harcourt Actress
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show 1960 TV Series Sketch Actress / Singer Actress
Zane Grey Theater 1960 TV Series Angie Cartwright Actress
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959 TV Series Kay Neilson Actress
Musical Playhouse 1959 TV Series Lisa Marvin Actress
The Milton Berle Show 1959 TV Series Actress
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! 1957 Mildred Turner Actress
Teenage Rebel 1956 Nancy Fallon Actress
The First Traveling Saleslady 1956 Miss Rose Gillray Actress
Tight Spot 1955 Sherry Conley Actress
Black Widow 1954 Carlotta ‘Lottie’ Marin Actress
Producers’ Showcase 1954 TV Series segment ‘Red Peppers segment Still Life segment Shadow Play’ – Tonight at 8:30 1954 … segment ‘Red Peppers segment Still Life segment Shadow Play’ Actress
Twist of Fate 1954 ‘Johnny’ Victor Actress
Forever Female 1953 Beatrice Page Actress
Monkey Business 1952 Mrs. Edwina Fulton Actress
Dreamboat 1952 Gloria Marlowe Actress
We’re Not Married! 1952 Ramona Gladwyn Actress
The Groom Wore Spurs 1951 ‘A.J.’ Furnival Actress
Storm Warning 1951 Marsha Mitchell Actress
Perfect Strangers 1950 Theresa (Terry) Scott Actress
The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 Dinah Barkley Actress
It Had to Be You 1947 Victoria Stafford Actress
Magnificent Doll 1946 Dolly Payne Madison Actress
Heartbeat 1946 Arlette Lafron Actress
Week-End at the Waldorf 1945 Irene Malvern Actress
I’ll Be Seeing You 1944 Mary Marshall Actress
Lady in the Dark 1944 Liza Elliott Actress
Tender Comrade 1943 Jo Jones Actress
Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 Kathie O’Hara / Katherine Butt-Smith / Baroness Katherine Von Luber Actress
The Major and the Minor 1942 Susan Applegate Actress
Tales of Manhattan 1942 Diane Actress
Roxie Hart 1942 Roxie Hart Actress
Tom, Dick and Harry 1941 Janie Actress
Kitty Foyle 1940 Kitty Foyle Actress
Lucky Partners 1940 Jean Actress
Primrose Path 1940 Ellie May Adams Actress
Fifth Avenue Girl 1939 Mary Grey Actress
Bachelor Mother 1939 Polly Parrish Actress
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 Irene Castle Actress
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood 2010 TV Mini-Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression 2009 Video documentary performer: “Carioca” uncredited, “I Won’t Dance” uncredited, “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket” Soundtrack
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure 2008 TV Movie documentary performer: “Carioca”, “Waltz in Swing Time” – uncredited Soundtrack
Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2007 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
American Masters 1999 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment! III 1994 Documentary performer: “Swing Trot” 1948 – uncredited Soundtrack
Here’s Looking at You, Warner Bros. 1991 TV Movie documentary performer: “The Gold Diggers’ Song We’re in the Money” – uncredited Soundtrack
Great Performances 1991 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Wonder Years 1990 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Rain Man 1988 performer: “Bouncin’ the Blues” 1948 – uncredited Soundtrack
That’s Dancing! 1985 Documentary performer: “Night and Day”, “Pick Yourself Up” Soundtrack
The 37th Annual Tony Awards 1983 TV Special performer: “Somebody Loves Me”, “Off Thee I Sing”, “Mine”, “Embraceable You”, “But Not for Me” Soundtrack
Pennies from Heaven 1981 performer: “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” 1936 Soundtrack
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire 1981 TV Movie documentary performer: “The Carioca”, “The Continental” Soundtrack
All You Need Is Love 1977 TV Series documentary performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment, Part II 1976 Documentary performer: “Bouncin’ the Blues” 1948 – uncredited Soundtrack
Brother Can You Spare a Dime 1975 Documentary performer: “The Gold Diggers’ Song We’re in the Money” 1933 Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment! 1974 performer: “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” 1937 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Dean Martin Show 1971 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 performer: “The Gold Diggers’ Song We’re in the Money” – uncredited Soundtrack
Cinderella 1965 TV Special performer: “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?” reprise Soundtrack
Hollywood and the Stars 1963 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1961 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show 1960 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall 1958 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Monkey Business 1952 performer: “The Whiffenpoof Song” – uncredited Soundtrack
Dreamboat 1952 performer: “You’ll Never Know” – uncredited Soundtrack
The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 “La Marseillaise” 1792, uncredited / performer: “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” 1937, “Swing Trot” 1949 uncredited, “You’d Be Hard to Replace” 1949 uncredited, “Bouncin’ the Blues” 1949 uncredited, “My One and Only Highland Fling” 1949 uncredited, “Week-End in the Country” 1949 uncredited, “Manhattan Downbeat” 1949 uncredited Soundtrack
Heartbeat 1946 performer: “The Heartbeat Song Can You Guess?” – uncredited Soundtrack
Lady in the Dark 1944 performer: “Suddenly It’s Spring”, “The Saga of Jenny” uncredited, “My Ship” uncredited Soundtrack
Tender Comrade 1943 performer: “You Made Me Love You I Didn’t Want to Do It” 1913 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Major and the Minor 1942 performer: “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” – uncredited Soundtrack
Roxie Hart 1942 performer: “Black Bottom” Soundtrack
Tom, Dick and Harry 1941 performer: “There’s No Place Like Home’ – uncredited Soundtrack
Kitty Foyle 1940 performer: “I’ll See You in My Dreams” 1924, “Three Little Words” 1930 – uncredited Soundtrack
Lucky Partners 1940 “Comin’ Thro’ the Rye”, uncredited Soundtrack
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 “Cecile Waltz”, “Nights of Gladness”, “Missouri Waltz”, uncredited / performer: “Only When You’re in My Arms” 1939, “The Yama Yama Man” uncredited, “King Chanticleer” uncredited, “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” uncredited, “The Syncopated Walk” uncredited, “While They Were Dancing Around” uncredited, “Too Much Mustard Tres Moutarde” uncredited, “Rose Room” uncredited, “Tres Jolie” uncredited, “Little Brown Jug” uncredited, “Dengozo” uncredited, “You’re Here and I’m Here” uncredited, “Chicago” un Soundtrack
Carefree 1938 performer: “I Used To Be Color Blind” 1938, “The Yam” 1938, “Change Partners” 1938 – uncredited Soundtrack
Vivacious Lady 1938 performer: “You’ll Be Reminded of Me” 1938 Soundtrack
Stage Door 1937 performer: “Put Your Heart Into Your Feet and Dance” – uncredited Soundtrack
Shall We Dance 1937 performer: “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off” 1937, “Shall We Dance” 1937, “They All Laughed” 1937 – uncredited Soundtrack
Swing Time 1936 “The Way You Look Tonight” 1936, “A Fine Romance” 1936, uncredited / performer: “Pick Yourself Up” 1936, “Waltz in Swing Time” 1936, “A Fine Romance” 1936, “Never Gonna Dance” 1936 – uncredited Soundtrack
Follow the Fleet 1936 performer: “Let Yourself Go” 1936, “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket” 1936, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” 1932 – uncredited Soundtrack
In Person 1935 performer: “Don’t Mention Love to Me”, “Got a New Lease on Life”, “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” Soundtrack
Top Hat 1935 performer: “Isn’t This a Lovely Day to Be Caught in the Rain?” 1935, “Cheek to Cheek” 1935, “The Piccolino” 1935 – uncredited Soundtrack
Roberta 1935 performer: “Let’s Begin” 1933, “I’ll Be Hard to Handle” 1933, “I Won’t Dance” 1934, “Lovely to Look At” 1935, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” 1933 – uncredited Soundtrack
The Gay Divorcee 1934 performer: “Night and Day” 1932, “The Continental” 1934, “The Continental” 1934 uncredited Soundtrack
Finishing School 1934 performer: “Virginia’s Gonna Get Fried”, “Never Hit Your Grandma with a Shovel” – uncredited Soundtrack
Twenty Million Sweethearts 1934 “I’ll String Along with You” 1934, uncredited / performer: “Out for No Good” 1934 – uncredited Soundtrack
Upperworld 1934 performer: “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”, “Shake Your Powder Puff” – uncredited Soundtrack
Flying Down to Rio 1933 performer: “Music Makes Me” 1933, “Carioca” 1933 – uncredited Soundtrack
Sitting Pretty 1933 performer: “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?”, “You’re Such a Comfort to Me”, “Good Morning Glory”, “There’s a Bluebird at My Window” Soundtrack
Chance at Heaven 1933 performer: “London Bridge is Falling Down” – uncredited Soundtrack
Professional Sweetheart 1933 performer: “My Imaginary Sweetheart” – uncredited Soundtrack
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 performer: “The Gold Diggers’ Song We’re in the Money” 1933 – uncredited Soundtrack
42nd Street 1933 performer: “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” 1932 – uncredited Soundtrack
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 1932 Short performer: “The Girl Who Used to be You” Soundtrack
Carnival Boat 1932 performer: “How I Could Go for You” 1932 – uncredited Soundtrack
Suicide Fleet 1931 performer: “Dream Kisses” 1927 – uncredited Soundtrack
Office Blues 1930 Short performer: “We Can’t Get Along”, “Dear Sir” – uncredited Soundtrack
Queen High 1930 performer: “It Seems to Me” Soundtrack
Young Man of Manhattan 1930 performer: “I’ve Got ‘It’ But ‘It’ Don’t Do Me No Good” – uncredited Soundtrack
A Night in a Dormitory 1930 Short performer: “Why Can’t You Love That Way?”, “I Love a Man in a Uniform” – uncredited Soundtrack
That’s Entertainment III: Behind the Screen 1994 Video documentary Herself Self
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years 1993 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
This Is Your Life 1981-1993 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1992 TV Special Herself – Honoree Self
CBS This Morning 1992 TV Series Herself Self
Pebble Mill at One 1991 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Wogan 1991 TV Series Herself Self
The Home Show 1991 TV Series Herself Self
Burt Reynolds’ Conversation With 1991 TV Series Herself Self
Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story 1987 TV Series documentary Herself Self
ABC News Nightline 1987 TV Series Herself Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987 TV Special documentary Herself Self
Texas 150: A Celebration 1986 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Billy Wilder 1986 TV Special documentary Herself Self
The 58th Annual Academy Awards 1986 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
Great Performances 1986 TV Series Herself Self
All-Star Party for ‘Dutch’ Reagan 1985 TV Special Herself Self
Night of 100 Stars II 1985 TV Movie Herself Self
Hollywood ’84 1984 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey 1984 Documentary Herself Self
The 56th Annual Academy Awards 1984 TV Special documentary Herself – Audience Member Self
The 37th Annual Tony Awards 1983 TV Special Herself – Performer Self
Hollywood’s Private Home Movies 1983 TV Movie documentary Archive Self
The Legends of the Screen 1983 TV Movie Herself Self
The Merv Griffin Show 1965-1982 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest / Herself – Actress Self
The 36th Annual Tony Awards 1982 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Actor in a Play Self
Live from Lincoln Center 1982 TV Series Herself Self
The 2nd American Movie Awards 1982 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Night of 100 Stars 1982 TV Special Herself Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny 1982 TV Movie Herself Self
The Barbara Walters Summer Special 1981 TV Series Herself Self
All-Star Salute to Mother’s Day 1981 TV Special Herself Self
Hour Magazine 1981 TV Series Herself Self
Stars en Campagne 1980 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Gala de l’Unicef 1979-1980 TV Series Herself Self
Horas doradas 1980 TV Series Herself Self
Fred Astaire: Puttin’ on His Top Hat 1980 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Palmarès 1980 TV Series Herself Self
La nuit des Césars 1980 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The RKO Years 1979 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
The 51st Annual Academy Awards 1979 TV Special documentary Herself – Co-Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role Self
Bob Hope Salutes the Ohio Jubilee 1978 TV Movie Herself Self
Good Morning America 1978 TV Series Herself Self
Saturday Night at the Mill 1978 TV Series Herself Self
The People’s Command Performance 1978 TV Special Herself Self
The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards 1976 TV Special Herself Self
The Hollywood Squares 1971-1976 TV Series Herself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1971-1976 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
At Long Last Cole 1975 TV Movie Herself Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball 1975 TV Special Herself Self
The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1974 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope 1974 TV Special Herself Self
ABC Late Night 1974 TV Series Herself Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1971-1974 TV Series Guest / Herself – Co-Host / Herself – Singer / … Self
Miss Universe 1973 1973 TV Special Herself – Judge Self
The Dean Martin Show 1971-1973 TV Series Herself Self
The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1972 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
The 29th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1972 TV Special Herself Self
The David Frost Show 1971 TV Series Herself Self
Dinah’s Place 1971 TV Series Self
The Dick Cavett Show 1971 TV Series Herself Self
The Royal Variety Performance 1969 1969 TV Special Herself Self
Gypsy 1967 TV Series Herself Self
The 39th Annual Academy Awards 1967 TV Special Herself – Co-Presenter: Writing Awards Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1963-1967 TV Series Singer Self
The 20th Annual Tony Awards 1966 TV Special Herself – Host Self
What’s My Line? 1954-1966 TV Series Herself – Mystery Guest / Herself – Guest Panelist Self
The Bell Telephone Hour 1962-1965 TV Series Herself – Hostess Self
The 17th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1965 TV Special Herself Self
Girl Talk 1965 TV Series Herself Self
The 37th Annual Academy Awards 1965 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
The Hollywood Palace 1964 TV Series Herself – Singer / Herself Self
The 35th Annual Academy Awards 1963 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Music Awards Self
Password All-Stars 1962 TV Series Herself Self
I’ve Got a Secret 1954-1962 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest / Herself – Mystery Guest Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1958-1961 TV Series Herself Self
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards 1961 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
The Bob Hope Show 1956-1961 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest / Ginger Peachy Self
The Annual National Sports Awards 1961 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
The National Sports Awards 1961 TV Special Herself – Presenter Self
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall 1956-1960 TV Series Herself / Guest / Herself – Guest Self
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z 1959 TV Series Herself Self
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show 1957-1959 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself – SInger Self
The 31st Annual Academy Awards 1959 TV Special Herself – Audience Member Self
Accent on Love 1959 TV Movie Herself Self
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom 1959 TV Series Herself Self
The Arthur Murray Party 1958 TV Series Herself Self
Person to Person 1958 TV Series documentary Herself Self
The Jack Benny Program 1957 TV Series Herself Self
Playhouse 90 1957 TV Series Herself Self
Climax! 1956 TV Series Herself Self
The $64,000 Question 1955 TV Series Substitute Host Self
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood’s Great Entertainers 1953 Short Herself Self
The 25th Annual Academy Awards 1953 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Costume Design Awards Self
A Sporting Oasis 1952 Documentary short Herself Self
The Ken Murray Show 1951 TV Series Herself Self
Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman 1950 Short Herself Self
Battle Stations 1944 Documentary short Narrator (voice) Self
Show-Business at War 1943 Documentary short Herself (uncredited) Self
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 1936 Documentary short Herself – Observer Self
Hollywood Newsreel 1934 Short Herself (uncredited) Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 1933 Short Herself Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 1932 Short Herself Self
Screen Snapshots 1932/I Documentary short Herself Self
Running Hollywood 1932 Short Herself Self
TV’s Funniest Game Show Moments 1984 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter 1982 TV Movie documentary Actress – ‘Monkey Business’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart 1980 TV Special documentary Actress ‘Vivacious Lady’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Bob Hope’s Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops – 1941-1972 1980 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda 1978 TV Special documentary Actress ‘Tales of Manattan’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
All You Need Is Love 1977 TV Series documentary Singer Archive Footage
Bob Hope’s World of Comedy 1976 TV Movie Herself Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment, Part II 1976 Documentary Clip from ‘Barkleys of Broadway’ Archive Footage
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television 1975 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
Just One More Time 1974 Short Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment! 1974 Clip from ‘Barkleys of Broadway’ Archive Footage
The All Talking, All Singing, All Dancing Show 1973 TV Movie Fay Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Our American Musical Heritage 1971 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Mondo Hollywood 1967 Documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Hollywood 1967 TV Movie documentary Fay – Gold Digger 1933 Archive Footage
The Love Goddesses 1965 Documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood and the Stars 1963 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood: The Great Stars 1963 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
George White’s Scandals 1945 Ginger Rogers (uncredited) Archive Footage
Britain’s Best Loved Double Acts 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Welcome to the Basement 2013-2014 TV Series Penny Carroll / Herself Archive Footage
Talking Pictures 2013 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Here’s Lucy Spotlight: Lucie Arnaz 2012 Video documentary short Clip from ‘Here’s Lucy’ Archive Footage
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l’Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Darcey Bussell Dances Hollywood 2011 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year 2009 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression 2009 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
Banda sonora 2008 TV Series Dale Tremont Archive Footage
American Masters 1987-2008 TV Series documentary Herself / Fay / Himself Archive Footage
Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo 2008 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure 2008 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The O’Reilly Factor 2008 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s’éteint et que le film commence 2007 segment “Cinéma de Boulevard” Archive Footage
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm 2006 Video documentary Herself / Various roles Archive Footage
Billy Wilder Speaks 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Naked Archaeologist 2005 TV Series documentary Girl on Phone Archive Footage
American Experience 2005 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
Great Performances 2003-2005 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet 2005 Video short Archive Footage
Astaire and Rogers Sing George and Ira Gershwin 2005 Short Archive Footage
Broadway: The American Musical 2004 TV Mini-Series documentary Mimi Glossop Archive Footage
The 100 Greatest Musicals 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Complicated Women 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Biography 1994-2001 TV Series documentary Herself / Mrs. Edwina Fulton Archive Footage
Bourne to Dance 2001 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days 2001 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Omnibus 1995-2001 TV Series documentary Herself Archive Footage
72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show 2000 TV Special Herself (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hollywood Remembers 2000 TV Series documentary Archive Footage
ABC 2000: The Millennium 1999 TV Movie documentary Archive Footage
The Green Mile 1999 Actress in ‘Top Hat’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults 1997 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
Sobbin’ Women: The Making of ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ 1997 TV Short documentary Herself Archive Footage
The 68th Annual Academy Awards 1996 TV Special Herself – Memorial Tribute Archive Footage
Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself Archive Footage
The Casting Couch 1995 Video documentary 1929 screen tests Archive Footage
That’s Entertainment! III 1994 Documentary Performer in Clip from ‘The Barkleys of Broadway’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
Hollywood on Parade 1990 Video documentary Herself Archive Footage
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC 1988 TV Special Herself Archive Footage
Cocoon 1985 Herself, film clip from ‘The Gay Divorcee’ (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Dale Tremont (uncredited) Archive Footage
Going Hollywood: The ’30s 1984 Documentary Archive Footage

Virginia Katherine McMatch Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1970 C.I.D.A.L.C. Silver Medal Berlin International Film Festival For her outstanding achievements as a dancer and actress. Won
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6772 Hollywood Blvd. Won
1941 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Leading Role Kitty Foyle (1940) Won
1941 Sour Apple Golden Apple Awards Won
1970 C.I.D.A.L.C. Silver Medal Berlin International Film Festival For her outstanding achievements as a dancer and actress. Nominated
1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6772 Hollywood Blvd. Nominated
1941 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Leading Role Kitty Foyle (1940) Nominated
1941 Sour Apple Golden Apple Awards Nominated