Ginger Rogers

Description

There are 78 personal portraits categorize in one of my portfolios to demonstrate my talent in portrait painting and charcoal drawings. The movie and music stars in this portfolio are called “Hollywood”. Anyone who are interested in commissioned personal portrait from CobbWeb Designs and Illustrations may get an idea of the artist’s dedication and spirituality to realism. Most of these subjects have inspired him in some way throughout his life.

Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) She died of natural causes in 1995, at age 83. Rogers was born in Independence, Missouri, and raised in Kansas City. She and her family moved to Fort Worth, Texas, when she was nine years old. She won a 1925 Charleston dance contest which launched a successful vaudeville career. After that, she gained recognition as a Broadway actress for her stage debut in Girl Crazy. This led to a contract with Paramount Pictures, which ended after five films. Rogers had her first successful film roles as a supporting actress in 42nd Street (1933) and Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933).

During her long career, Rogers made 73 films and she ranks number 14 on the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars list of female stars of classic American cinema. She was an American actress, dancer, and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940), and performed during the 1930s in RKO’s musical films with Fred Astaire. Her career continued on stage, radio and television throughout much of the 20th century. She continued to act, making television appearances until 1987 and wrote an autobiography Ginger: My Story which was published in 1991. In 1992, Rogers was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors.