Ginger Rogers interview

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[@TheHandsofPeace]

I think Ginger looks wonderful. Call me when you are her age. It's very sad that people are expected to look 20 years old for the rest of their lives. Why is the beauty of a child more valued than the beauty of a woman.

[@mariaevans5793]

Well said !!!!😊🇬🇧

[@jetaime82]

Her eyes are just sparkling, its amazing. Even though she is much older she just has so much glamour about her still, she is just beautiful. Those eyes, I am so taken back by them, just like in the movies. I love to see her talk, its just like the movies as well. Lovely.

[@StellaDallas1970]

It is so interesting to see the way movie stars from the golden era used to speak English in a so refined way. The way they spoke in movies they spoke in real life. That is something lost. Ginger Roger's voice and gestures are so gracious and nice and pleasant. What an incredibly adorable person she was! I did love this interview!

[@barbaraduggan631]

Ginger Rogers is someone that no one can ever replace as a dancer or actress .... love her for hours of enjoyment in her movies ... ..

[@ssadnerb]

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this interview. I never get tired of Ginger! So cute!

[@MarlaLukofsky7]

Kitty Foyle was a movie well ahead of its time. It would do well today actually. And it's a full story, with a strong beginning, middle and end with great character development. I'm so glad Ginger won the Oscar for best actress. It's my favorite Ginger Rogers movie.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

Absolutely agree, "Nobody owes a thing to Kitty Foyle, except Kitty Foyle". One or two of her other movies were "avant garde". For example, "The Major and The Minor" could have been a precursor to "Lolita". Whilst I found the handling of some of the content of the 1942 film "Once Upon a Honeymoon" rather disturbing, it was an interesting (if controversial) film. You would have to wait until 1967 and Mel Brooks masterpiece "The Producers" for a real parody of Nazism. In that same year, 1942, the British Film Industry (or should I say Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger) made the seminal WW2 film, "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" - giving us a glimpse of what the people of the Netherlands had to put up with when living under the Nazi jackboot. Googie Withers was the female lead in that one.

[@georgestrum3478]

I just love Ginger Rogers. She is so gracious and a wonderful person. God bless her and may she rest in peace.

[@johnny4blues]

She's unbelievably charming and classy, regardless of her age. Simply amazing!

[@patsghost]

Ginger is so bright, cheerful, and cogent here. Stars of her day were multi-talented professionals - kind of make our stars look like blowup dolls. She was not only beautiful and a fine dancer but vivid on screen: you can see emotions flicker across her face in a dramatic scene.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

I agree; there's brilliant speech in Kitty Foyle about no one owing a thing to Kitty Foyle...except Kitty Foyle. I thought that she was deserving of the Oscar for that part, despite being up against some very stiff competition that year.

[@Sabriel61]

unfortunately we all grow old, if we last that long, Ginger Roger's is great at any age.

[@Jonsey-lm5sv]

Ginger was ALWAYS beautiful in my opinion. She was a perfect 10 in her youth, and maintained her gorgeousness well into her later years....and aged naturally unlike stars of today who have so much work done that they look like freaks. God bless. Miss Rogers, she was the best.

[@lindarosswelsh4069]

The greatrdt. Hrest

[@mandyfae7912]

Jonsey 1969 her eyes still mesmerizing

[@Countrygirltori24]

Thank you soo much for posting! I've never seen this and its a real treat to see her talk about the old days.

[@terrychalmers7204]

shes still really beautiful and down to earth, thank you for posting :)

[@windstorm1000]

One of the all time greats. I adore her.

[@jaywar69]

She would have been 78 in 1989... so considering that, I understand why she looks like a Grandmother. "The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young." -- Oscar Wilde

[@jackanthony976]

So true. Too bad we can only see the hideous old part.

[@chilvari]

awww Ginger

[@ThisWay1ST]

I Love You Ginger............Thank You from a devoted lifelong fan

[@andyvanm1]

Thank You Ginger Rogers was always wonderful no matter what she did.

[@chinzebo]

She did have some sparkley blue eyes!!

[@estelamartinez9185]

Gorgeous classy lady....last of the best....

[@hamishray]

Thank you ever so much for sharing this interview with my friend.

[@monicaplayproductions428]

Beautiful doll!!

[@TeamRonMione133]

I hope I look this great when I'm her age!

[@italobambino43]

When she played opposite Katherine Hepburn in the 1937 film, "Stage Door", Hepburn was with RKO studios, Eve Arden said that their was tension between the two then, two of my Favorites! All these wonderful people are gone! She died way to soon, fantastic personality. RIP Ginger.

[@hairyscotman]

SHE was LOVELY....and from my beloved TEXAS....

[@lanadale1479]

Love her!!!!

[@anthonynieznajko7862]

She Was Always My Favorite Actress She is So Amazing!!!.

[@davesuiter]

Ginger Rogers danced just like Fred Astaire; except she performed all moves in reverse while wearing high heels!

[@2010kbar]

Who's comparing this lovely leading irreplaceable incomparible lady to GaGa? I'll admit I haven't read all the comments on here....now I don't want to. I agree with you, Everett. GaGa fits the mold that people want today, but Ginger Rogers is timeless and classy and a legend. Crazy that people would compare the two, or Ginger to anyone of today. Only a few stars of today can compare to the legendary status that those of the past were building for themselves. Very few.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

This comment hasn’t aged well.

[@southpark1029384756]

Her eyes are beautiful

[@windstorm1000]

well, she was always that way--on film she was very down to earth and common sense. very confident==you had to be. watch stage door--one of her greats.

[@angelacarleton9575]

I wished she had children because she is a lovely woman and would have had beautiful children.

[@Patrick3183]

Glamorous older women rule

[@TellyWatcher1997]

I suspect that she did have a little bit of "work" to refresh her face but generally she looks as though she grew old as women should. Always glamorous and sassy in a calm kind of way. Didn't yack on about her sex life and probably knew how to keep a confidence. How different it is today?

[@MrBuddybones]

Laura Barber she was a devout Christian Scientist. She never had any “work.” Didn’t see doctors for her diabetes either, sadly. She suffered poor health in later years, sadly.

[@USMC-ParrisIsland]

What a gracious lady! If you look up the word, self effacing, you will no doubt find Ginger Rogers picture next to it. I was born shortly after the Big War, WWII, and like so many American kids, I grew up in New York City, watching, Channel 9's, The Million Dollar Movie. Fred and Ginger were staples. I most certainly got my fill of this lovely, articulate woman. In fact, I had a terrible crush on Miss Rogers. One of the most glamorous women to grace the silver screen, and her acting terrific!

[@palmvictory]

One hot number, was then, and for eternity. : )

[@jameskeaton349]

i love the old Hollywood its nostalgic,hoorey for Hollywood!

[@SuperJujar]

Ginger Rogers, nome artístico adotado por Virginia Katherine McMath foi uma cantora, atriz e dançarina, do cinema e teatro dos Estados Unidos da América. Iniciou sua carreira com 15 anos, dançando “vaudevilles.” Com 19 anos estreou em Hollywood, onde trabalhou em quase 100 filmes entre musicais, comédias e dramas. Conheceu Fred Astaire na década de 1930 e com ele fez dez filmes musicais, tornando-se uma das suas mais célebres parceiras. (Texto: Juares de Marcos Jardim; Fonte: Wikipedia)

[@WoodeyTimothy]

She was a little older but she held up well. No wrinkles

[@windstorm1000]

I could watch that movie introveniusly!!

[@GRwarrior77]

Her eyes remain the same...

[@JimConrad007]

WOW she's old but actually looks resembles the girl she once was

[@LUCKYDUCKIES]

It's a pitty she died in 1995! Fenomenal! next July 16th will be the centenary of her birthday.

[@Myplop]

Still got those beautiful eyes

[@maryhill2561]

I would never ask her to take her bracelets off

[@georgestrum3478]

She looks smashing here.

[@ThorSmith]

Ginger Rogers is a legend & appeared in several great films in her day. ('Tight Spot' & 'The Major & The Minor' are a few of my personal favs). BUT Miss Rogers didn't deserve an Oscar for 'Kitty Foyle'! I've seen Davis in 'The Letter', Fontaine in 'Rebecca', Hepburn in 'The Philadelphia Story', Scott in 'Our Town' & Rogers' performance in 'Kitty Foyle' (& the film itself) is unquestionably the weakest of the lot. One of the greatest injustices in Academy history!

[@tallpaul521]

I'm a fellow Texan and a huge fan of Miss Rogers. My 89 year old mother's favorite film is "Kitty Foyle". But. Miss Rogers should have been present for Mr. Astaire's AFI tribute. Her absence was explained as being at an event in New Orleans. She was having dinner in NOLA.... Sad.

[@MrStopthepress]

What a beautiful woman. Those eyes-- nothing like them since.

[@Elena-gd5qu]

The queen is always queen! 👑

[@p123-i9s]

Age is so cruel. She was so beautiful.

[@orhugs]

Uh she looks AMAZING here!

[@nfelvis68]

orhugs A true star and she looks wonderful.

[@MikeysGayToday]

orhugs She aged Like a star!! With class and grace. LIke Betty White!!

[@orhugs]

Mikey Trahant Although I love Betty, I don't think she aged with much class. Just look at her work now a days. The only reason she's working is because she's 90 years old and will say "fuck" on TV. She's acknowledged to have taler, but it's the gimmick that still has younger audiences liking her.

[@whoknows4279]

You must be very young...aging is not what you think.

[@oldman1734]

I can’t believe how much she had changed.

[@keleigh97]

Thank you for posting the interview. Is there a way to buy a copy of this interview? It is nice to be able to see and hear Ginger later on in her life.

[@DDumbrille]

Ann Richards stole that line from Bob Thaves, who wrote that about Rogers in 1982.

[@HollyCranfan]

Kitty Foyle is going to be her favorite movie.. It is the one she won an Oscar for. Stiff competition for the Oscar as they were all good movies.

[@greenonions5296]

I love her in Bachelor Mother and Primrose Path so much. I just love James Craig in Kitty Foyle so much too. Wow, those were some memorable performances the year she won!

[@jacquelinelarsen6159]

I love Ginger. She's seems so sweet

[@apphacker]

I liked the sound of her bracelets though, didn't really disrupt the interview

[@sealove36]

The dancing talent made her famous, but she may have been a better actress and comedienne. She certainly made Astaire look better: even in the "dancing films", if you watch carefully you'll see her doing a really expert, almost intuitive, job backing Fred and anyone else on the screen with her. Then she had the guts to more or less leave the dancing behind to show she had what it took to be an actress, and she sure did.

[@wasittoyou]

Thankyou andyvan1 for your wonderful comments about Ginger and her awesome achievements! The book "Ginger, My Story" is as AWESOME as the legendary LADY !!!

[@kittenparkhurst5993]

Its all in her eyes, all i watched was less than one minute, lol

[@CactusG26]

i would so wish to have a time machine and get myself back to the 30s and be in my 20s there so i could manage to somehow ask Ginger out and grow old with her...

[@gregoryagogo]

half the films made before 1950 are lost forever

[@paulfrancis8836]

Ginger was beautiful, at any age. Not enough Gingers in the world.

[@sutonchef]

WHAT A HUMBLE GAL. DID SHE EVER MARRY? GOD BLESS HER MEMORY

[@jackchen7003]

This is right before her stroke. In a matter of year, she would be partially paralyzed and disabled. In a 1991 interview, she couldn’t talk as much and keep up with a conversation

[@manchesterbullion]

OMG....

[@cowboysimpson]

she looks so young here..when was this? she is gonna turn 100 this year.

[@aleighland]

Get REAL..she is over 90 years old! How many 90year old people do you know who can even feed themselves..i'm sure that she has had work done on her face...So what..she is remarkable..AND a great athlete!

[@ashesdrivered.9123]

What a hottie! Seriously.

[@everettfuqua114]

Good grief! What's with the negative, shallow, petty comments about Ms. Rogers's appearance, attitude, etc? She's an Academy-winning legend with the talent to back it up. Does anyone remotely think that Lady GaGa will leave such a legacy? I don't' think so.

[@estelamartinez9185]

She had same voice as when she was young....and eyes...fascinating...she must have not smoked or drank much....

[@madghee]

So how old was she❓

[@Bebe7077]

She looks much younger than she really is on this video.

[@Estio]

I don't find the interviewer very relatable >.

[@hadbetterdays]

Her eyes.

[@awwyeahme2]

@TheCanalBridge well i knew she wasnt telling a lot of things because Ladies didn't kiss N tell then. ann Miller said I dont smoke & seldom drink". she had a collection of gold cigarette cases. she smoked & died for lung cancer, some things was taboo! give her a break it was the times

[@TheBlazingAngel]

Ooh, she got a bit annoyed at the Hepburn questions but hey, no one likes talking about the time somone threw water over their new coat. :p

[@ericnelson9100]

I believe this was 1991.

[@CairistionaO]

@mustang1978horse From the quality and style it looks early nineties or late eighties

[@Jarvamon]

I think this is from 1987. She publically spoke out that year against the colorization of black and white movies.

[@oceansdream84]

To correct you on yourself about Marie Antoinette using more than just a rose bottle of liquid soap.

[@vortexy111]

she died in 1995 at the age of 83 and never had any facelifts etc because of christian science beliefs.

[@AmyJp1000]

remove your bracelets - don't move? Ginger is an ICON - this interviewer has no idea what an amazing icon she is. Annoying.

[@janezamudio4940]

This was a bit sad to watch for me. Ginger Rogers has always been one of my favorites, but I'd never seen her in interview. Here, she appears to be a hard, evasive, bitter woman. May she truly rest in peace.

[@HollyCranfan]

She was probably tired of hearing about the Kate Hepburn story(they were not friendly) plus she was doing her own book, so understandable she was a little defensive. She was charming otherwise but don't bring up the old gossip. LMAO

[@carowells1607]

Jane Zamudio Perception is a funny thing. I honestly thought she was trying to answer the questions without saying negative things about other actresses. Hepburn did maliciously dump water on her new mink coat, and yet she still didn't say anything really negative about Hepburn. To me, that is more about Ginger showing some class than her being hard and evasive.

[@janezamudio4940]

It was more a matter of demeanor and avoidance I was referring to, Caro. She kept trying to take over with irrelevant chatter as a way to take up time and keep Ms. Wygant from asking her precisely the kinds of things the public wants to know. I was simply expressing surprise; after so many years of being a fan, this was the first time I'd ever seen her interviewed.

[@carowells1607]

Jane Zamudio Again, perception is such a personal thing, because I do honestly not see any of the things you're seeing. To me, Ginger is doing her best to deal with an interviewer who wasn't so great at her job. In any case, if you do like Ginger Rogers at all, I hope you'll look up some of her other interviews. She has some interesting stories and it's clear she took her job very seriously. Her book is a fun read too.

[@janezamudio4940]

Yes, I did read her book and enjoyed the anecdotes, though again, I thought she was guarded. I wish she had addressed her not having had children. Of course, it's a personal matter, but an autobiography's purpose is for its subject to reveal herself to the public who cares enough to want to know more. Ultimately, I do agree with you, Caro, in that perception is the thing here.

[@jetaime82]

She is a bit curt in how she speaks but maybe that is just how they spoke back then...not sure.

[@petercandler9034]

You and me have the same wish, so its pistols at dawn.

[@pearcyisratt]

Blonds do it for me

[@silverglitch1665]

She is obnoxious here. She seems so disingenuous.

[@luisagisellmendezespinoza421]

interesante mensaje...cuando se gravo este video .ano y mes dia y hora . me pueden pasar ese dato.

[@Babsodell63]

I love Ginger and miss her! I met her on a plane once with her mother back in the 70's and she was so gracious. :-)

[@lindseylovesblog]

Amazing story xxxxxx xxxx

[@southpark1029384756]

Yes please save all the nitrate films.....this junk they put out now sucks...I love the old flicks!

[@MTknitter22]

yes, sorry to see even Kathie Lee Gifford overdoing the work & looks different

[@gjford1951]

She not only had Talent but exemplary discipline and collegiality. So, inspiring.

[@283vic]

She still had her trademark eyes despite her old age, they were always her best feature.

[@roter13]

do your eyes change color when you get old?

[@MrLoveoldmovies]

Ginger Rogers was incredibly talented and one of the hardest workers in Hollywood.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

I don't think she ever got the credit she deserved. She wanted to do "serious" work, i.e. historical characters and would often fund screen tests herself but, sadly, wasn't taken seriously. Great shame.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

@The Toasted Hippies - Both incredible women. I agree.

[@tarnsand]

Not only is Ginger Rogers eternally beautiful and multi talented she has an equisite calm about her. Fred Astaire has said what set Ginger apart as a dance partner was she worked tirelessly and never ever complained, not once. She had a natural comedic aura as well. She seemed to see the funny side of a ironic situation. Just love her to bits.

[@MTknitter22]

Yes, Fred was so highly disciplined and also not a complainer so they were a perfect team.

[@Cward303]

Perfectly said! I think she’s just perfection

[@TellyWatcher1997]

Fred studiously avoided singling out any of his screen partners but was interviewed by our own Michael Parkinson and, I believe, was then tempted to mention her. Fred was utterly glowing about Ginger and alluded to the fact that it was Ginger who either kick-started his career or gave it a necessary boost during a lean period. "Flying Down To Rio" - 1933 - and his subsequent movies with Ginger gave his career the fillip it needed in the 1930's.

[@loriv.8986]

What I find sad is the the focus on her looks rather than celebrating her long, productive life. Hopefully, you will not to this to yourself as you age.

[@Traceman002]

thank you ginger for all the hours of entertainment you gave all of us

[@epipd5712]

I would love to look like her as she does here...and I am younger. She is an inspiration to dancers as well as everyone. Very eloquent, classy, gifted and intelligent woman. I still love her movies. Glad she lived a long life.

[@fran_1978]

Such a beautiful, classy, talented lady Ms. Rogers was. She's by far one of my favorite actresses ever. I just noticed how warm and deep her voice was. Oh, and that perfect diction! Even though English is not my first language, I could understand every single word she said. Love you, Ginger, and always will!!!

[@TellyWatcher1997]

Yes, very clear speech. Good to hear.

[@dianepenner315]

Omg! This interviewer sucked! Excuse my bluntness! I'm surprised Ginger didn't get up and leave ; but Ginger has to much class for that!

[@jackanthony976]

Why did the interviewer suck?

[@Latinweaver]

Ginger is was and always will be FABULOUS!!! there isnt a woman alive today who could measure up. no starlet nor harlot with enough talent could equal her brilliance.

[@StellaDallas1970]

Awww! What a pleasant video to watch because of Ginger Rogers! What a delightful lady! Her voice, her face, her expressions, the way she moves her eyes and forehead, smiles... everything... SOOOO charming, so adorable!! I hope nobody here say anything derrogatory about her because she was the nicest, very talented, smart, very good person! I could contemplate her face forever! Her voice.... song to the ears. Love deeply for her. She built a brilliant career!