Originally Posted by Princes mom  Wow, you are right...she wasn't 92!
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General Info
Height: 5'4 ½
Hair color: Naturally dark chestnut red, dyed blond
Eye color: Blue
Nickname: Pinkie, by her fourth husband, Jacques Bergerac, because she adored the color pink
Name change: From Virginia Katherine McMath to Ginger Rogers
Parents: Lela Emogen Owens and William Eddins McMath
Marriages: Jack Culpepper (1929-31); Lew Ayres (1934-41); Jack Briggs (1943-49); Jacques Bergerac (1953-57); William Marshall (1961-69)
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Christian Science
Occupation: Actress
Date, place of Birth: July 16, 1911 in Independence, Missouri
Date, place of Death: April 25, 1995 in Rancho Mirage, California, of natural causes
Burial location: Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, California, USA, the same cemetery as longtime dancing/acting partner Fred Astaire
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Actors/ Actresses: Cary Grant, Lucille Ball, Lew Ayres, Fred Astaire
Films: All Quiet on the Western Front
Foods: eggs sunny-side up and crisp bacon, steak and baked Idaho potatoes, and ice cream
Color: pink
Drinks: ice-cream sodas
Car: Rolls Royce
Hobbies: sculpting, painting, swimming, tennis, golf
Did You Know?
Ginger's grandmother on her mother's side was a relation of George Washington.
She was given the name "Ginger" by her little cousin who couldn't pronounce "Virginia" correctly.
She did not drink: the bar at her house was stocked with ice-cream sodas.
Ginger brought her cousin Helen Brown to Hollywood, renamed her Phyllis Fraser, and guided her through a few films.
Miss Rogers was an accomplished artist and excelled at both sculpting and painting, but could never bring herself to sell any of her work.
She enjoyed tennis, golf, swimming and skeet shooting and held several tennis cups and some high-card records at skeet |