B/W photo of Ginger Rodgers by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the image by Ginger Rodgers. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 7.5 x 8 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940) but is best remembered for performing during the 1930s in RKO's musical films with Fred Astaire. Her career continued throughout much of the 20th century. In the 1930s, Rogers' nine films with Fred Astaire are credited with revolutionizing the genre and gave RKO Pictures some of its biggest successes, most notably The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), and Swing Time (1936). After winning the Oscar, Rogers became one of the biggest box-office draws and highest-paid actresses of the 1940s. She starred in the successful comedy Monkey Business (1952). Rogers wrote an autobiography -Ginger: My Story which was published in 1991. In 1992, Rogers was recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors. Bob Thaves wrote, "Sure he [Astaire] was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did... backward and in high heels". 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. Wikipedia

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