In 1941, legendary actress Ginger Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Kitty Foyle. Over thirty years later, in 1975, she would appear at the Historic Elitch Theatre in Forty Carats.
Seasons at the Theatre
- 1975
Productions/Roles:
- Appeared at Elitch Theatre in Forty Carats in 1975.
Notable Roles, Awards, and Other Work:
- Won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940).
- Rogers made her last public appearance on March 18, 1995, when she received the Women’s International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award.
Elitch Theatre Connections:
- Rogers appeared in Honor Among Lovers with Fredric March.
- She appeared in The Tenderfoot and You Said a Mouthful with Joe E. Brown.
- Appeared in Having Wonderful Time with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Eve Arden.
- Appeared in Tales of Manhattan with Edward G. Robinson and Cesar Romero.
- Elitch Alum, George Brent, made In Person (1935) with Ginger Rogers.
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