I met Ginger in London in 1970, when she was doing Mame. She was so gracious to me, gave me several minutes of her attention and her autograph. I was literaly in heaven for days!
Joan holds delightful interviews with respect towards the icons of our times. She put aside her biting sarcasm and comes across so polite.That is the Joan I admired!
Ginger was such a warm person, yet very strong within herself and confident. Joan was funny and always enjoyable.. lots of mutual respect in this one. Thank you for the post.
I met Ginger backstage in my teens. My mother had the idea to go backstage...Hello Dolly. San Francisco. in the late 60's. She signed my photo with lipstick. Later, my mother wrote to her and I still have the hand signed letter from GInger on her personal stationary. I was appropriately dazzled by GInger backstage. First time I'd ever seen glitter on cheeks. Hello Dolly was spectacular, and the theater was small compared to what people go to now.
@@ethanedwards7557 Considering communism is a scourge on the world that has killed hundreds of millions of people and put the rest into abject poverty, I'd say she was doing the country a service. Don't be a sheep.
I got bumped to first class on a flight years ago and sat next to her. She was quite sweet and asked about my work and life. This was interspersed with people coming up and saying hello to her.
Of course all her dancing films are fabulous! But I also love her dramatic rolls too. I don't think she gets enough credit for them. One of my favorites is I'll Be Seeing You (1945) with Joseph Cotten, Spring Byington, Shirley Temple and Tom Tully. Her wonderful timing is part of what makes her so great! Not many can be so funny and so dramatic. She was a true artist!!! If you haven't seen I'll Be Seeing You TCM usually has on towards the holidays. Enjoy!
Well, she won the Academy Award as Best Actress for Kitty Foyle and in a very difficult year with Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Martha Scott and Joan Fontaine !!!!
Ginger gave a good interview though she didn't always. I think she kept Joan on her toes and was funny and gracious but didn't reveal more than she wanted to. Ginger Rogers is an icon who did much more than her ten musicals with Fred. For die hards of Ginger I recommend 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, Stage Door and Star of Midnight.
Ginger Rogers lived in my area (southern Oregon) in her final years. My wife and I had the opportunity to see her honored at the newly created Ginger Rogers theater. She was wheelchair bound, and her assistant brought her out on stage. She was able to stand at the podium, and she looked beautiful! There was a long row of handsome, tuxedoed men on either side of her, which came all the way out to the audience. (Just like in one of her beautiful movies in the past). It was lovely to be there that night!
I knew Joan well. Never met Miss Rogers. Never realised how intelligent, articulate, wise, sharp she was. Joan is visibly nervous in this one! Met her match!
This is why I love UA-camrs! 🙏 2 of my VERY favourite people. What a combo! I saw Joan Rivers at Oxford Theatre, England..HILARIOUS from start to finish...
She was beautiful til the end wow. And after watching this video, I was really impressed by how funny and kind she is. She is a wonderfully warm person.
She was before my time. From what I can assume she was a powerful woman, very likeable. No drinking or smoking clean life, smart , so good for society.
+LetsMakeTheWorldScream I agree, Joan was an incredible comedian but a great chat show interviewer too - not many star could do both brilliantly, as she did. She was a fabulous one-off and is badly missed!
She looked pretty there but I saw her at the Kennedy Center where she was being honored and my jaw dropped to see how much she had changed. She had blown up and was wearing those hideous glasses. I wouldn't have recognized Ginger Rogers AT ALL!!
Joan did a good interview. Others in the business commented on how hard Ginger worked and said it was due to her mother pushing her all the time. Ginger and her mother were very strong Christian Scientists. Her mother, Lela E. Rogers, played Ginger's mother in the Major and the Minor. Speaking of how classy she is, her cousin was Phyllis Fraser wife of Bennett Cerf (What's My Line) and that was also class.
I think so too, and Ginger didn't sleep with a producer as Kate Hepburn did to get a part,i.e. Howard Hughes, so she could do her comeback role: The Philadelphia Story. Up until then she was voted as box office poison. Ginger was class. Kate was monied, but not class.
I missed a chance to meet Ginger in 1994. Her last year with us. My wife went to a Christian Science lecture at her church and I stayed home. Ginger Rogers was there in attendance. My only regret in life is I didn't go to the lecture that night. I love Ginger. She my favorite star from that era.
It’s so nice reading the comments about these two woman. Coming from 2023 there’s something so witty and modern about these two, and REAL. I love how direct and funny they are. Ginger glows and is strong, eloquent and you can see the wise cracking glint of the 30s in her. She has class and self-assurance which I think stars today are fearful of because they confuse strength (unless it’s feminism) with arrogance. Stars today have a sleepy charm, you have the cute, honest young stars who are “of the people”. Their discussions filled with “like” , “I mean” “y’a know.”. They crack some jokes and tell some witty stories but it’s very loud and coloured with smiles and games. This one slices through the air with no nonsense. So refreshing.
If there was ever a chat show I used to like to watch and never miss it would be Joan Rivers. At 8:05 I think it is very poignant and true what Miss Rogers says.
Back in '78 I did a chorus audition for the "new" Joe Papp production of "Pirates of Penzance" (Linda Rondstadt) and who comes out of a practice studio down the hallway? Yep, Ginger Rogers. She is so tiny! We all just stood there, mouths gaping at who just walked by us! What a thrill that was! Nope, didn't get the gig, though. I was an opera singer, so I passed the singing part of the audition. But when it came to the dancing part, yikes, it was exactly like Chorus Line(even though CL wasn't even conceived then). They called your number, you lined up onstage, they gave you a quick run through of the dance steps, then,......."5-6-7-8!" and off we would dance. I was pitiful.
Lucille ball and Ginger rogers led parallel lives ,both were born in1911 ,and for them ,their mothers were the driving force ,in fact it was Lela rogers who mentored the young lucille and lucille was grateful to the end of her life Incidentally both their mothers died in 1977 ,and both arranged to be buried next to their mothers in a hollywood cemetry ,of course lucille ball's wishes were not respected by her daughter ,who callously plucked out the ashes of both her mother and grandmother and transported them near a museum to have more paying tourists
I met Ginger in London in 1970, when she was doing Mame. She was so gracious to me, gave me several minutes of her attention and her autograph. I was literaly in heaven for days!
The more I see of Ginger Rogers the more I understand why she was a tremendous star beyond her amazing dancing fame with Astaire.
Same here. Us baby boomers don't really appreciate her style til we get older and then we see what all the fuss was about.
Ginger is all class, she could dance, she could act, she was a true legend of Hollywood and the world...............
Triple threat! Dance, Sing and Act!!
Joan holds delightful interviews with respect towards the icons of our times. She put aside her biting sarcasm and comes across so polite.That is the Joan I admired!
I think that those of us who grew up when the Golden Age of Hollywood stars were still alive all looked at them like gods or goddesses.
I loved Ginger Rodgers, she was so talented, so beautiful , so sweet and down to earth.
When STARS were true STARS!
Absolutely !!!!
And sheep were scared.
@@joshfavor49 What?
amen.
Ginger was such a warm person, yet very strong within herself and confident. Joan was funny and always enjoyable.. lots of mutual respect in this one. Thank you for the post.
I met Ginger backstage in my teens. My mother had the idea to go backstage...Hello Dolly. San Francisco. in the late 60's. She signed my photo with lipstick. Later, my mother wrote to her and I still have the hand signed letter from GInger on her personal stationary. I was appropriately dazzled by GInger backstage. First time I'd ever seen glitter on cheeks. Hello Dolly was spectacular, and the theater was small compared to what people go to now.
Wait you actually met ginger
Did you know she had a step cousin who had danced with in the state Charleston dance? My great grandmother.
What was it like to meet her?
Ginger Rogers was one of the great dancers of that era. We have none at all today.
It was nice when a guest could actually have a real conversation with the host of a late night show.
Ginger was a class act . Actors today could learn a lot just in how to dress and act for an interview .
Yes, it was really classy when she tried to ruin the careers of so many of her peers during the Communist witch hunts. 🙄
@@ethanedwards7557 Considering communism is a scourge on the world that has killed hundreds of millions of people and put the rest into abject poverty, I'd say she was doing the country a service. Don't be a sheep.
@@ethanedwards7557 Think it was more her mother- but equally - not a good move!
Joan at the top of her game; Ginger a wonderful classy star!
She was a drop dead gorgeous woman in her youth.
Two fabulous women. Two talented human beings.
Yes 2 FABULOUS WOMEN 😍
Two serious heavyweights.
Ginger was really talented and in her day a real beauty. I saw her in a show in 1976, when she was 65 and still looked hot.
Adore this girl. She's absolutely fabulous in Stage Door
I got bumped to first class on a flight years ago and sat next to her. She was quite sweet and asked about my work and life. This was interspersed with people coming up and saying hello to her.
Ginger is so precious
Of course all her dancing films are fabulous! But I also love her dramatic rolls too. I don't think she gets enough credit for them. One of my favorites is I'll Be Seeing You (1945) with Joseph Cotten, Spring Byington, Shirley Temple and Tom Tully. Her wonderful timing is part of what makes her so great! Not many can be so funny and so dramatic. She was a true artist!!! If you haven't seen I'll Be Seeing You TCM usually has on towards the holidays. Enjoy!
Beautiful song and lyrics. It always makes me cry nostalgic tears. ❤️
I'll be seeing you is a touching, dramatic movie. Ginger Rogers at her best. Beautiful and quite convincing.
Well, she won the Academy Award as Best Actress for Kitty Foyle and in a very difficult year with Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Martha Scott and Joan Fontaine !!!!
Wish I could have given Ginger a bouquet of flowers!!
i love the way she moves her foot in the end of the video!
Very sweet, and reveals the "ham" in her... Great actress and lady...
she is terrific!
Ginger aged beautifully.
She really did
Really should have toned down the hair !! Long overdue for makeover!!
I love Ginger Rogers!
Love these reminiscences. Ginger was a true Mega-Star. Thank you for posting.
Ginger gave a good interview though she didn't always. I think she kept Joan on her toes and was funny and gracious but didn't reveal more than she wanted to. Ginger Rogers is an icon who did much more than her ten musicals with Fred.
For die hards of Ginger I recommend 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, Stage Door and Star of Midnight.
Great interview- love Ginger and Joan!!!
Oh, yes, she did much more
My favorites are "Primrose Path" and "Kitty Foyle"
@@dabigdikdangler I love Kitty Foyle, the Major and the Minor, and Monkey Business, and Flying Down to Rio.
Bachelor Mother, too
Amazing lady ginger rogers
Two classy ladies, who were a delight in their time upon this Earth. God bless their souls and memories.
10:26 -- a masterstroke of showmanship. Leave it to Ginger to sign off with a kick of her heel!
Ginger Rogers lived in my area (southern Oregon) in her final years. My wife and I had the opportunity to see her honored at the newly created Ginger Rogers theater. She was wheelchair bound, and her assistant brought her out on stage. She was able to stand at the podium, and she looked beautiful! There was a long row of handsome, tuxedoed men on either side of her, which came all the way out to the audience. (Just like in one of her beautiful movies in the past). It was lovely to be there that night!
Love Ginger I met her many times when I was a teenager and she was very kind 🌈❤️
Hello Kelly, How are you doing?
rogers was very humble when speaking of her academy award win over formidable competition .
Who would have thought Joan in a couple of years will be hosting Fashion Police ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. We miss u Joan
Yes. Two marvelous ladies
I've never seen Joan so star struck! I can't blame her.
Ginger Rogers seemed to be a delightful lady. Nice clip with Joan....
I knew Joan well. Never met Miss Rogers. Never realised how intelligent, articulate, wise, sharp she was. Joan is visibly nervous in this one! Met her match!
How fortunate you are
Gingers great. No prima donna star attitude. Texas down to earth.
Great talent ... great lady!
I read ginger Rogers autobiography.real good.thank you for sharing this.
both are fabulous!
This is why I love UA-camrs! 🙏
2 of my VERY favourite people. What a combo!
I saw Joan Rivers at Oxford Theatre, England..HILARIOUS from start to finish...
I always loved Ginger Rivers.. And Joan. I remember this when I was little. 💖
Class! Very rare these days
Non existent these days !!
I love Ginger!
She was beautiful til the end wow. And after watching this video, I was really impressed by how funny and kind she is. She is a wonderfully warm person.
GREAT INTERVIEW!
What a wonderful clip of two legends chatting!
Yes, thank you for posting this! Fantastic:)
She was before my time. From what I can assume she was a powerful woman, very likeable. No drinking or smoking clean life, smart , so good for society.
Ginger always worked... always... or at least as much as she wanted and looked great until the very end.
AS she says, she always worked because she had a pushy mother.
I loved them both.
Hello Dear
How are you doing today/
Thank you for sharing this. It’s so good to see a star that dazzled me from my childhood years, in an interview. So eloquent and smart 💃 💫 💜
Ginger Rogers seemed like such a nice lady.
She looks beautiful .
Rivers was a great interviewer. No one, not even her enemies, can deny this. Perhaps this was why she was despised by so many.
+LetsMakeTheWorldScream I agree, Joan was an incredible comedian but a great chat show interviewer too - not many star could do both brilliantly, as she did. She was a fabulous one-off and is badly missed!
+glamdolly20 here here!
amen
She looked pretty there but I saw her at the Kennedy Center where she was being honored and my jaw dropped to see how much she had changed. She had blown up and was wearing those hideous glasses. I wouldn't have recognized Ginger Rogers AT ALL!!
I don't think Joan was despised. Johnny was the one, who turned on her.
Ginger was in the 1932 WAMPAS Baby Stars class with so many other talented ladies. I loved her with Joel McCera in Primrose Path.
Joan did a good interview. Others in the business commented on how hard Ginger worked and said it was due to her mother pushing her all the time. Ginger and her mother were very strong Christian Scientists. Her mother, Lela E. Rogers, played Ginger's mother in the Major and the Minor. Speaking of how classy she is, her cousin was Phyllis Fraser wife of Bennett Cerf (What's My Line) and that was also class.
1928gerry - true and to think that Katherine Hepburn always saw Ginger as a classless hack is horrible. I think she was mad at Gibger's talent.
I think so too, and Ginger didn't sleep with a producer as Kate Hepburn did to get a part,i.e. Howard Hughes, so she could do her comeback role: The Philadelphia Story. Up until then she was voted as box office poison. Ginger was class. Kate was monied, but not class.
In my opinion, Ginger Rogers was much more talented than Katharine Hepburn. And she had a better screen presence. And she was more fun.
I missed a chance to meet Ginger in 1994. Her last year with us. My wife went to a Christian Science lecture at her church and I stayed home. Ginger Rogers was there in attendance. My only regret in life is I didn't go to the lecture that night. I love Ginger. She my favorite star from that era.
I loved her performances.
When Legends were amongst us...
Yes she looks FABULOUS, BEAUTIFUL 😍 ❤, AMAZING 💖💞🎶
she had Joan so warm and humble didnt know she had that side!
Loved Ginger in Bachelor Mother. What a great romantic comedy.
Such a wonderful Lady. Such Class
Delightful, many thanks for sharing!
Joan rivers the best comedian that ever lived ! Love and miss youjoan rivers one of a kind 😊
Ginger is a tough lady!
A truly beautiful lady both inside and out. Old school manners, wish she was still here! 💞🧚♀
This is the Ginger I met backstage at Hello Dolly. She signed an autograph with her lipstick. I had never seen glitter in makeup before. One big wow.
MARAVILLOSA !!!!!!!
It’s so nice reading the comments about these two woman. Coming from 2023 there’s something so witty and modern about these two, and REAL. I love how direct and funny they are. Ginger glows and is strong, eloquent and you can see the wise cracking glint of the 30s in her. She has class and self-assurance which I think stars today are fearful of because they confuse strength (unless it’s feminism) with arrogance. Stars today have a sleepy charm, you have the cute, honest young stars who are “of the people”. Their discussions filled with “like” , “I mean” “y’a know.”. They crack some jokes and tell some witty stories but it’s very loud and coloured with smiles and games.
This one slices through the air with no nonsense. So refreshing.
I adored this woman when she was in the old movies. The "fence dance" was just phenomenal!! And she is very adorable right here, as well!
Ginger looks good for her age is she what 75 here?
About 72
I sadly miss these two.
Me too
Joan was killed by the Obamas.
Carlton Poindexter BOLLOX total BOLLOX they did not THAT WAS DUE TO HER PLASTIC SURGERY!!!! Bell
End !
@@Fedderchini and Epstein did not kill himself.
Carlton Poindexter what that got to do with Joan rivers and her plastic surgery YA BELL END GIVE OVERTRUMP SUPPORTER 🖕
Ginger Rogers a Hollywood legend forever
Amazing lady. Top shelf.
A glamorous lady 'till almost the too-soon end. R.I.P. Miss Rogers , beloved forever!
I love how Ginger always got lost in the questions, so adorable!
Classy ladies. Miss them both.
Ginger's prickly side came out towards the end "you're not listening."
She always seemed so young! She sounded young!
What a lady. I love Vivacious Lady and Kitty Foyle
I have heard so many stories about her mother, I am glad Joan asked her about it because not enough I have heard came straight from Ginger.
What a terrific dancer she was.
Love Ginger Rogers have most of her movies on DVD. She comes across as being very charming and pleasant.😉
A New Yoker vs a Texan & the Texan won💕
Of course!! Haha
Ginger Rogers was absolutely stunning at any age.
thank you !
If there was ever a chat show I used to like to watch and never miss it would be Joan Rivers. At 8:05 I think it is very poignant and true what Miss Rogers says.
I used to love it when she would guest host for Johnny. The heyday of television.
Lovely interview with classy Ginger Rogers...
She is lovely.
Wonderfool woman. Sense of humour and charm necer get old.
I love her so much
Brilliant career. There are no words.
Such a, treat!!! 💜
My great grandmother and grandmother was also born in Missouri
Back in '78 I did a chorus audition for the "new" Joe Papp production of "Pirates of Penzance" (Linda Rondstadt) and who comes out of a practice studio down the hallway? Yep, Ginger Rogers. She is so tiny! We all just stood there, mouths gaping at who just walked by us! What a thrill that was! Nope, didn't get the gig, though. I was an opera singer, so I passed the singing part of the audition. But when it came to the dancing part, yikes, it was exactly like Chorus Line(even though CL wasn't even conceived then). They called your number, you lined up onstage, they gave you a quick run through of the dance steps, then,......."5-6-7-8!" and off we would dance. I was pitiful.
Beautiful and talented she was
Lucille Ball went to New York at 15 or 16 and was the same age as Ginger. I wonder if they met there...
Lucille ball and Ginger rogers led parallel lives ,both were born in1911 ,and for them ,their mothers were the driving force ,in fact it was Lela rogers who mentored the young lucille and lucille was grateful to the end of her life
Incidentally both their mothers died in 1977 ,and both arranged to be buried next to their mothers in a hollywood cemetry ,of course lucille ball's wishes were not respected by her daughter ,who callously plucked out the ashes of both her mother and grandmother and transported them near a museum to have more paying tourists
@@deepachand9689 Lucille ball had a bit part in top hat starring ginger and fred.i think Lucy did another movie with them too.
She even stood and walked like a dancer.
Ginger is so gorgeous