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My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.

Ginger Rogers

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Ginger Rogers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 16
Died: 1995
Died: April 25
Actress
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Film Actor
Playwright
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Independence
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Virginia Katherine McMath
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