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I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!

Ginger Rogers

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Ginger Rogers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 16
Died: 1995
Died: April 25
Actress
Dancer
Film Actor
Playwright
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Independence
Missouri
Virginia Katherine McMath
Everything
Backwards
Men
Ballet
Heels
Dancing
Dance
High
Inspirational
Doe

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