Ginger Rogers was at one time Hollywood's highest-paid histrionic performer.
=== 19331939: Success in nonmusicals ===Both before and immediately after her dancing and acting partnership with Fred Astaire ended, Rogers starred in a number of successful nonmusical films
 In 1925 the 14-year-old entered and won a Charleston dance contest, the prize allowed her to tour as Ginger Rogers and the Redheads for six months on the Orpheum Circuit

