Biografia

She and her daughter, Jennifer Caron Hall, co-starred on the Love Boat (1977) episodes, The Christmas Cruise: Part 1 (1986) and The Christmas Cruise: Part 2 (1986), in the roles of mother and daughter, both con artists, engaged in fleecing millionaires.

One of several actresses to have danced with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in the movies. Other actresses that have also done this includes Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse, Vera-Ellen, Debbie Reynolds, Rita Hayworth, and Ann Miller.

Her first marriage to musician, composer and meat-packing planet heir (Hormel Foods) Geordie Hormel ended after three years. Her second marriage to famed stage director Peter Hall also ended in divorce, with his naming Warren Beatty, her co-star in Spogliarello per una vedova (1966), as co-respondent. The London court ordered Beatty to pay court costs.

When she told Fred Astaire that she wanted to create her own costumes for Papà gambalunga (1955), he responded: "Okay, but no feathers, please." Astaire recalled the exasperation he had with one of Ginger Rogers' elaborate gowns in a dance scene in Cappello a cilindro (1935). Some ostrich feathers broke loose from Ginger Rogers' gown and mischievously floated in mid-air around Astaire's face. The shedding dress episode was recreated to hilarious effect in a scene from Ti amavo senza saperlo (1948) in which Fred Astaire danced with a clumsy, comical dancer played by Judy Garland.

Her talent as a dancer had been already noticed in 1948 by Gene Kelly and his wife Betsy Blair in a Roland Petit's ballet on the theme of Oedipus, but they could not meet her at the end of the show, because she went home like a good girl.