Lyles, who worked with her at Paramount.
However, she and were knocked out of the mixed doubles competition in the first round.
Further highlights of this period included , a 1941 comedy in which she dreams of marrying three different men; 1944 , with ; and 's first Hollywood feature film: 1942 , in which she played a woman Ginger Rogers by Virgil Apger, 1949 who masquerades as a 12-year-old to get a cheap train ticket and finds herself obliged to continue the ruse for an extended period.
She also wrote a children's mystery book with her daughter as the central character.
Ginger's parents separated soon after her birth, and she and her mother went to live with her grandparents, Walter and Saphrona née Ball Owens, in nearby Kansas City.
With the left-over length of my hair, I made a bun and clipped it in place.
There was also a longstanding rumor that Rogers was related to the one and only, Rita Hayworth.
Appearing in school theatrical productions, she discovered her love of acting.