IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Ginger Rogers
Played by Dawn French
The recognizable Hollywood star Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire's celebrated dance partner. In French and Saunders, Dawn French plays her as a frail elderly guest of honour, wheeled onstage at a tribute to Astaire and coaxed into showing a few of her famous steps.
1sketch in the archive
1performer in the role
In character. On screen.
Their moment in the spotlight.
Behind the character
The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.