Kasey Rogers (born Josie Imogene Rogers; December 15, 1925 – July 6, 2006) was an American actress, memoirist and writer, best known for playing the second Louise Tate in the popular U.S. television sitcom ''

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''.

Life and career

Rogers was born Josie Imogene Rogers in

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, the daughter of Ina Mae (Mocabee) and Eben E. Rogers. She moved with her family to

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at the age of two. As a child, her prowess at the game of

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

led her friends to nickname her Casey (after the famous poem "

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"). While under contract to Paramount, she used the stage name Laura Elliot. In 1955, she began working with a press agent in Hollywood, Walter Winslow Lewis III (aka "Bud"). It was Bud who suggested that she use the nickname with her maiden name and changed the "C" to a "K". They later married and had four children. Rogers began work under the names Laura Elliott and Laura Elliot for

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. She appeared in movies such as '' Special Agent'', ''

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'', '' Silver City'', '' Paid in Full'', ''

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'', and, in perhaps her best-known film role,

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's '' Strangers on a Train'', playing Miriam, the scheming, adulterous wife of Guy Haines (

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). In the mid-1950s, Rogers began working on television. She guest-starred on various series, such as '' Sergeant Preston'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', as Francie Keene in the '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'' episode "Railroaded", and many other programs. In 1964 she landed a starring role on '' Peyton Place'', portraying the character Julie Anderson, the mother of Betty Anderson (

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in the role of Louise Tate on ''

''. In 1972, she performed as Louise Tate for the final time in the episode "Serena's Youth Pill". She then retired from acting, appearing in only a few guest television spots and making appearances on the ''

'' edition of '' E! True Hollywood Story''. A Democrat, she supported the campaign of Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election. She was a

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Death

After battling

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for many years, Rogers went into

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. She then suffered a

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and died in

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, on July 6, 2006, aged 80.Kasey Rogers, Veteran Actress, dies at 80
articles.latimes.com, July 13, 2006; accessed May 7, 2015. She was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Other achievements

In the 1970s, she became involved with motorcycles after her son began riding and then racing at the age of nine. Rogers became involved in the world of

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racing. She worked closely with the AMA and established PURR ("PowderPuffs Unlimited Riders and Racers"), an association that brought women into the male-dominated sport, in 1974. PURR would later evolve into what is now the Women's Pro-Class division.

Books

Rogers wrote five books with Mark Wood. The first was ''The Bewitched Cookbook: Magic in the Kitchen'' (1996), a cookbook based on the television series ''Bewitched'' with the foreword written by Rogers' co-star and friend

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. Her other books are ''Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Décor'' (2001), ''Character Wreaths: Holiday Projects for Year 'Round Decor'' (2002), ''Decorating for Christmas'' (2003), and ''Create a Bewitched Falloween: 55 Projects for Decorating and Entertaining'' (2003). Rogers and Wood filmed an unaired pilot for a proposed how-to craft series, ''Hands on Holidays''. The pilot was released on DVD in 2006. In 2013, ''Bewitched and Beyond: The Fan Who Came to Dinner'' by Mark Wood (with Eddie Lucas) was published by BearManor Media, a book that recounts Wood's friendship with Rogers. The title of Charles Tranberg's biography of

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, ''I Love the Illusion'', derives from Rogers' recounting how Moorehead used this expression when asked about acting.

Partial filmography

*'' Special Agent'' (1949) - Lucille Peters *'' Top o' the Morning'' (1949) - Larkin's Secretary *''

Chicago Deadline ''Chicago Deadline'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. It was remade as ''Fame Is the Name of the Game'' (1966). Plot Chicago newspaper reporter Ed Adams is in a boarding ...

'' (1949) - Marcia Grantland (uncredited) *''

'' (1949) - Spectator *''

The File on Thelma Jordon ''The File on Thelma Jordon'' is a 1950 American film noir drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. The screenplay by Ketti Frings, based on an unpublished short story by Marty Holland, concerns a woma ...

'' (1950) - Dolly - Cleve's Secretary *'' Paid in Full'' (1950) - Tina, Bridesmaid *''

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'' (1950) - Lucille Farnsworth *'' No Man of Her Own'' (1950) - Friend of the Family (uncredited) *'' Riding High'' (1950) - Spectator (uncredited) *''

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'' (1950) - Jenny - Clerk (uncredited) *'' Dark City'' (1950) - Stewardess (uncredited) *''

'' (1951) - Elaine Jeffries *'' The Mating Season'' (1951) - Bridesmaid / Party Guest (uncredited) *'' A Place in the Sun'' (1951) - Miss Harper (uncredited) *'' Strangers on a Train'' (1951) - Miriam Joyce Haines *'' When Worlds Collide'' (1951) - Stewardess (uncredited) *'' Here Comes the Groom'' (1951) - Maid (uncredited) *'' Silver City'' (1951) - Josephine *'' My Favorite Spy'' (1951) - Maria (uncredited) *'' Something to Live For'' (1952) - Actress at Audition (uncredited) *''

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'' (1952) - Linda Prescott *''

Jamaica Run ''Jamaica Run'' is a 1953 American adventure drama film concerning ownership of an old estate set on the island in the Caribbean. It was directed by Lewis R. Foster and starred Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl and Wendell Corey. Much of the personnel in ...

'' (1953) - Janice Clayton *''

The French Line ''The French Line'' is a 1953 American musical film starring Jane Russell made by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Edmund Grainger, with Howard Hughes as executive producer. The screenplay was by Mary Loos and Richard ...

'' (1953) - Katherine 'Katy' Hodges *''

About Mrs. Leslie ''About Mrs. Leslie'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Shirley Booth and Robert Ryan. It was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1955. Plot Vivien Leslie, a Beverly Hills, California rooming house owner, reminisces i ...

'' (1954) - Felice *''

The McConnell Story ''The McConnell Story'' is a 1955 dramatization of the life and career of United States Air Force (USAF) pilot Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954) directed by Gordon Douglas. McConnell served as a navigator in World War II before becoming the ...

'' (1955) - Claire (uncredited) *''

'' (1958) - Black-eyed Susan *'' Wanted Dead or Alive'' (1959) -- episode entitled "Railroaded" *''

The Gunfight at Dodge City ''The Gunfight at Dodge City'' is a 1959 DeLuxe Color Western (genre), Western CinemaScope film. It was produced by the Mirisch Company, directed by Joseph M. Newman, co-written by Martin Goldsmith (screenwriter), Martin Goldsmith and Daniel B. ...

'' (1959) - Molly Day (uncredited) *''

'' (1959) - Episode "A Trial for Jenny May" *'' Ask Any Girl'' (1959) - Girl in Tub (uncredited) *''

'' (1960, TV Series) - Lois Langely, Irate Inventor s3e25 *''

'' (1960) - Dixie Mayhew /Francine Wallace *'' The Naked Flame'' (1964) - Elena *''

'' (1966-1972, TV Series) - The 2nd Mrs Louise Tate

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