Kasey Rogers

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Kasey Rogers (born December 15, 1925 in Morehouse , Missouri as Josie Imogene Rogers , † July 6, 2006 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress and racing driver .

biography

Josie Imogene Rogers, who was born in the US state of Missouri, moved to California with her parents as a toddler . There she received the nickname "Casey" in reference to the poem "Casey the Bat" by Ernest Thayer because of her good performance in baseball . She later changed the spelling from "Casey" to "Kasey".

Movie

At the age of 23 she received her first film contract for the crime drama Special Agent with Paramount Pictures . At the request of the production company, she used the pseudonym Laura Elliott for this and the next films . At first she worked v. a. as the main actress in B-movies , in large productions like Samson and Delilah she was only seen in smaller roles. In 1951 she played in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Stranger on the Train, the unloved wife of Farley Granger , who killed Robert Walker in "exchange" with another murder. Her other productions for Paramount Studios include the science fiction film Judgment Day and the musical comedy Wedding Parade with Bing Crosby .

watch TV

From 1954 she worked mainly for television productions. Instead, she dropped the pseudonym Laura Elliott and appeared again as Kasey Rogers . She has guest roles on numerous television series including Perry Mason , 77 Sunset Strip , Maverick and Cobra, Take Over . From 1964 to 1966 she was part of the ensemble of the successful family series Peyton Place . She finally achieved international fame through another series role: in 1966 she joined the ensemble of the fantasy sitcom In Love with a Witch as a replacement for Irene Vernon . In a total of 33 episodes of the series, she embodied the wealthy and a little unworldly "Louise Tate", her husband Larry as the superior of the main character "Darrin Stephens" ( Dick York or Dick Sargent ) to him and his wife, the witch Samantha ( Elizabeth Montgomery ) that makes life difficult. After the series ended, Kasey Rogers largely retired from her job and only came back in front of the camera for a few roles.

Motorsport

Instead, she started a second career. From 1971 her son took part in motorcycle races. After her first successes, she too began to be interested in this sport. In addition to his own drives and races, Kasey Rogers wrote numerous columns for Modern Cycle Magazine and was very committed to women-driven motor sports. In 1974 she founded the association PowderPuffs Unlimited Riders and Racers (PURR) and thus did pioneering work for female athletes in this sport, which until then was exclusively male-dominated. A first national motorcycle race for women was also held under her leadership. In 1975 she organized the Women's Invitational Trophy Dash , which was held by ten of the world's best racing drivers in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of over 80,000 spectators. The Women's Pro Class Division emerged from PURR and is still a fixture in racing today.

Private

Kasey Rogers was married twice and had four children. In the last years of her life, which were marked by the fight against cancer , she turned increasingly to writing and wrote not only magazine articles but also scripts for television productions.

She died on July 6, 2006 at the age of 80 as a result of complications following a stroke . She was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles .

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SURNAME Rogers, Kasey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rogers, Josie Imogene (maiden name); Elliott, Laura (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Morehouse , Missouri , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 2006
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States