Born in
Austin, Texas, she played minor characters in 37 episodes of a dozen different primetime network series, including
Little House on the Prairie,
Bewitched,
Gunsmoke,
The Waltons,
Marcus Welby, M.D.,
Dragnet 1966,
Mannix,
Dragnet 1967,
Bonanza,
The Time Tunnel,
Land of the Giants,
Dr. Kildare,
Gunsmoke, and ''
Slattery's People''. In the original
Star Trek television series, she portrayed Lt. Palmer, a substitute communications officer, in two episodes: "
The Doomsday Machine" (1967) and "
The Way to Eden" (1969). For
The Doomsday Machine, Rogers was brought in at the last minute after
Nichelle Nichols (the series regular as communications officer Lt. Uhura) informed the producers that she was flying to New York for a concert performance. As Nichols had no standard contract, she was legally free to do so, but Rogers' appearance was intended to convince her to keep herself available for
Star Trek. Rogers said in a later interview, "I got the part when Uhura [Nichols] had a singing engagement. I was used as an instant 'threat' replacement." During the 1970s, she also appeared in a string of
Irwin Allen–produced films, including
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and
The Towering Inferno (1974). She was a personal friend of Allen and his wife,
Sheila Matthews Allen, and was married to actor Erik Nelson (also a regular in Irwin Allen films) in the backyard of Allen's home. Her other film appearances included
Bittersweet Love (1976),
The Van (1977),
Grand Theft Auto (1977), and
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) as
David Keith's mother. ==Death==