Elizabeth Rogers
Biography
Elizabeth Rogers was an American actress born in Austin, Texas, who built a long career largely out of small parts on television. She appeared as a minor character in 37 episodes spread across a dozen primetime network series, among them Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Bewitched, The Waltons, Marcus Welby, M.D., Mannix and Little House on the Prairie. On the original Star Trek she played Lt. Palmer, a substitute communications officer, in the episodes The Doomsday Machine and The Way to Eden. During the 1970s she had roles in a run of Irwin Allen productions, including The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974). Her film work also took in Bittersweet Love (1976), The Van (1977), Grand Theft Auto (1977) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), in which she played David Keith's mother. She died in 2004.
70years old at death
- Born Austin
- Died Tarzana
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 5 years1977 to 1982
Every film, newest first
- 1982An Officer and a GentlemanIMDb rating 7.1
- 1978The SwarmIMDb rating 4.5
- 1977Grand Theft AutoIMDb rating 5.4
- 1977The VanIMDb rating 4.6
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A role that slipped away
Rogers said she landed the role when Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura, had a singing engagement. Brought in at the last minute for The Doomsday Machine, Rogers served as an instant threat replacement.
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Worked with
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Films together
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Irwin AllenDirector, 1 film, 1978
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