Full Name Mary Rogers Role Actress Name Mary de | Years active 1933-1942 Occupation Actress, Singer Parents Betty Blake, Will Rogers | |
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Spouse(s) Alfred De Liagre Jr. (1945-1987) (his death) (2 children) Siblings Will Rogers, Jr., Fred Rogers, Jimmy Rogers Grandparents Clement V. Rogers, Mary America Schrimsher Movies Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Four Girls in White, The Wild Man of Borneo, Swamp Water, Nurse Edith Cavell Similar People John Cromwell, Jean Renoir, Irving Pichel, S Sylvan Simon, Peter Greenaway | ||
Mary howard de liagre
Mary Howard de Liagre (née Rogers; May 18, 1913 – June 6, 2009) was an American actress usually credited as Mary Howard, or as Mary Rogers prior to 1937.
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Howard came from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and took dancing lessons when she was in kindergarten. She began her entertainment career as a dancer, performing in shows in New York City when she was 14. That talent ran in her family, as two older sisters were in the Ziegfeld Follies.
Howard helped organize the USO in Los Angeles during World War II and toured for returning servicemen.
In 1945, she moved to New York City and married Alfred de Liagre Jr., a film producer who died in 1987. She was a founding member of Recording for the Blind, and served on the boards of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and the Princess Grace Foundation.