- Husband Jerry Leiber used Rodgers' name as a pseudonym when he wrote the popular country-western song, "Jackson" ("We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper's sprout..."), with Billy Edd Wheeler. The song was recorded by Johnny Cash.
- Appeared in a play in 1954 at the Bucks County Playhouse (PA) with actress Grayson Hall and actor Jonathan Harris. Maintained friendship with Hall until Hall's death.
- Born in Germany, she and her family fled from the Nazi regime to the United Sates via Amsterdam and London.
- Was as an understudy for Florence Eldridge in Lillian Hellman"s "Autumn Garden.".
- Already singing and dancing from the age of four. First appeared on Broadway in 1955. Latterly active both as a stage actress and stage director.
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