Kasey Rogers | |
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Credits | |
Role | Louise Tate |
Biographical Information | |
Birth Name | Josie Imogene Rogers |
Birthdate | December 15, 1925 |
Birthplace | Morehouse, Missouri, United States |
Death Date | July 6, 2006 (age 80) |
Death Place | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Kasey Rogers portrayed Louise Tate, Larry's wife. She took over from Irene Vernon beginning in Season Three (1966-1972).
Background[]
Kasey Rogers was born Josie Imogene Rogers to Ina Mae (Mocabee) and Eben Elijah Rogers. She moved with her family to California at age two and a half. She got the nickname "Casey" when her neighborhood playmates discovered how well she handled a baseball bat. She later changed the "C" in "Casey" to a "K". Paramount changed her name to Laura Elliott during her late 1940's - early 1950's stint there, but she went back to Kasey Rogers soon after leaving that studio. She played a brief, but memorable, role as Farley Granger's caustic estranged wife who is strangled by Robert Walker in Hitchcock's classic "Strangers on a Train" (1951).
Bewitched and Later Years[]
Due to her popular work on "Peyton Place" (1964) as Barbara Parkins' long-suffering mother, she was cast as Louise Tate without an audition. She remained with Bewitched through the remainder of its run (1966-1972).
After Bewitched, she mostly retired from acting. Rogers turned to writing. She wrote "The Bewitched Cookbook: Magic in the Kitchen" (1996) with her close companion and writing partner Mark Wood. She also successfully wrote several crafts and interior design books based on Bewitched.
After battling throat cancer for many years, Kasey went into cardiac arrest and suffered a stroke, dying from complications of the stroke.
Trivia[]
- Rogers had red hair. She originally wore a black bouffant wig on the Bewitched (1964) series in order to resemble the "first" Louise Tate, actress Irene Vernon. Once Kasey was firmly established in the role, she eventually stopped wearing the wig.
- Kasey Rogers, Bernard Fox, and Erin Murphy, posed with the Samantha Stephens statue when TV Land unveiled it to the public in 2005.
- After the taping of the episode "Mona Sammy", Kasey Rogers was given both of the paintings of Louise from the episode.
Episode | Airdate |
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The Moment of Truth | September 22, 1966 |
Accidental Twins | October 6, 1966 |
The Short, Happy Circuit of Aunt Clara | November 10, 1966 |
I'd Rather Twitch Than Fight | November 17, 1966 |
Sam's Spooky Chair | December 1, 1966 |
The Corn Is as High as a Guernsey's Eye | January 26, 1967 |
I Remember You...Sometimes | February 16, 1967 |
Art for Sam's Sake | February 23, 1967 |
Bewitched, Bothered and Infuriated | April 13, 1967 |
Nobody but a Frog Knows How to Live | April 27, 1967 |
Toys in Babeland | September 14, 1967 |
Cheap, Cheap | October 5, 1967 |
A Safe and Sane Halloween | October 26, 1967 |
That Was No Chick, That Was My Wife | November 9, 1967 |
Solid Gold Mother-in-Law | November 30, 1967 |
Hippie, Hippie, Hooray | February 1, 1968 |
A Prince of a Guy | February 8, 1968 |
To Twitch or Not to Twitch | March 14, 1968 |
Tabatha's Cranky Spell | March 28, 1968 |
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall | November 7, 1968 |
Samantha's French Pastry | November 14, 1968 |
Samantha Loses Her Voice | December 5, 1968 |
Instant Courtesy | December 26, 1968 |
Cousin Serena Strikes Again (Part 1) | January 9, 1969 |
What Makes Darrin Run? | February 12, 1970 |
A Chance on Love | March 19, 1970 |
Mona Sammy | April 2, 1970 |
Samantha's Old Man | December 3, 1970 |
Mixed Doubles | March 4, 1971 |
Money Happy Returns | March 18, 1971 |
The Ghost Who Made a Spectre of Himself | October 27, 1971 |
Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland | November 17, 1971 |
Serena's Youth Pill | February 5, 1972 |
Source[]
Kasey Rogers on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on November 5, 2019.