Kasey Rogers

Kasey Rogers, originally named Josie Imogene Rogers, was an American actress, writer, and memoirist, born on December 15, 1925, and passing away on July 6, 2006. She is best recognized for her portrayal of the second Louise Tate in the beloved television sitcom Bewitched.

Born Josie Imogene Rogers, she relocated with her family to California when she was just two years old. As a young girl, her talent in baseball earned her the nickname "Casey," inspired by the famed poem "Casey at the Bat." While under contract with Paramount Pictures, she adopted the stage name Laura Elliot. In 1955, she began a professional partnership with Hollywood press agent Walter Winslow Lewis III, known as "Bud," who encouraged her to modify her nickname by replacing the "C" with a "K." The two eventually married and had four children.

Rogers worked extensively under the name Laura Elliott during her time at Paramount, featuring in films like Special Agent, Samson and Delilah, Silver City, Paid in Full, and Two Lost Worlds. Her most notable film appearance came in Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, where she played the manipulative Miriam.

Transitioning to television in the mid-1950s, Rogers made guest appearances on numerous shows, including Sergeant Preston and Perry Mason. She gained prominence in 1964 as Julie Anderson on Peyton Place before stepping into the role of Louise Tate on Bewitched in 1966. Her final appearance as Louise was in the 1972 episode "Serena's Youth Pill," after which she stepped back from acting, making only a few guest appearances thereafter and participating in the Bewitched edition of E! True Hollywood Story.