Lela Rogers, the mother of movie legend Ginger Rogers, was notable and accomplished in her own right. She was born Lela...
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As per our current Database, Lela E. Rogers has been died on 25 May, 1977 at Palm Springs, California, USA.

🎂 Lela E. Rogers - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Lela E. Rogers die, Lela E. Rogers was 86 years old.

Popular As	Lela E. Rogers
Occupation	Writer
Age	86 years old
Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Born	December 25, 1891 (Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA)
Birthday	December 25
Town/City	Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Nationality	USA

🌙 Zodiac

Lela E. Rogers’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Lela E. Rogers was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.

Lela Rogers, the mother of movie legend Ginger Rogers, was notable and accomplished in her own right. She was born Lela Emogen Owens in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her parents were Walter Owens, a carpenter, and Saphrona Ball, a widow who worked as a grocery store clerk.

As a raconteur at Hollywood parties later in life, Lela Rogers described the circumstances of her birth on Christmas Day, when Ball went into labor as she fended off a bear in the family barn.Rogers, who had three younger sisters, and her parents led peripatetic lives until settling at Kansas City, Mo.

Rogers attended public school through eighth grade, then went to business school to become a stenographer. On her birthday in 1909, she married electrical engineer William Eddins McMath. She moved to nearby Independence in 1911 to become a newspaper reporter, and her illustrious daughter, Virginia, was born there that year.

After divorcing McMath, Rogers moved to Hollywood by 1916 to write scripts under the name Lela Leibrand. When World War I began, she was one of the first 10 women to enlist in the Marine Corps. She handled publicity duties.

She wed John Rogers in 1920 in Kansas City.From 1938 to 1945, Lela Rogers worked as an assistant to Charles Kerner, vice president in charge of production at RKO studios. Rogers was put in charge of the studio's new talent.

In 1942, she played Ginger's mother in the classic comedy, The Major and the Minor (1942), about a woman's adventures trying to get home to Iowa from New York.Rogers was a founding member of the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals.

She testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. A devout Christian Scientist, she died in Los Angeles in 1977.