Gaby Rodgers
Gaby Rodgers (née Gabrielle Rosenberg; born March 29, 1928, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) is a German-American actress, theater director, and journalist.
Although she worked extensively as a television actress in the 1950s, she is best-remembered as an actress for her role as Lily Carver (Kiss Me Deadly, 1955). Her only other theatrical film role was in a gritty 1953 New York indie, The Big Break. She appeared on the cover of the January 1957 issue of Cosmopolitan, representing "The New Face of Broadway".
The daughter of art dealer, Saemy Rosenberg,[1] and the niece of the philosopher, Edmund Husserl,[2] Rodgers was born in Germany but grew up in Amsterdam. She was married for many years to lyricist Jerry Leiber, half of the songwriting team of Leiber & Stoller, who wrote "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock", and other songs. Rodgers is frequently cited as co-author of the song "Jackson" with Billy Edd Wheeler, but this is untrue; Leiber wrote the song with Wheeler, using his then-wife's name as a pseudonym.[3]
References
- ↑ "Saemy Rosenberg, 78, President of International Art House Dies". The New York Times. January 4, 1971.
- ↑
- Stephens, Chuck (June 27, 2011). "The Great Whozits - The Criterion Collection".
- ↑ "Billy Edd Wheeler". Spectropop.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
External links
- Gaby Rodgers at the Internet Movie Database
- Gaby Rodgers at the Internet Broadway Database
- Clark, Wes (July 15, 2002). "My Interview with Gaby Rodgers". Archived from the original on 2012-02-01.
- Sansegundo, Sheridan (August 12, 1999). "Gaby Rodgers: Life Upon The Wicked Stage". The East Hampton Star. Archived from the original on 2006-10-05.