Lela E. Rogers

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Lela E. Rogers. Actress: Der Major und das Mädchen. Lela Rogers, the mother of movie legend Ginger Rogers, was notable and accomplished in her own right. She was born Lela Emogene Owens in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Her parents were Walter Winfield Owens, a carpenter, and Sophronia W. (Ball), a widow who worked as a grocery store clerk. As a raconteur at Hollywood parties later in life, Lela Rogers described...