Gaby Rodgers (née Gabrielle Rosenberg; born March 29, 1928 in
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) is a German-born American actress, theater
director, and journalist.Rodgers was the daughter of Jewish art dealer
Saemy Rosenberg, and the great-niece of the philosopher Edmund
Husserl. Rodgers was born in Germany but emigrated with her family to
Amsterdam, London and finally into the United States because of the
Third Reich. In Amsterdam, she played marbles with Anne Frank as her
family knew the Franks.Although she worked extensively as a television
actress in the 1950s, Rodgers is perhaps best remembered as Lily
Carver in the 1955 film Kiss Me Deadly. Her only other film role was
in the 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". Rodgers continued to work as a stage actress and director
into the new century.Rodgers 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
frequently is 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.
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany) is a German-born American actress, theater
director, and journalist.Rodgers was the daughter of Jewish art dealer
Saemy Rosenberg, and the great-niece of the philosopher Edmund
Husserl. Rodgers was born in Germany but emigrated with her family to
Amsterdam, London and finally into the United States because of the
Third Reich. In Amsterdam, she played marbles with Anne Frank as her
family knew the Franks.Although she worked extensively as a television
actress in the 1950s, Rodgers is perhaps best remembered as Lily
Carver in the 1955 film Kiss Me Deadly. Her only other film role was
in the 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". Rodgers continued to work as a stage actress and director
into the new century.Rodgers 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
frequently is 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.
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