Anne Rogers

[1] Anne Rogers was born in Liverpool and began her stage career at the age of 15.

She was in the original London production of The Boy Friend, playing the female lead of Polly Browne for nearly four years.

[2] She was unable to play in the Broadway production of The Boy Friend because of London commitments, but later went to the U.S. to play Eliza Doolittle in the Hollywood and Chicago productions of My Fair Lady, winning the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance.

[1] When she played Jessie Matthews in the 2000 West End production of "Over My Shoulder," the Telegraph welcomed her back as a "marvellous old trouper.

"[6] She played Gladys in the gala New York performance of the musical Busker Alley in 2005, starring alongside Jim Dale, Glenn Close and George S. Irving.