[2][3] Along with becoming a Rockette, Rogers performed in several Broadway musicals including Coco, Hallelujah Baby and Follies, distinctly heard on the original cast album and mentioned in the book Everything Was Possible which covered the creation and history of the hit Broadway show.

[2] After spending 10 years in New York City, the actress wanted to try out an acting dream and moved to California in January 1973.

[5] She was immediately described by critics who gave reviews of the show as being one of the most energetic girls on daytime television.

The news of Rogers being cast as Maggie was a different move, taking an actress who loves to dance, to a character of a crippled farm girl.

This was her first television assignment, after being the youngest girl to take the stage at Radio City Music Hall.

[6] This disease affected her facial muscles, and the medicine the doctors put her on made her feel ill, and her face appeared swollen while also suffering hair loss.

In 2010, after her character's husband is killed off, Maggie began to notice some effects she experienced when diagnosed with the disease in 1984.

To help with falling ratings at the time, current head writer James E. Reilly decided to bring all the characters back from the dead.