She was Fred Astaire's love interest in the movie musicals "Swing Time" & "Shall We Dance"
Writing in 
1972, the dance critic Arlene Croce said Miss Rogers "danced with love, with 
pride in the ... At 19, she made her first feature film in New York, "Young Man of ... 
from "Swing Time" and "They All Laughed" from "Shall We Dance.".