Helen Jean Rogers Secondari | |
Birth Name: | Helen Jean Rogers |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1928 |
Birth Place: | United States |
Death Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Television producer |
Known For: | Saga of Western Man |
Spouse: | John H. Secondari (m. 1961) |
Children: | 1 daughter, 1 stepson |
Helen Jean Rogers Secondari (September 27, 1928 – March 28, 1998)[1] was an American television producer. She won five Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards with her fellow producer and husband John H. Secondari.[2]
Helen Jean Rogers graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Catholic University of America. She received a Master of Arts from Radcliffe College and became one of the first female teaching fellows at Harvard University.
In 1961, Rogers married John H. Secondari with whom she co-produced Saga of Western Man.[3] They had a daughter, Linda Helen. In addition she was step-mother to John's son, John Gerry, from his previous marriage. She died on March 28, 1998, in New York City.