Suzanne Rogers

Suzanne Rogers studied dance from the time she was two years old. When she was 17, she traveled to New York for an audition and ended up making the city her home. Along with becoming a Radio City Rockette, Rogers performed in several Broadway musicals including Coco, Hallelujah Boy and Follies. In 1973, she made her Days of Our Lives debut as Maggie Simmons (later Maggie Horton and Maggie Kiriakis). Rogers nabbed the 1979 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress and in 2024, she was again honored at the Daytime Emmys for her 40-plus years in soaps. In 1984, the actress was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, which was incorporated into her character’s storyline.