Helen Rogers
Helen Rogers (born in 1962) is a British singer/songwriter. She began singing in 1978 with One Stop Music, an independent South London label specialising in reggae music. After joining Brit funk band Direct Drive as lead vocalist in 1982, Rogers (along with bandmates Pete Quinton, Robert Williams, Mick Ward and Mick Hammond) entered the Black Echoes Top 20 with "In The Middle of Spring" and "Pass The Paper" respectively.
In December 1984 the band released "Anything?" which reached #1 in the UK Black Echoes chart, remaining there for six weeks, and crossed over to the UK Singles Chart peaking at #67. This occurred after the band had signed to Polydor Records. Direct Drive then released "A.B.C. (Falling in Love's Not Easy)" which also charted peaking at #75 in the UK Singles Chart.
Rogers continued to record with Pete Quinton, and provided vocals on two of his songs "Half Chances" and "Shifting Sands", which featured in the 1987 film Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. She also sang with funk band 7th Heaven, and provided vocals on Rory Bremner's spoof cricket version of Paul Hardcastle's "19" ("N-N-Nineteen Not Out" - UK #13). Rogers in addition providing backing vocals to Hardcastle's remix of Third World's "Now That We Found Love", and his version of Junior Walker's "Walk In The Night".
'Helen Rogers' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Wedge: Dynasty, Tragedy, Legacy (2014)
Actors: Christopher DeAnde (actor), Bob Rogers (actor), Will Rogers (actor), Emily Mae Heller (actress), R.H. Greene (producer), Emily Mae Heller (producer), Stephen Rebori (producer), Bob Rogers (producer), Bob Rogers (writer), R.H. Greene (director), R.H. Greene (editor), Gordon Grundy (miscellaneous crew), Howard Rogers (miscellaneous crew), Anto Tavitian (miscellaneous crew), Jill Thrasher (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Documentary, Short,This Old Thing (2014)
Actors: Dennis Leski (actor), Josh Margolin (actor), David Schroeder (actor), Caroline Fox (actress), Esther Hersch (actress), Lieschen Pogue (actress), Julie Raelyn (actress), Virginia Shannon (actress), Charlie Alderman (producer), Caroline Fox (producer), Daniel Obzejta (producer), Lauren Russell (producer), Rachel Weber (producer), Caroline Fox (writer), Caroline Fox (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Danger Don Rogers (2010)
Actors: Daryl Embry (actor), Jeremy Fernandez (actor), John Fowler (actor), Katherine Argo (actress), Natasha Kermani (producer), J.D. Amato (writer), Mike Hart (composer), Jay Heidekat (composer), J.D. Amato (director), Matt Kazman (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,El Norte (1983)
Actors: Larry Cedar (actor), Rosario Cevellos (actor), Young Chung (actor), Sergi Dagliana (actor), Rodolfo De Alexandre (actor), Emilio Del Haro (actor), Gregory Enton (actor), Abel Franco (actor), Giuseppe Furia (actor), Ismael Gamez (actor), Palomo Garcia (actor), Mike Gomez (actor), Ernesto Gómez Cruz (actor), Pado Hende (actor), Enrique Castillo (actor),
Plot: Mayan Indian peasants, tired of being thought of as nothing more than "brazos fuertes" ("strong arms", i.e., manual laborers) and organizing in an effort to improve their lot in life, are discovered by the Guatemalan army. After the army destroys their village and family, a brother and sister, teenagers who just barely escaped the massacre, decide they must flee to "El Norte" ("the North", i.e., the USA). After receiving clandestine help from friends and humorous advice from a veteran immigrant on strategies for traveling through Mexico, they make their way by truck, bus and other means to Los Angeles, where they try to make a new life as young, uneducated, and illegal immigrants.
Keywords: aeroplane, airport, alarm-clock, bare-chested-male, bicycle, border, border-patrol, brother-sister-relationship, bus, bus-stationGenres: Adventure, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: The magical film that reveals the world between the dream and the reality
Quotes:
Enrique's friend: You have to learn to talk like a Mexican. Tell me it's a hot day.::Enrique Xuncax: It's a hot day.::Enrique's friend: No! You won't make it two miles past the border. "It's a fucking hot day." Mexicans are always saying fuck. Fuck this, fuck that. Now try it again.Jorge: Rosa... it doesn't matter!
Border patrol officer 1: [to Enrique and Rosa in Spanish] Do you know how to read and write?::Rosa Xuncax: [to Enrique in Mayan] Why does he want to know that?::Enrique Xuncax: [to Rosa in Mayan] I don't know, but I think it's a trick. We'd better lie.::Border patrol officer 2: What are they saying?::Border patrol officer 1: I don't know. They're not speaking Spanish. They must be speaking some kind of Indian language.::Border patrol officer 2: Well, what the fuck good are you?::Enrique Xuncax: [to the officer in Spanish] No, we can't read or write.::Border patrol officer 1: They don't know how to read and write.::Border patrol officer 2: Well, that's some great system you got there.::Border patrol officer 1: Okay. [takes a map of Mexico out and asks Rosa and Enrique in Spanish] Show me exactly where you are from.::Enrique Xuncax: [in Spanish] What the fuck? What's this fucking thing you're showing me? What the fuck are you talking about?::Border patrol officer 2: Well he sounds like a Mexican to me.
Why Can't I Go Home? (1979)
Actors: Tony Boncza (actor), Charles Cork (actor), Aroon Marsh (actor), Craig McFarlane (actor), Steven O'Shea (actor), Cleon Spencer (actor), Kevin Sullivan (actor), Ian Thompson (actor), Hazel Clyne (actress), Catherine Kirkwood (actress), Eiko Nakamura (actress), Finnuala O'Shannon (actress), Dawn Perllman (actress), Pat Wainwright (actress), Royston Morley (producer),
Genres: Family,Dillinger (1945)
Actors: Sam Balter (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), James Conaty (actor), Elisha Cook Jr. (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Terry Frost (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), George Humbert (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Victor Kilian (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor),
Plot: The rise of John Dillinger from petty criminal (including, unforgiveably, holding up a cinema) via prison and bank robbery with his new convict associates to the accolade of Public Enemy Number One.
Keywords: 1930s, anesthetic, armed-robbery, armored-car, audience, automobile, axe, axe-murder, bank, bank-robberGenres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller,
Taglines: SHOCK-BY-SHOCK STORY OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS BANDIT OF OUR TIMES!! (original print ad - all caps) His Story Is Written in Bullets, Blood and Blondes! A Cold Blooded Bandit and a Hot Blooded Blonde ... who stopped at Nothing!
Quotes:
Helen Rogers: Who lives here?::John Dillinger: What do you care?::Helen Rogers: Well, I just like to know where I am.::John Dillinger: You're with me.The Reckless Way (1936)
Actors: John Cowell (actor), Phil Dunham (actor), Harry Harvey (actor), Samuel S. Hinds (actor), Art Howard (actor), Malcolm McGregor (actor), John S. Peters (actor), Kane Richmond (actor), William H. Strauss (actor), Inez Courtney (actress), Gloria Gordon (actress), Marian Nixon (actress), C.C. Burr (producer), Phil Dunham (writer), Bernard B. Ray (writer),
Genres: Action, Drama,The Last Door (1921)
Actors: Warren Cook (actor), Charles Craig (actor), Ralph Ince (actor), Eugene O'Brien (actor), Martha Mansfield (actress), Nita Naldi (actress), Katherine Perry (actress), Helen Pillsbury (actress), W. Bert Foster (writer), Ralph Ince (writer), Edward J. Montagne (writer), William P.S. Earle (director), Lewis J. Selznick (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Mystery,You're Fired (1919)
Actors: Raymond Hatton (actor), William Lesta (actor), Herbert Prior (actor), Wallace Reid (actor), Theodore Roberts (actor), Henry Woodward (actor), Wanda Hawley (actress), Lillian Mason (actress), O. Henry (writer), Clara Genevieve Kennedy (writer), James Cruze (director), Jesse L. Lasky (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
Actors: William J. Butler (actor), William J. Butler (actor), Charles Craig (actor), W. Chrystie Miller (actor), Anthony O'Sullivan (actor), Mack Sennett (actor), John Tansey (actor), Henry B. Walthall (actor), Kate Bruce (actress), Gladys Egan (actress), Marion Leonard (actress), D.W. Griffith (director),
Plot: The children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before she inherited her fortune, plans to burglarize that very house, unaware of the occupants or the trap.
Keywords: burglary, christmas, despair, drunkenness, estate, family-abandonment, forgiveness, inheritance, lawyer, little-boyGenres: Drama, Short,
Rogers, Helen Filmography
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2006, role: actor
Rogers, Helen Filmography
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2014, role: actress , character name: Stripper #2
Rogers, Helen Filmography
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2014, role: actress , character name: Dana
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2014, role: actress , character name: Holly
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2014, role: actress , character name: Marguerite
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2013, role: actress , character name: Elizabeth
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2013, role: actress , character name: Rebecca
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2013, role: actress , character name: Kaitlin
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2013, role: actress , character name: Young Woman
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2012, role: actress , character name: Charlotte
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2012, role: actress , character name: Emily
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2012, role: actress , character name: Carrie
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2012, role: actress , character name: Sheila
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2012, role: actress , character name: Lisa
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2012, role: actress , character name: Susanna
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2011, role: producer
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2011, role: actress
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2011, role: actress , character name: Lulu
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2011, role: writer
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2009, role: director
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2009, role: actress , character name: Kristen
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2009, role: actress
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2009, role: actress
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2009, role: actress , character name: Bar Patron
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2009, role: writer
