Katie Rogers
| Katie Rogers | |||||||||||||||
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| Brookside character | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Debbie Reynolds (1987-89) Diane Burke (1989-2003) | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1987-2003 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 7 December 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 30 September 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | Phil Redmond | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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Katie Rogers is a fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside first played by Debbie Reynolds (younger sister of The Reynolds Girls).[1] Diane Burke played the role from 1989 until 2003.
The cult
After losing her father, Frank Rogers, in a car crash in November 1993, she became vulnerable and easy prey for cult leader Simon Howe. Initially she was the only resident on the Close caught up in the cult until later joined by Terry Sullivan.
Fallout with Jacqui
Katie was a longtime friend of Jacqui Dixon, however the two fell out in 2001 when Jacqui's father Ron accidentally shot dead Katie's boyfriend Clint Moffat who was at the Dixon's trying to reason with Robbie who was burgling the house.