---
name: "Ilona Rodgers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ilona-rodgers"
fi1m_id: "ilona-rodgers"
imdb_id: "nm0734714"
tmdb_id: 1176506
wikidata_id: "Q16106068"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 April 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:12:23.266330+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ilona Rodgers

## Identity

Ilona Rodgers

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ilona-rodgers
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ilona-rodgers
- **IMDb ID:** nm0734714
- **TMDB ID:** 1176506
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16106068
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Rodgers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16106068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176506

Actor. Born 28 April 1942 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 April 1942, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Rodgers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16106068, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176506

## Biography

Ilona Rodgers (born 28 April 1942) is a British actress. Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Drama School and began her career on stage in Yorkshire and Bath. Her early screen work included roles in British television series such as Carol in *Doctor Who* (1964), appearances in *The Avengers* (1961) and *The Saint* (1962), and the film *Salt and Pepper* (1968).

Rodgers emigrated to New Zealand in 1973. She has worked in New Zealand and Australian productions, including *Hunter's Gold* (1977), *Sara Dane* (1982), for which she received a Logie Award for Best Supporting Actress, *Utu* (1983) as Emily, and the series *Gloss* (1987–1990) as Maxine Redfern. Her stage credits include *Shirley Valentine* and works by Roger Hall and Edward Albee.

She has made guest appearances in international series including *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), *Power Rangers* (1993) and *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014). Rodgers has continued acting into the 2020s, with roles in *Dirty Laundry* (2016) and *My Life Is Murder* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Utu* (1983), Fi1m 74, as Emily — [page](https://film.one/film/utu.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Westside* (2015), series, as Grandma Miller
- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Mrs. McTavish
- *Safe House* (2012), as Joyce
- *Rest for the Wicked* (2011), as Esther
- *I'm Not Harry Jenson* (2009), as Margaret
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Queen Euriana, Queen Camilla
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as G-Ma Betty, Stacy
- *The New Adventures of Black Beauty* (1990), series, as Hilda Burton
- *Gloss* (1987), series, as Maxine Redfern
- *Utu* (1983), as Emily — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/utu.md)
- *Sara Dane* (1982), series, as Julia Ryder
- *Died in the Wool* (1978), as Ursula Harme
- *Paul Temple* (1969), series, Actor
- *Snow Treasure* (1968), as Bente Nielsen, Victor's Girl
- *Salt & Pepper* (1968), as Marianne Renaud
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Judy
- *Doctor Who: The Sensorites* (1964), as Carol
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Angiolina Zalli, The Baroness
- *Martin Chuzzlewit* (1964), series, Actor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Carol — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as First Nurse
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Mary
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Samantha Slade — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

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