CHERYL ROGERS-BARNETT is the adopted daughter of Roy Rogers and his first wife, Arline, and is the eldest of the Rogers’ children. While on a personal appearance tour in Texas, Roy stopped off in Dallas and visited the babies at Hope Cottage. As Roy told it, all the babies in the nursery would cry whenever he leaned over their cribs and tickled them under the chin. All, that is, except Cheryl, who grasped his finger, smiled and cooed. He said it was love at first sight.
My acting career was extremely brief, as a toddler I was introduced in the film feature “Meet Roy Rogers.” At ten, I had a line in the movie “Trail of Robin Hood,” and while a teenager I had a couple of lines in the “Outlaws of Paradise Valley” episode of the “Roy Rogers TV Show.” Like the rest of the Rogers children, I appeared on several TV variety shows and in numerous commercials, some while we were kids and some include our children.
I am the author of “Cowboy Princess” and “Cowboy Princess Rides Again,” and a co-author of “The All-American Cowboy Grill” cookbook. I’ve also had several articles published in magazines and have written forewords and liner notes for books and CDs related to my family.
My husband, Larry, and I are co-producers of two documentaries, “Roy Rogers: In His Own Words” and “Dale Evans: A Most Remarkable Woman.” The documentaries are available on a DVD set sold here in the on-line Store.
I was a guest in the History Channel project, “When Cowboys Were King.” Was a presenter at the 2nd Annual Turner Classic Movie Festival in Hollywood, introducing four of my father’s movies and one of my mother’s films. I also introduced two of my father’s films at the Traverse City Film Festival. And, I was asked to speak at Brigham Young University on “Who Was Roy Rogers and Why Should We Care.”
I have conducted and filmed one-on-one interviews with the celebrities attending the Lone Pine Film Festival, CA and those attending the Western Legends Roundup in Kanab, UT. Some of those interviews are seen on this website: Robert Fuller, Red Steagall, artist/actor Buck Taylor, Queen of the B’s Peggy Stewart, Denny Miller and several others. Some of those still to come are: Hugh O’Brien, Stella Stevens, Perry King, Andrew Prine and more.
I currently keeping busy speaking at various festivals and to groups around the country, including RV parks and senior/retirement homes and communities in the Western states.
Larry and I now live in Washington, Utah. We have 7 grown children, 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren spread from the East to the West Coast.