Suzanne Rogers (born Suzanne Crumpler, July 9, 1943) is an American actress with film and television credits. Her stage name was inspired by Ginger Rogers, whom she cites as a personal inspiration for joining the entertainment industry. Rogers got her start as a dancer/performer at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, but she is best known for playing Maggie Horton Kiriakis, a role she originated in 1973 on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. In her over five-decade run as Maggie, Rogers is the longest-running actor in an American soap opera and plays one of the longest-running character roles in American soap operas.