Leona Roberts
Acting
Born 1879-07-25
Died 1954-01-29
Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA
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Leona Roberts (July 26, 1879 – January 29, 1954) was an American stage and film actress. Leona Roberts was born as Leona Celinda Doty in a small village in Illinois. She made her debut on Broadway in 1926 and appeared there in about 40 productions between 1926 and 1945, mostly in supporting roles.
Roberts started her film career in 1926 in Poor Mrs. Jones, produced by the United States Department of Agriculture, where she starred in the leading role. She went to Hollywood in 1937 and played in over 40 films, mostly in motherly supporting roles. She was probably best-known for her portrayal of "society gossip" Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939), together with Harry Davenport, who played Dr. Meade.
Roberts also appeared with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby (1938) as the house servant Mrs. Gogarty, as well in Of Human Hearts (1938) with James Stewart and The Blue Bird (1940) with Shirley Temple.
In 1941, she returned to Broadway, where she worked until the mid-1940s. Subsequently, Roberts worked again in Hollywood and made a few last films there, including a small part in The Loves of Carmen (1948). She made her last film in 1949.
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Filmography
Gone with the Wind
Bringing Up Baby
Boomerang!
The Blue Bird
Of Human Hearts
Bachelor Mother
Fight for Your Lady
Super-Sleuth
Swanee River
Gangs of Chicago
Queen of the Mob
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
A Man Betrayed
Everybody's Doing It
This Marriage Business
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
There Goes the Groom
They Made Her a Spy
Golden Gloves
Persons in Hiding
Crime Ring
The Spellbinder
Sued for Libel
Kentucky
Condemned Women
The Madonna's Secret
The Affairs of Annabel
Having Wonderful Time
The Escape
Border Cafe
Ski Patrol
I Stand Accused
Wildcat Bus
Crashing Hollywood
Week-End in Havana
Blondie Plays Cupid
Comin' Round the Mountain
Poor Mrs. Jones
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