Leona Roberts
Born: 1879-07-25 in Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA
Died: 1954-01-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
1947
- Boomerang! as Mrs. Crossman
1946
- The Madonna's Secret as Mrs. Corbin
1941
- A Man Betrayed as Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
- Week-End in Havana as Passenger
1940
- The Blue Bird as Mrs. Berlingot
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Mrs. Rutledge
- Queen of the Mob as Mrs. Greenough
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
- Golden Gloves as Mrs. Parker
- Wildcat Bus as Ma Talbot
- Blondie Plays Cupid as Tante Hannah Henderson
- Ski Patrol as Mother Ryder
- Comin' Round the Mountain as Aunt Polly Watters
- Gangs of Chicago as Mrs. Whitaker
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Mrs. Caroline Meade
- Bachelor Mother as Old Lady (uncredited)
- Swanee River as Mrs. Foster
- The Escape as Aunt Mamie Qualen
- The Spellbinder as Mrs. Jenkins (uncredited)
- Persons in Hiding as Ma Bronson
- They Made Her a Spy as Ella Wilkins
- Sued for Libel as Mrs. Trent
1938
- Bringing Up Baby as Mrs. Gogarty
- Of Human Hearts as Sister Clarke
- The Affairs of Annabel as Mrs. Hurley
- Kentucky as Grace Goodwin
- Having Wonderful Time as Mrs. Shaw
- I Stand Accused as Mrs. Davis
- Crime Ring as Mrs. Wharton
- Crashing Hollywood as Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
- Condemned Women as Kate Holt
- Everybody's Doing It as Woman at Bar
- This Marriage Business as Mrs. Platt
1937
- Border Cafe as Emily Whitney
- Super-Sleuth as Mrs. Abbington
- Fight for Your Lady as Cleaning Woman
- There Goes the Groom as Martha
1926
- Poor Mrs. Jones as Lane Jones