Leona Roberts

Acting

Born July 25, 1879, Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA

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

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