Leona Roberts
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1879-07-25
Day of Death
1954-01-29 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA
Leona Roberts
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.
Known For
Acting
(1947)
Boomerang!
as Mrs. Crossman
(1946)
The Madonna's Secret
as Mrs. Corbin
(1941)
A Man Betrayed
as Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
(1941)
Week-End in Havana
as Passenger
(1940)
The Blue Bird
as Mrs. Berlingot
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Mrs. Rutledge
(1940)
Gangs of Chicago
as Mrs. Whitaker
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Ma Talbot
(1940)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Aunt Polly Watters
(1940)
Golden Gloves
as Mrs. Parker
(1940)
(1940)
Ski Patrol
as Mother Ryder
(1940)
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Tante Hannah Henderson
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Mrs. Greenough
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Caroline Meade
(1939)
Persons in Hiding
as Ma Bronson
(1939)
The Escape
as Aunt Mamie Qualen
(1939)
Swanee River
as Mrs. Foster
(1939)
The Spellbinder
as Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
(1939)
Sued for Libel
as Mrs. Trent
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Old Lady (uncredited)
(1939)
They Made Her a Spy
as Ella Wilkins
(1938)
Crashing Hollywood
as Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Kate Holt
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Mrs. Wharton
(1938)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Hurley
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Sister Clarke
(1938)
Kentucky
as Grace Goodwin
(1938)
Having Wonderful Time
as Mrs. Shaw
(1938)
This Marriage Business
as Mrs. Platt
(1938)
Bringing Up Baby
as Hannah Gogarty
(1938)
Everybody's Doing It
as Woman at Bar
(1938)
I Stand Accused
as Mrs. Davis
(1937)
Border Cafe
as Emily Whitney
(1937)
Fight for Your Lady
as Cleaning Woman
(1937)
There Goes the Groom
as Martha
(1937)
Super-Sleuth
as Mrs. Abbington
(1926)
Poor Mrs. Jones
as Lane Jones