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)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Mrs. Rutledge
(1940)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Aunt Polly Watters
(1940)
The Blue Bird
as Mrs. Berlingot
(1940)
Golden Gloves
as Mrs. Parker
(1940)
Ski Patrol
as Mother Ryder
(1940)
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Tante Hannah Henderson
(1940)
Gangs of Chicago
as Mrs. Whitaker
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Mrs. Greenough
(1940)
(1940)
Wildcat Bus
as Ma Talbot
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Caroline Meade
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Old Lady (uncredited)
(1939)
Swanee River
as Mrs. Foster
(1939)
The Spellbinder
as Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
(1939)
The Escape
as Aunt Mamie Qualen
(1939)
Sued for Libel
as Mrs. Trent
(1939)
They Made Her a Spy
as Ella Wilkins
(1939)
Persons in Hiding
as Ma Bronson
(1938)
Bringing Up Baby
as Hannah Gogarty
(1938)
Of Human Hearts
as Sister Clarke
(1938)
Kentucky
as Grace Goodwin
(1938)
Having Wonderful Time
as Mrs. Shaw
(1938)
Everybody's Doing It
as Woman at Bar
(1938)
I Stand Accused
as Mrs. Davis
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Mrs. Wharton
(1938)
Condemned Women
as Kate Holt
(1938)
Crashing Hollywood
as Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
(1938)
The Affairs of Annabel
as Mrs. Hurley
(1938)
This Marriage Business
as Mrs. Platt
(1937)
Super-Sleuth
as Mrs. Abbington
(1937)
There Goes the Groom
as Martha
(1937)
Border Cafe
as Emily Whitney
(1937)
Fight for Your Lady
as Cleaning Woman
(1926)
Poor Mrs. Jones
as Lane Jones