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