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