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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Boomerang!
Character:Mrs. Crossman
Release Date:28/02/1947
The Madonna's Secret
Character:Mrs. Corbin
Release Date:16/02/1946
Week-End in Havana
Character:Passenger
Release Date:17/10/1941
A Man Betrayed
Character:Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:07/03/1941
Blondie Plays Cupid
Character:Tante Hannah Henderson
Release Date:31/10/1940
Wildcat Bus
Character:Ma Talbot
Release Date:23/08/1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
Character:Aunt Polly Watters
Release Date:16/08/1940
Golden Gloves
Character:Mrs. Parker
Release Date:02/08/1940
Queen of the Mob
Character:Mrs. Greenough
Release Date:28/06/1940
Gangs of Chicago
Character:Mrs. Whitaker
Release Date:18/05/1940
Ski Patrol
Character:Mother Ryder
Release Date:09/05/1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character:Mrs. Rutledge
Release Date:22/02/1940
The Blue Bird
Character:Mrs. Berlingot
Release Date:15/01/1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character:
Release Date:11/01/1940
Swanee River
Character:Mrs. Foster
Release Date:29/12/1939
Gone with the Wind
Character:Mrs. Caroline Meade
Release Date:15/12/1939
Sued for Libel
Character:Mrs. Trent
Release Date:27/10/1939
The Escape
Character:Aunt Mamie Qualen
Release Date:05/10/1939
The Spellbinder
Character:Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
Release Date:28/07/1939
Bachelor Mother
Character:Old Lady (uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1939
They Made Her a Spy
Character:Ella Wilkins
Release Date:14/04/1939
Persons in Hiding
Character:Ma Bronson
Release Date:10/02/1939
Kentucky
Character:Grace Goodwin
Release Date:30/12/1938
I Stand Accused
Character:Mrs. Davis
Release Date:29/10/1938
The Affairs of Annabel
Character:Mrs. Hurley
Release Date:09/09/1938
Crime Ring
Character:Mrs. Wharton
Release Date:08/07/1938
Having Wonderful Time
Character:Mrs. Shaw
Release Date:01/07/1938
This Marriage Business
Character:Mrs. Platt
Release Date:08/04/1938
Condemned Women
Character:Kate Holt
Release Date:18/03/1938
Bringing Up Baby
Character:Hannah Gogarty
Release Date:18/02/1938
Of Human Hearts
Character:Sister Clarke
Release Date:11/02/1938
Everybody's Doing It
Character:Woman at Bar
Release Date:14/01/1938
Crashing Hollywood
Character:Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
Release Date:07/01/1938
Fight for Your Lady
Character:Cleaning Woman
Release Date:05/11/1937
There Goes the Groom
Character:Martha
Release Date:29/10/1937
Super-Sleuth
Character:Mrs. Abbington
Release Date:16/07/1937
Border Cafe
Character:Emily Whitney
Release Date:04/06/1937
Poor Mrs. Jones
Character:Lane Jones
Release Date:28/01/1926
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