Leona Roberts
Acting • Born 1879-07-25 – Died 1954-01-29
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.
Filmography
38 credits
Bringing Up Baby
Movie • 1938
Hannah Gogarty
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Caroline Meade
Blondie Plays Cupid
Movie • 1940
Tante Hannah Henderson
This Marriage Business
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Platt
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Corbin
Having Wonderful Time
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Shaw
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Rutledge
Persons in Hiding
Movie • 1939
Ma Bronson
Of Human Hearts
Movie • 1938
Sister Clarke
Super-Sleuth
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Abbington
Border Cafe
Movie • 1937
Emily Whitney
Condemned Women
Movie • 1938
Kate Holt
Wildcat Bus
Movie • 1940
Ma Talbot
Sued for Libel
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Trent
There Goes the Groom
Movie • 1937
Martha
Fight for Your Lady
Movie • 1937
Cleaning Woman
Crime Ring
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Wharton
I Stand Accused
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Davis
Kentucky
Movie • 1938
Grace Goodwin
The Escape
Movie • 1939
Aunt Mamie Qualen
The Affairs of Annabel
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Hurley
Everybody's Doing It
Movie • 1938
Woman at Bar
They Made Her a Spy
Movie • 1939
Ella Wilkins
Bachelor Mother
Movie • 1939
Old Lady (uncredited)
The Spellbinder
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Jenkins (uncredited)
Swanee River
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Foster
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Movie • 1940
Crashing Hollywood
Movie • 1938
Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Berlingot
Gangs of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Whitaker
Poor Mrs. Jones
Movie • 1926
Lane Jones
Boomerang!
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Crossman
Golden Gloves
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Parker
Week-End in Havana
Movie • 1941
Passenger
Queen of the Mob
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Greenough
Ski Patrol
Movie • 1940
Mother Ryder
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie • 1940
Aunt Polly Watters