Leona Roberts

Known for ActingBorn 1879-07-25Died 1954-01-29Mills 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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Comin' Round the Mountain

I Stand Accused

Gone with the Wind

Bringing Up Baby

Condemned Women

Bachelor Mother

Boomerang!

Week-End in Havana

Swanee River

Border Cafe

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Blondie Plays Cupid

They Made Her a Spy

The Madonna's Secret

The Spellbinder

Sued for Libel

The Escape

There Goes the Groom

Queen of the Mob

Kentucky

Golden Gloves

Everybody's Doing It

Crashing Hollywood

Of Human Hearts

The Blue Bird

Gangs of Chicago

Crime Ring

A Man Betrayed

Super-Sleuth

Fight for Your Lady

Wildcat Bus

The Affairs of Annabel

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

This Marriage Business

Having Wonderful Time

Ski Patrol

Persons in Hiding

Poor Mrs. Jones