Leona Roberts

Birthday: 1879-07-25
Deathday: 1954-01-29
Birthplace: Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
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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.

Credits

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