Leona Roberts

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA, 1879-07-25

Died: 1954-01-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	Poor Mrs. Jones	Lane Jones	0
2	1937	Border Cafe	Emily Whitney	63
3	1937	Super-Sleuth	Mrs. Abbington	50
4	1937	There Goes the Groom	Martha	53
5	1937	Fight for Your Lady	Cleaning Woman	43
6	1938	Crashing Hollywood	Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)	58
7	1938	Everybody's Doing It	Woman at Bar	50
8	1938	Of Human Hearts	Sister Clarke	58
9	1938	Bringing Up Baby	Hannah Gogarty	75
10	1938	Condemned Women	Kate Holt	63
11	1938	This Marriage Business	Mrs. Platt	48
12	1938	Having Wonderful Time	Mrs. Shaw	49
13	1938	Crime Ring	Mrs. Wharton	47
14	1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Mrs. Hurley	40
15	1938	I Stand Accused	Mrs. Davis	0
16	1938	Kentucky	Grace Goodwin	58
17	1939	Persons in Hiding	Ma Bronson	35
18	1939	They Made Her a Spy	Ella Wilkins	60
19	1939	Bachelor Mother	Old Lady (uncredited)	71
20	1939	The Spellbinder	Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)	60
21	1939	The Escape	Aunt Mamie Qualen	55
22	1939	Sued for Libel	Mrs. Trent	54
23	1939	Gone with the Wind	Mrs. Caroline Meade	79
24	1939	Swanee River	Mrs. Foster	67
25	1940	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk		40
26	1940	The Blue Bird	Mrs. Berlingot	57
27	1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Mrs. Rutledge	70
28	1940	Ski Patrol	Mother Ryder	37
29	1940	Gangs of Chicago	Mrs. Whitaker	53
30	1940	Queen of the Mob	Mrs. Greenough	45
31	1940	Golden Gloves	Mrs. Parker	50
32	1940	Comin' Round the Mountain	Aunt Polly Watters	0
33	1940	Wildcat Bus	Ma Talbot	46
34	1940	Blondie Plays Cupid	Tante Hannah Henderson	67
35	1941	A Man Betrayed	Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)	54
36	1941	Week-End in Havana	Passenger	67
37	1946	The Madonna's Secret	Mrs. Corbin	59
38	1947	Boomerang!	Mrs. Crossman	70

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Title

Role

Vote Average

1926