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