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Leona Roberts

Acting Born Jul 25, 1879 Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

Film

Gone with the Wind

as Mrs. Caroline Meade
Film

Bringing Up Baby

as Mrs. Gogarty

I'm Standing on a Million Lives

as Ella Wilkins

Full filmography

  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Mrs. Caroline Meade
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938) as Mrs. Gogarty
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) as Mrs. Rutledge
  • Swanee River (1939) as Mrs. Foster
  • Bachelor Mother (1939) as Old Lady (uncredited)
  • The Blue Bird (1940) as Mrs. Berlingot
  • Super-Sleuth (1937) as Mrs. Abbington
  • Boomerang! (1947) as Mrs. Crossman
  • Wildcat Bus (1940) as Ma Talbot
  • Of Human Hearts (1938) as Sister Clarke
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
  • Kentucky (1938) as Grace Goodwin
  • A Man Betrayed (1941) as Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
  • Gangs of Chicago (1940) as Mrs. Whitaker
  • Crashing Hollywood (1938) as Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
  • Golden Gloves (1940) as Mrs. Parker
  • Everybody's Doing It (1938) as Woman at Bar
  • The Madonna's Secret (1946) as Mrs. Corbin
  • The Escape (1939) as Aunt Mamie Qualen
  • There Goes the Groom (1937) as Martha
  • They Made Her a Spy (1939) as Ella Wilkins
  • Border Cafe (1937) as Emily Whitney
  • Week-End in Havana (1941) as Passenger
  • Crime Ring (1938) as Mrs. Wharton