Leona Roberts

Leona Roberts

Birthday: 1879-07-25

Deathday: 1954-01-29

Place of birth: Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA

Also known as: Leona Celinda Doty

imdb_id: nm0731345

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.

Played in movies:

Gone with the Wind

Score: 7.9

Bringing Up Baby

Score: 7.5

Bachelor Mother

Score: 7.1

Boomerang!

Score: 7.0

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Score: 7.0

Blondie Plays Cupid

Score: 6.7

Swanee River

Score: 6.7

Week-End in Havana

Score: 6.7

Condemned Women

Score: 6.3

Border Cafe

Score: 6.3

The Spellbinder

Score: 6.0

The Madonna's Secret

Score: 5.9

Kentucky

Score: 5.8

Crashing Hollywood

Score: 5.8

Of Human Hearts

Score: 5.8

The Blue Bird

Score: 5.7

They Made Her a Spy

Score: 5.7

The Escape

Score: 5.5

Sued for Libel

Score: 5.4

A Man Betrayed

Score: 5.4

Gangs of Chicago

Score: 5.3

There Goes the Groom

Score: 5.3

Golden Gloves

Score: 5.0

Everybody's Doing It

Score: 5.0

Super-Sleuth

Score: 5.0

Having Wonderful Time

Score: 4.9

This Marriage Business

Score: 4.8

Crime Ring

Score: 4.7

Wildcat Bus

Score: 4.7

Queen of the Mob

Score: 4.5

Fight for Your Lady

Score: 4.3

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Score: 4.0

The Affairs of Annabel

Score: 4.0

Ski Patrol

Score: 3.7

Persons in Hiding

Score: 3.5

Comin' Round the Mountain

Score: 0.0

Poor Mrs. Jones

Score: 0.0

I Stand Accused

Score: 0.0

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