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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.
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 25, 1879
Died
January 29, 1954
Birthplace
Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Gone with the Wind
1939
Boomerang!
1947
A Man Betrayed
1941
Kentucky
1938
Crashing Hollywood
1938
Bachelor Mother
1939
Everybody's Doing It
1938
They Made Her a Spy
1939
Having Wonderful Time
1938
Super-Sleuth
1937
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
There Goes the Groom
1937
This Marriage Business
1938
The Blue Bird
1940
Ski Patrol
1940
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Poor Mrs. Jones
1926
Of Human Hearts
1938
The Escape
1939
Swanee River
1939
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