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...
Known For
Top 38 Movies
Gone with the Wind
1939
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Condemned Women
1938
Crime Ring
1938
Swanee River
1939
Of Human Hearts
1938
Border Cafe
1937
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
Persons in Hiding
1939
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
Wildcat Bus
1940
The Spellbinder
1939
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Boomerang!
1947
The Escape
1939
Sued for Libel
1939
Kentucky
1938
Week-End in Havana
1941
The Madonna's Secret
1946
Golden Gloves
1940
Bachelor Mother
1939
Fight for Your Lady
1937
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Gangs of Chicago
1940
A Man Betrayed
1941
Crashing Hollywood
1938
Super-Sleuth
1937
I Stand Accused
1938
There Goes the Groom
1937
They Made Her a Spy
1939
The Blue Bird
1940
Everybody's Doing It
1938
Queen of the Mob
1940
Having Wonderful Time
1938
Ski Patrol
1940
This Marriage Business
1938
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
Poor Mrs. Jones
1926