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Leona Roberts

American actress

Leona Roberts
Leona Roberts in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Born	Leona Celinda Doty (1879-07-26)July 26, 1879 Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 29, 1954(1954-01-29) (aged 74) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Years active	1926–1949
Spouse(s)	Charles James Hutchinson (m. 1900; div. 19??) Walter Beck (m. 19??; div. 19??)
Children	2, including Josephine Hutchinson

Leona Roberts (born Leona Celinda Doty; July 26, 1879 – January 29, 1954) was an American stage and film actress.

Life and career

Roberts was born in a small village in Illinois. According to Find A Grave she was born in Monroe Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio. She made her debut on Broadway in 1926 and appeared there in about 40 productions between 1926 and 1945, mostly in supporting roles.^{[citation needed]}

Roberts started her film career in 1926 as the lead in Poor Mrs. Jones, produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. She went to Hollywood in 1937 and played in over 40 films, mostly in motherly supporting roles. She portrayed "society gossip" Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind (1939).^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life/death

Roberts died in 1954, age 74. She was the mother of actress Josephine Hutchinson.^[2]

Filmography

Poor Mrs. Jones! (1926) – Lane Jones
Border Cafe (1937) – Mrs. Emily Whitney
Super-Sleuth (1937) – Mrs. Effington (uncredited)
There Goes the Groom (1937) – Martha
Fight for Your Lady (1937) – Cleaning Woman
Quick Money (1937) – Gossiping Woman (uncredited)
Crashing Hollywood (1938) – Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
Everybody's Doing It (1938) – Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Of Human Hearts (1938) – Sister Clarke
Bringing Up Baby (1938) – Mrs. Gogarty
Condemned Women (1938) – Kate Holt
This Marriage Business (1938) – Mrs. Platt
Having Wonderful Time (1938) – Mrs. Shaw
Crime Ring (1938) – Mrs. Wharton
The Affairs of Annabel (1938) – Mrs. Hurley
I Stand Accused (1938) – Mrs. Davis
Kentucky (1938) – Grace Goodwin
Boy Slaves (1939) – Farm Woman (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding (1939) – Ma Bronson
They Made Her a Spy (1939) – Ella
Bachelor Mother (1939) – Old Lady Outside Orphanage (uncredited)
The Spellbinder (1939) – Mrs. Jenkins (uncredited)
The Escape (1939) – Aunt Mamie Qualen
Three Sons (1939) – Woman in Store (uncredited)
Sued for Libel (1939) – Mrs. Trent
Gone with the Wind (1939) – Mrs. Meade
Swanee River (1939) – Mrs. Foster
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939) – Mrs. Stevens
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) – (uncredited)
The Blue Bird (1940) – Mrs. Berlingot
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – Mrs. Rutledge
Ski Patrol (1940) – Mother Ryder
Flight Angels (1940) – Mrs. Hutchinson
Gangs of Chicago (1940) – Mrs. Whitaker
Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) – (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob (1940) – Mrs. Greenough
Golden Gloves (1940) – Mrs. Parker (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1940) – Aunt Polly Watters
Wildcat Bus (1940) – Emma 'Ma' Talbot
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) – Aunt Hannah
Week-End in Havana (1941) – Passenger
Dixie (1943) – Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret (1946) – Mrs. Corbin
Boomerang! (1947) – Mrs. Crossman (uncredited)
The Loves of Carmen (1948) – Ancient Old Gypsy (uncredited)
Chicago Deadline (1949) – Maggie (uncredited) (final film role)

References

^ Hanson, Bruce K. (August 10, 2011). Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, 1904-2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-7864-8619-9. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
^ Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2017). Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 338. ISBN 9781538107867. Retrieved June 23, 2018.