From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLeona 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.
Hannah Gogarty
Film 1938
Mrs. Platt
Film 1938
Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
Film 1941
Mrs. Corbin
Film 1946
Mrs. Shaw
Film 1938
Ma Bronson
Film 1939
Emily Whitney
Film 1937
Kate Holt
Film 1938
Ma Talbot
Film 1940
Mrs. Trent
Film 1939
Martha
Film 1937
Cleaning Woman
Film 1937
Mrs. Wharton
Film 1938
Mrs. Davis
Film 1938
Aunt Mamie Qualen
Film 1939
Mrs. Hurley
Film 1938
Woman at Bar
Film 1938
Ella Wilkins
Film 1939
Old Lady (uncredited)
Film 1939
Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
Film 1939
Mrs. Foster
Film 1939
Film 1940
Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
Film 1938
Lane Jones
Film 1926
Mrs. Crossman
Film 1947
Mrs. Parker
Film 1940
Passenger
Film 1941
Mrs. Greenough
Film 1940
Mother Ryder
Film 1940
Aunt Polly Watters
Film 1940