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.

Filme indisponibile de la Leona Roberts

Bringing Up Baby

Hannah Gogarty

Film 1938

This Marriage Business

Mrs. Platt

Film 1938

A Man Betrayed

Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)

Film 1941

The Madonna's Secret

Mrs. Corbin

Film 1946

Having Wonderful Time

Mrs. Shaw

Film 1938

Persons in Hiding

Ma Bronson

Film 1939

Border Cafe

Emily Whitney

Film 1937

Condemned Women

Kate Holt

Film 1938

Wildcat Bus

Ma Talbot

Film 1940

Sued for Libel

Mrs. Trent

Film 1939

There Goes the Groom

Martha

Film 1937

Fight for Your Lady

Cleaning Woman

Film 1937

Crime Ring

Mrs. Wharton

Film 1938

I Stand Accused

Mrs. Davis

Film 1938

The Escape

Aunt Mamie Qualen

Film 1939

The Affairs of Annabel

Mrs. Hurley

Film 1938

Everybody's Doing It

Woman at Bar

Film 1938

They Made Her a Spy

Ella Wilkins

Film 1939

Bachelor Mother

Old Lady (uncredited)

Film 1939

The Spellbinder

Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)

Film 1939

Swanee River

Mrs. Foster

Film 1939

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Film 1940

Crashing Hollywood

Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)

Film 1938

Poor Mrs. Jones

Lane Jones

Film 1926

Boomerang!

Mrs. Crossman

Film 1947

Golden Gloves

Mrs. Parker

Film 1940

Week-End in Havana

Passenger

Film 1941

Queen of the Mob

Mrs. Greenough

Film 1940

Ski Patrol

Mother Ryder

Film 1940

Comin' Round the Mountain

Aunt Polly Watters

Film 1940