Leona Roberts

Biography

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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.

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Mrs. Caroline Meade

Bringing Up Baby

Hannah Gogarty

Bachelor Mother

Old Lady (uncredited)

Boomerang!

Mrs. Crossman

The Blue Bird

Mrs. Berlingot

Of Human Hearts

Sister Clarke

The Escape

Aunt Mamie Qualen

Having Wonderful Time

Mrs. Shaw

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1947	Boomerang!	Mrs. Crossman
1946	The Madonna's Secret	Mrs. Corbin
1941	A Man Betrayed	Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
1941	Week-End in Havana	Passenger
1940	Blondie Plays Cupid	Tante Hannah Henderson
1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Mrs. Rutledge
1940	Wildcat Bus	Ma Talbot
1940	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940	The Blue Bird	Mrs. Berlingot
1940	Gangs of Chicago	Mrs. Whitaker
1940	Golden Gloves	Mrs. Parker
1940	Queen of the Mob	Mrs. Greenough
1940	Ski Patrol	Mother Ryder
1940	Comin' Round the Mountain	Aunt Polly Watters
1939	Gone with the Wind	Mrs. Caroline Meade
1939	Persons in Hiding	Ma Bronson
1939	Sued for Libel	Mrs. Trent
1939	The Escape	Aunt Mamie Qualen
1939	They Made Her a Spy	Ella Wilkins
1939	Bachelor Mother	Old Lady (uncredited)
1939	The Spellbinder	Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
1939	Swanee River	Mrs. Foster
1938	Bringing Up Baby	Hannah Gogarty
1938	This Marriage Business	Mrs. Platt
1938	Having Wonderful Time	Mrs. Shaw
1938	Of Human Hearts	Sister Clarke
1938	Condemned Women	Kate Holt
1938	Crime Ring	Mrs. Wharton
1938	I Stand Accused	Mrs. Davis
1938	Kentucky	Grace Goodwin
1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Mrs. Hurley
1938	Everybody's Doing It	Woman at Bar
1938	Crashing Hollywood	Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
1937	Super-Sleuth	Mrs. Abbington
1937	Border Cafe	Emily Whitney
1937	There Goes the Groom	Martha
1937	Fight for Your Lady	Cleaning Woman
1926	Poor Mrs. Jones	Lane Jones

Year	TV Show	Role