Leona Roberts
Biography
Leona Roberts was an American stage and film actress who spent most of her career in supporting parts. Born in Monroe Center, Ohio, she made her Broadway debut in 1926 and appeared in about 40 productions there through 1945, largely in secondary roles. Her screen career began in 1926 with the lead in Poor Mrs. Jones, a United States Department of Agriculture production. She moved to Hollywood in 1937 and played in more than 40 films, often as motherly figures. She was the house servant Mrs. Gogarty in Bringing Up Baby (1938), the screwball comedy with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, and in Gone with the Wind (1939) she was the society gossip Mrs. Meade. Her other films included Of Human Hearts (1938) and The Blue Bird (1940). After returning to Broadway in 1941, she made a few later Hollywood movies, among them The Loves of Carmen (1948), with her final film arriving in 1949.
74years old at death
- Born Mills Township
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Leona Celinda Doty
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years1938 to 1947
Every film, newest first
- 1947Boomerang!IMDb rating 7.2
- 1940The Blue BirdIMDb rating 6.2
- 1938Bringing Up BabyIMDb rating 7.8
- 1938Of Human HeartsIMDb rating 6.8
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First role
In 1926, Roberts took the lead role in Poor Mrs. Jones, a film made by the United States Department of Agriculture, which marked the start of her movie career.
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Worked with
Leona Roberts shares two films with Ward Bond, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ward Bond's page
Gene Reynolds's page
John Carradine's page
James Stewart's page
Cary Grant's page
Karl Malden's page
All films by Howard Hawks
All films by Elia Kazan
Walter LangDirector, 1 film, 1940
All films by Walter Lang
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