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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.
Mrs. Caroline Meade
Hannah Gogarty
Mrs. Berlingot
Mrs. Crossman
Martha
Sister Clarke
Mrs. Whitaker
Old Lady (uncredited)
Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)
Grace Goodwin
Mrs. Rutledge
Mrs. Foster
Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)
Emily Whitney
Mrs. Wharton
Aunt Mamie Qualen
Ma Bronson
Ma Talbot
Cleaning Woman
Mrs. Parker
Mrs. Trent
Mrs. Hurley
Mrs. Greenough
Passenger
Mrs. Shaw
Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Corbin
Kate Holt
Tante Hannah Henderson
Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)
Mother Ryder
Woman at Bar
Mrs. Abbington
Ella Wilkins
Mrs. Platt
Aunt Polly Watters
Lane Jones