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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

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Mrs. Crossman

Boomerang!

1947

5.9

Mrs. Corbin

The Madonna's Secret

1946

6.7

Passenger

Week-End in Havana

1941

5.4

Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)

A Man Betrayed

1941

6.7

Tante Hannah Henderson

Blondie Plays Cupid

1940

4.9

Ma Talbot

Wildcat Bus

1940

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Aunt Polly Watters

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940

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Mrs. Parker

Golden Gloves

1940

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Mrs. Greenough

Queen of the Mob

1940

5.3

Mrs. Whitaker

Gangs of Chicago

1940

Credits

Boomerang!

as Mrs. Crossman

1947

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The Madonna's Secret

as Mrs. Corbin

1946

5.9

Week-End in Havana

as Passenger

1941

6.7

A Man Betrayed

as Mrs. Smith - Johnny's Mother (uncredited)

1941

5.4

Blondie Plays Cupid

as Tante Hannah Henderson

1940

6.7

Wildcat Bus

as Ma Talbot

1940

4.9

Comin' Round the Mountain

as Aunt Polly Watters

1940

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Golden Gloves

as Mrs. Parker

1940

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Queen of the Mob

as Mrs. Greenough

1940

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Gangs of Chicago

as Mrs. Whitaker

1940

5.3

Ski Patrol

as Mother Ryder

1940

3.7

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Mrs. Rutledge

1940

6.8

The Blue Bird

as Mrs. Berlingot

1940

5.7

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1940

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Swanee River

as Mrs. Foster

1939

6.7

Gone with the Wind

as Mrs. Caroline Meade

1939

7.9

Sued for Libel

as Mrs. Trent

1939

5.4

The Escape

as Aunt Mamie Qualen

1939

5.5

The Spellbinder

as Mrs. Jenkins (Uncredited)

1939

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Bachelor Mother

as Old Lady (uncredited)

1939

7.1

They Made Her a Spy

as Ella Wilkins

1939

5.7

Persons in Hiding

as Ma Bronson

1939

2.7

Kentucky

as Grace Goodwin

1938

5.8

I Stand Accused

as Mrs. Davis

1938

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The Affairs of Annabel

as Mrs. Hurley

1938

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Crime Ring

as Mrs. Wharton

1938

4.7

Having Wonderful Time

as Mrs. Shaw

1938

4.6

This Marriage Business

as Mrs. Platt

1938

4.4

Condemned Women

as Kate Holt

1938

6.3

Bringing Up Baby

as Hannah Gogarty

1938

7.5

Of Human Hearts

as Sister Clarke

1938

5.8

Everybody's Doing It

as Woman at Bar

1938

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Crashing Hollywood

as Extra Assigned to Stage 6 (uncredited)

1938

5.8

Fight for Your Lady

as Cleaning Woman

1937

4.8

There Goes the Groom

as Martha

1937

5.3

Super-Sleuth

as Mrs. Abbington

1937

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Border Cafe

as Emily Whitney

1937

6.3

Poor Mrs. Jones

as Lane Jones

1926

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