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Leona Roberts
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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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 10.767 |
Birthday | 1879-07-25 |
Place of Birth | Mills Township, Bond County, Illinois, USA |
Also Known As | Leona Celinda Doty, |
![Gone with the Wind](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lNz2Ow0wGCAvzckW7EOjE03KcYv.jpg)
1939
![Gone with the Wind](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lNz2Ow0wGCAvzckW7EOjE03KcYv.jpg)
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7.957/3934
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![Bringing Up Baby](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/vTNNOtemaYmtx3k2NpsLMRJKEwZ.jpg)
1938
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7.5/943
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1940
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6.7/6
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![The Madonna's Secret](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/kSSS0wvej7UiwEJsLK7UiwZHx0K.jpg)
1946
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5.9/5
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1940
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6.8/20
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![Of Human Hearts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/tZaet6DUhDh4pKRHRovdVXokJfd.jpg)
1938
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5.8/20
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1937
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5/4
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6.3/3
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1940
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4.6/4
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1939
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5.4/4
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1937
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1937
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4.3/3
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1938
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4.7/3
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1938
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5.2/8
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6.3/3
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5.5/1
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4/3
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5/1
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1939
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6/2
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![The Spellbinder](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/ep33V6NOT9nXC5j9uImb6p5lBTn.jpg)
1939
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6/2
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![Swanee River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4dAbyzq2a53ut0uT7yrLXimdCue.jpg)
1939
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0/1
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![The Man Who Wouldn't Talk](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/uYedvzaukw3DBZKfvCKB6CZQY75.jpg)
1940
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4/2
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![Crashing Hollywood](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/naQePq8o3Rw0iTCNqqXvKymczmo.jpg)
1938
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5.8/5
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![The Blue Bird](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4MLru2banKCbCC5iGOmqon3h569.jpg)
1940
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The Blue Bird
5.769/39
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![Gangs of Chicago](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/1cpreaaHQqlCWSgpweCgA9O5Yt7.jpg)
1940
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Gangs of Chicago
5.3/3
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![Bachelor Mother](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/asVj2RpNpr9CSDYdYYu5Osg33A.jpg)
1939
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7.073/55
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![Boomerang!](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/eN6p5zG2ar7zw5BD6UIGUpkA2FF.jpg)
1947
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6.9/76
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1940
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Golden Gloves
5/2
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1941
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6.6/9
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1940
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4.5/2
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![Ski Patrol](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q3T4wWmq9Mt7CGZ8aFVEUyutsqK.jpg)
1940
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Ski Patrol
3.667/6
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![This Marriage Business](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/wyFi3r8AS0fIo2ZE9PESu9gBMXk.jpg)
1938
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This Marriage Business
4.75/4
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1938
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4.9/13
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![A Man Betrayed](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/6jHMEfYqOkGKaIKan16Unj6NJGc.jpg)
1941
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A Man Betrayed
5.5/10
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![I Stand Accused](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q2tRgwbQmVhfdJdkuSnbrQJOcTc.jpg)
1938
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I Stand Accused
0/0
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![Persons in Hiding](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/4CD4Qrjk8oRAI7HJ8uAf0zVr72V.jpg)
1939
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3.5/2
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![Poor Mrs. Jones](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/i4yFi7nsTP2aLjbNKbJIxbbSf4S.jpg)
1926
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Poor Mrs. Jones
0/0
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