Leona Roberts

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Leona Roberts
Born	(1879-07-26)July 26, 1879 Mills, Illinois, USA
Died	January 29, 1954(1954-01-29) (aged 74) Santa Monica, California, USA
Years active	1926 - 1948

Leona Roberts (July 26, 1879 – January 29, 1954) was an American theatre and film actress.

Roberts appeared in supporting roles in around 40 Broadway productions between 1926 and 1945. Roberts started her film career in 1926 for only one film named Poor Mrs. Jones, where Roberts starred the leading role. She went to Hollywood in 1937 and became a supporting actor. Roberts was best known for her portrayal of Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind, together with Harry Davenport, who played Doctor Meade.

Roberts also starred in films like Bringing Up Baby as the house servant Mrs. Gogarty and in The Blue Bird and Of Human Hearts. In 1941, she returned to Broadway. Her last film was The Loves of Carmen in 1948. Roberts died in 1954, agd 74. She was the mother of actress Josephine Hutchinson and the sister of Edith Roberts.

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Name	Roberts, Leona
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	July 26, 1879
Place of birth	Mills, Illinois, USA
Date of death	January 29, 1954
Place of death	Santa Monica, California, USA

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