Beatrice Roberts
Beatrice Roberts | |
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Roberts in Park Avenue Logger, 1937 | |
Born |
Alice Beatrice Roberts March 7, 1905 Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died |
July 24, 1970 65) Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged
Cause of death | Pneumonia |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1933–1970 |
Spouse(s) |
John Wesley Smith (1940-?) |
Alice Beatrice Roberts (March 7, 1905 – July 24, 1970) was an American film actress.[1]
Biography
Roberts was born on March 7, 1905 in New York City.[1] She entered several beauty pageants including the 1924 and 1925 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey (as Miss Manhattan, 1924, and Miss Greater New York, 1925). She won the "Most Beautiful Girl in Evening Gown" award each time.[1]
She went to Hollywood in 1933 and between then and 1946, she appeared in nearly 60 films, including Tall Timber (1937) and Love Takes Flight (also 1937), in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot. Many of her roles were small and uncredited. Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, a 1938 serial.[1]
In the 1940s, Roberts married John Wesley Smith.
Her last movie contract was with Universal, and her final appearances were in Criss-Cross and Family Honeymoon. Her acting career never becoming the success she had dreamed of, she left Hollywood in 1949. She died in Plymouth, Massachusetts from pneumonia, aged 65.
Partial filmography
- Park Avenue Logger (1937)
- Love Takes Flight (1937)
- Bill Cracks Down (1937)
- Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
- The Devil's Party (1938)
- Pioneers of the West (1940)
- It Comes Up Love (1943)
- Criss-Cross (1949)
- Family Honeymoon (1949) (final role)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Eder, Bruce. "Beatrice Roberts". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
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