Leona Roberts (born Leona Celinda Doty, July , â€" January , ) was an
American stage and film actress.Roberts was born in a small village in
Illinois. She made her debut on Broadway in and appeared there in
about productions between and , mostly in supporting roles.[citation
needed]Roberts started her film career in as the lead in Poor Mrs.
Jones, produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. She
went to Hollywood in and played in over films, mostly in motherly
supporting roles. She was probably best-known for her portrayal of
"society gossip" Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind (), together with
Harry Davenport, who played Dr. Meade.[citation needed]Roberts also
appeared with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the screwball comedy
Bringing Up Baby () as the house servant Mrs. Gogarty, as well in Of
Human Hearts () with James Stewart and The Blue Bird () with Shirley
Temple.[citation needed]
American stage and film actress.Roberts was born in a small village in
Illinois. She made her debut on Broadway in and appeared there in
about productions between and , mostly in supporting roles.[citation
needed]Roberts started her film career in as the lead in Poor Mrs.
Jones, produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. She
went to Hollywood in and played in over films, mostly in motherly
supporting roles. She was probably best-known for her portrayal of
"society gossip" Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind (), together with
Harry Davenport, who played Dr. Meade.[citation needed]Roberts also
appeared with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in the screwball comedy
Bringing Up Baby () as the house servant Mrs. Gogarty, as well in Of
Human Hearts () with James Stewart and The Blue Bird () with Shirley
Temple.[citation needed]
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