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Beatrice Roberts
Roberts in Park Avenue Logger (1937)
Born

Alice Beatrice Roberts


(1905-03-07)March 7, 1905
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 24, 1970(1970-07-24) (aged 65)
OccupationActress
Years active1933–1949
Spouses

(m. 1919; div. 1926)

Robert A. Dillon

(m. 1928; ann. 1933)
  • John Wesley Smith
    (m. 1940; div. 19??)

Alice Beatrice Roberts (March 7, 1905 – July 24, 1970) was an American film actress.[1]

Early years[edit]

Roberts was born on March 7, 1905, in New York City.[1] She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Roberts, and she attended Winthrop High School.[2]

She entered several beauty pageants, including the 1924 and 1925 Miss America pageants 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]

In 1916, Roberts was selected as the most beautiful girl at an annual Movie Ball contest in Boston.[3]

Career[edit]

Roberts went to Hollywood in 1933 and between then and 1946, she appeared in nearly 60 films, including the 1937 drama Love Takes Flight, 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]

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.[citation needed]

Personal life[edit]

On October 31, 1919, Roberts married Robert Ripley, owner of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Their marriage was "a union that only lasted three months, but which wasn't dissolved officially until 1926."[4] She married Robert A. Dillon in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 17, 1928. That marriage was annulled on September 8, 1933, because Dillon was a bigamist, having had another wife at the time of his marriage to Roberts.[5] In the 1940s, Roberts married John Wesley Smith.[citation needed]

Death[edit]

Roberts died in Plymouth, Massachusetts, from pneumonia, aged 65.[citation needed]

Selected filmography[edit]

  • Melody Cruise (1933) - Ship Passenger (uncredited)
  • Pilgrimage (1933) - Sick Nurse (uncredited)
  • My Weakness (1933) - Mannequin. Woman's Journal (uncredited)
  • My Woman (1933) - Party Girl (uncredited)
  • The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933) - Gossip at Club Bon Vivant (uncredited)
  • The Return of Chandu (1934, Serial) - Party Guest [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
  • The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) - Passenger (uncredited)
  • Night Life of the Gods (1935) - One of the 3 Graces (uncredited)
  • Naughty Marietta (1935) - Minor Role (uncredited)
  • Times Square Lady (1935) - Casa Nova Patron (uncredited)
  • West Point of the Air (1935) - Woman in Party at Night Club (uncredited)
  • China Seas (1935) - Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
  • Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) - Showgirl (uncredited)
  • Wife vs. Secretary (1936) - Party Guest (uncredited)
  • We Went to College (1936) - Sightseeing Alumnus's Wife (uncredited)
  • San Francisco (1936) - Forrestal Guest (uncredited)
  • Sinner Take All (1936) - Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
  • Park Avenue Logger (1937) - Peggy O'Shea
  • Bill Cracks Down (1937) - Susan Bailey
  • Outlaws of the Orient (1937) - Alice
  • Love Takes Flight (1937) - Joan Lawson
  • Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938, Serial) - Queen Azura
  • The Devil's Party (1938) - Helen McCoy
  • Pioneers of the West (1940) - Anna Bailey
  • Tight Shoes (1941) - Waitress (uncredited)
  • San Antonio Rose (1941) - Diner (uncredited)
  • Mob Town (1941) - Bit Role (uncredited)
  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) - Stewardess (uncredited)
  • Bombay Clipper (1942) - Miss Kane - Secretary (uncredited)
  • What's Cookin'? (1942) - Miss Lewis (uncredited)
  • Gang Busters (1942, Serial) - O'Brien's Secretary (uncredited)
  • The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) - Woman #2 Reading Newespaper (uncredited)
  • It Comes Up Love (1943) - Bernice
  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) - Varja - Barmaid (uncredited)
  • He's My Guy (1943) - Secretary (uncredited)
  • Phantom of the Opera (1943) - Nurse (uncredited)
  • Fired Wife (1943) - Divorcee (uncredited)
  • Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943, Serial) - Hill Aerial Secretary [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
  • Top Man (1943) - War Plant Worker (uncredited)
  • Phantom Lady (1944) - Monteiro's Maid (uncredited)
  • Her Primitive Man (1944) - Maid (uncredited)
  • Jungle Woman (1944) - Inquest Juror (uncredited)
  • The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) - Nurse (uncredited)
  • Allergic to Love (1944) - Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
  • Reckless Age (1944) - WAVE (uncredited)
  • Dead Man's Eyes (1944) - Nurse (uncredited)
  • Hi, Beautiful (1944) - Hostess (uncredited)
  • Song of the Sarong (1945) - Radio Telephone Operator (uncredited)
  • Strange Confession (1945) - Miss Rogers, Secretary (uncredited)
  • This Love of Ours (1945) - Surgical Nurse (uncredited)
  • Scarlet Street (1945) - Secretary (uncredited)
  • Because of Him (1946) - Wife (uncredited)
  • The Scarlet Horseman (1946) - Halliday's Maid (uncredited)
  • The Mysterious Mr. M (1946) - Dr. Walker (uncredited)
  • The Killers (1946) - Nurse (uncredited)
  • White Tie and Tails (1946) - Marie (uncredited)
  • The Brute Man (1946) - Nurse (uncredited)
  • The Egg and I (1947) - Nurse (uncredited)
  • Time Out of Mind (1947) - Mrs. Weber (uncredited)
  • Ride the Pink Horse (1947) - Shop Manager (uncredited)
  • The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) - Woman (uncredited)
  • Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) - Mother
  • For the Love of Mary (1948) - Dorothy
  • You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) - Maid (uncredited)
  • An Act of Murder (1948) - Nurse Coble (uncredited)
  • Family Honeymoon (1948) - Belle (uncredited)
  • Criss-Cross (1949) - Nurse (uncredited) (final film role)
  • References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c d Eder, Bruce (2014). "Beatrice Roberts". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  • ^ Hardy, William N. (November 26, 1916). "Prize Beauty's Family Curse". The Boston Post. Massachusetts, Boston. p. 44. Retrieved May 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • ^ "Boston "Movie Ball Queen" Tells of Her Trials and Tribulations". Boston Post. Massachusetts, Boston. April 7, 1918. p. 39. Retrieved May 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • ^ "Beatrice Roberts". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  • ^ "Movie Shorts". Clinton Daily Journal and Public. Illinois, Clinton. United Press. September 9, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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