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This article is about the American actress. For Margaret Thatcher's mother, see Beatrice Roberts (born 1888).
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)
Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1933–1970
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1919; div. 1923)​

John Wesley Smith
(m. 1940; ? 19??)

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

Early years

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 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]

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

Career

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.

Personal life

On October 31, 1919, Beatrice Roberts married Robert Ripley, owner of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Beatrice Roberts was divorced from Robert Ripley in 1926.

In the 1940s, Roberts remarried to John Wesley Smith.

Death

Roberts died in Plymouth, Massachusetts from pneumonia, aged 65.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d Eder, Bruce. "Beatrice Roberts". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "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
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