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Beatrice Roberts
Actor

Beatrice Roberts

7 Mar 1905Born
24 Jul 1970Died
65Age at death
40Credits

Biography

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Alice Beatrice Roberts (March 7, 1905 – July 24, 1970) was an American film actress. She was briefly married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley and a mistress of Louis B. Mayer.

She married Robert Ripley at age 14 on October 31, 1919, about the time he invented his Believe It or Not cartoon strip. The marriage was short lived—they separated three months later and were divorced in 1926. Ripley never spoke about the marriage, calling himself a "confirmed bachelor".

After her marriage, Roberts 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).

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She won the "Most Beautiful Girl in Evening Gown" award each time.

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.

She was a mistress to MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer in 1935 and 1936, while under contract to his company. 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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1949Criss CrossFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  2. 1948You Gotta Stay HappyFilm: Maid (Uncredited)
  3. 1948For the Love of MaryFilm: Dorothy
  4. 1948Mr. Peabody and the MermaidFilm: Mother
  5. 1947The Egg and IFilm: Nurse (Uncredited)
  6. 1946The Brute ManFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  7. 1946The KillersFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  8. 1946White Tie and TailsFilm: Marie (uncredited)
  9. 1945Scarlet StreetFilm: Secretary (uncredited)
  10. 1945Strange ConfessionFilm
  11. 1944Hi, BeautifulFilm: Hostess (uncredited)
  12. 1944Dead Man's EyesFilm
  13. 1944Reckless AgeFilm: WAVE
  14. 1944The Invisible Man's RevengeFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  15. 1944Jungle WomanFilm: Inquest Juror (uncredited)
  16. 1944Phantom LadyFilm: Monteiro's Maid (uncredited)
  17. 1943Top ManFilm: War Plant Worker
  18. 1943Fired WifeFilm: Divorcee
  19. 1943Phantom of the OperaFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  20. 1943It Comes Up LoveFilm: Bernice
  21. 1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFilm: Barmaid (uncredited)
  22. 1942Bombay ClipperFilm: Miss Kane - Secretary (uncredited)
  23. 1941Mob TownFilm: Tenement Girl (uncredited)
  24. 1940Pioneers of the WestFilm: Anna Bailey
  25. 1938Mars Attacks the WorldFilm: Azura, Queen of Mars
  26. 1938The Devil's PartyFilm: Helen McCoy
  27. 1938That Mothers Might LiveFilm: Passerby (uncredited)
  28. 1938Flash Gordon's Trip to MarsFilm: Queen Azura
  29. 1937Love Takes FlightFilm: Joan Lawson
  30. 1937Outlaws of the OrientFilm: Alice
  31. 1937Bill Cracks DownFilm: Susan Bailey
  32. 1937Park Avenue LoggerFilm: Peggy O'Shea
  33. 1936Sinner Take AllFilm: Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
  34. 1936Wife vs. SecretaryFilm: Party Guest (uncredited)
  35. 1935China SeasFilm: Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
  36. 1935Naughty MariettaFilm: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  37. 1935West Point of the AirFilm: Woman in Party at Night Club
  38. 1934Once to Every WomanFilm: Nurse (uncredited)
  39. 1933My WomanFilm: Party Guest (Uncredited)
  40. 1933PilgrimageFilm

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