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Beatrice Roberts
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Beatrice Roberts
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-03-07,Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia 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). 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.

Filmography

The Invisible Man's Revenge

5.6

The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944-06-09

8

Mob Town
1941-10-03

6.925

Phantom Lady
1944-01-28

For the Love of Mary

6.2

For the Love of Mary
1948-09-01

The Devil's Party

5.4

The Devil's Party
1938-06-02

Bill Cracks Down

5.7

Bill Cracks Down
1937-03-22

Park Avenue Logger

8

Park Avenue Logger
1937-03-16

Love Takes Flight

5

Love Takes Flight
1937-11-05

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

6.3

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1938-03-21

Outlaws of the Orient

5.2

Outlaws of the Orient
1937-08-20

Pioneers of the West

7

Pioneers of the West
1940-03-12

It Comes Up Love

4.2

It Comes Up Love
1943-04-09

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

6.5

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948-08-11

7.095

Criss Cross
1949-02-04

6.268

China Seas
1935-08-09

West Point of the Air

7

West Point of the Air
1935-03-23

That Mothers Might Live

6.2

That Mothers Might Live
1938-04-30

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

6.2

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-12

6

Bombay Clipper
1942-01-11

7.6

Scarlet Street
1945-12-25

7.371

The Killers
1946-08-30

Wife vs. Secretary

6.727

Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28

4.2

My Woman
1933-10-04

7.1

Pilgrimage
1933-07-12

Mars Attacks the World

6.5

Mars Attacks the World
1938-11-07

Sinner Take All

4.9

Sinner Take All
1936-12-18

Phantom of the Opera

6.2

Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12

5.6

Fired Wife
1943-09-04

9

Top Man
1943-09-17

9

Reckless Age
1944-08-01

White Tie and Tails

7.75

White Tie and Tails
1946-08-30

You Gotta Stay Happy

6.8

You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28

Naughty Marietta

5.5

Naughty Marietta
1935-03-29

5.2

Jungle Woman
1944-06-01

Strange Confession

6.78

Strange Confession
1945-10-05

4.6

The Brute Man
1946-10-01

7.04

The Egg and I
1947-05-01

Dead Man's Eyes

6.5

Dead Man's Eyes
1944-11-10

Once to Every Woman

6.1

Once to Every Woman
1934-03-24

9.8

Hi, Beautiful
1944-12-18