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Years active
  
1917–1940

Ex-spouse
  
Walter Gale

Children
  
Robert Gale

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Florence Roberts


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Born
  
March 16, 1861 (
1861-03-16
)
Frederick, Maryland, USA

Died
  
June 6, 1940, Hollywood, California, United States

Movies
  
Babes in Toyland, The Life of Emile Zola, Les Miserables, Top Hat, Hoop‑La

Similar People
  
Virginia Karns, Gus Meins, Charlotte Henry, Charley Rogers, Henry Brandon

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Florence Roberts (March 16, 1861 – June 6, 1940) was an American actress of the stage and in motion pictures.

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Stock company actress

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Born in Frederick, Maryland, she began acting on the stage in New York, New York, at the age of 19. Her career began at the Brooklyn, New York Opera House in Hoop of Gold. She secured her first stage role with the Denman Thompson Company and played leads with the N.B. Curtis Company. This experience led to appearances on Broadway. She once starred in Zala, a production of David Belasco. She headed a stock company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a period of fifteen years. The actress made three world tours in stock. There was a South African repertoire and a tour of Australia with the Henry Duffy players. She also played in stock companies in Boston and other cities.

Motion pictures

Roberts' success in motion pictures began with a Mack Sennett comedy. The film producer saw her on the stage in Your Uncle Dudley and cast her in Grandma's Girl (1930). Her earliest roles were in A Wife's Suspicion and A Wise Dummy, both in 1917. Among her film performances, the Jones Family series is the most renowned. She played the role of Grandma. Some of her other films are:

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  • Kept Husbands (1931)
  • Make Me a Star (1932)
  • The Meanest Gal in Town (1934)
  • Babes in Toyland (1934)
  • Cleopatra (1934)
  • Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
  • Les Misérables (1935)
  • Every Saturday Night (1936)
  • Big Business (1937)
  • Borrowing Trouble (1937)
  • Nobody's Baby (1937)
  • The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
  • Love on a Budget (1938)
  • The Storm (1938)
  • Quick Millions (1939)
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film) (1940)

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    Florence was married to actor Walter Gale whom she met while playing in The Old Homestead. They had a son, Robert Gale, who lived in Philadelphia.

    Death

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    Florence Roberts died from cardiovascular disease at the age of 79 at her home in Hollywood, California. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, with funeral services performed at Wee Kirk of the Heather. Her eulogy was read by her adopted son, Edward Everett Horton, with whom she appeared in stock. The actress' death came unexpectedly. She had only recently returned from a vacation trip to Panama. She went there following completion of the Jones Family series of 20th Century Fox for the 1939–1940 season.

    Note

    She is not to be confused with the more famous stage actress Florence Roberts (1871–1927).

    Filmography

    Actress
    1940
    On Their Own as
    Granny Jones
    1940
    Double Alibi as
    Landlady (uncredited)
    1940
    Young as You Feel as
    Granny Jones
    1940
    Abe Lincoln in Illinois as
    Mrs. Bowling Green
    1939
    Too Busy to Work as
    Granny Jones
    1939
    Quick Millions as
    Granny Jones
    1939
    The Jones Family in Hollywood as
    Granny Jones
    1939
    Everybody's Baby as
    Granny Jones
    1938
    The Storm as
    Mrs. Roberts
    1938
    Down on the Farm as
    Granny Jones
    1938
    Personal Secretary as
    Mrs. J. J. Farrell
    1938
    Safety in Numbers as
    Granny Jones
    1938
    A Trip to Paris as
    Granny Jones
    1938
    Love on a Budget as
    Granny Ida Jones
    1937
    The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble as
    Granny Jones
    1937
    Hot Water as
    Granny Jones
    1937
    The Life of Emile Zola as
    Madame Zola
    1937
    Big Business as
    Granny Jones
    1937
    Nobody's Baby as
    Mrs. Mason - Landlady
    1937
    Off to the Races as
    Granny Jones
    1936
    Back to Nature as
    Granny Jones
    1936
    Nobody's Fool as
    Mary Jones
    1936
    Educating Father as
    Granny Jones
    1936
    Every Saturday Night as
    Granny Evers
    1936
    The Country Doctor as
    Grandmother (uncredited)
    1935
    Your Uncle Dudley as
    Janet Dixon
    1935
    Harmony Lane as
    Mrs. Foster
    1935
    Accent on Youth as
    Mrs. Benham (uncredited)
    1935
    Every Night at Eight as
    Mrs. Murgatroyd (uncredited)
    1935
    Les Misérables as
    Toussaint
    1935
    The Nut Farm as
    Ma Barton - Willie's Mother
    1935
    Public Opinion as
    Mrs. Buttons
    1935
    Rocky Mountain Mystery as
    Mrs. Ballard
    1934
    Sons of Steel as
    Sarah Mason
    1934
    March of the Wooden Soldiers as
    Widow Peep
    1934
    Cleopatra as
    Lady Flora
    1934
    Student Tour as
    Elderly Woman (uncredited)
    1934
    Four Parts (Short) as
    Mother
    1934
    Success at Any Price as
    Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
    1934
    Not Tonight, Josephine (Short) as
    Anne of Austria
    1934
    The Cracked Ice Man (Short) as
    Betty's Mother (uncredited)
    1934
    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as
    Agnes
    1934
    The Meanest Gal in Town as
    Mom - Old Stranded Actress (uncredited)
    1933
    Hoopla as
    Ma Benson
    1933
    Blood Money as
    Judge's Wife (uncredited)
    1933
    Ever in My Heart as
    Eunice (uncredited)
    1933
    Torch Singer as
    Mother Angelica
    1933
    The Song of Songs as
    Book Store Customer (uncredited)
    1933
    Melody Cruise as
    Miss Potts
    1933
    Lilly Turner as
    Wedding Guest Calling for Bride (uncredited)
    1933
    Daring Daughters as
    Ginger Hemingway - the Grandmother
    1933
    Fast Workers as
    Short Window Shopper (uncredited)
    1933
    Dangerously Yours as
    Mrs. Lathem
    1933
    Employees' Entrance as
    Shoe Customer (uncredited)
    1932
    Officer Thirteen as
    Granny
    1932
    Vanity Street as
    Annie - Fern's Maid (uncredited)
    1932
    The All-American as
    Mrs. King
    1932
    Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure (Short) as
    Mrs. Shelby
    1932
    The Hollywood Handicap (Short) as
    Character
    1932
    Make Me a Star as
    Mrs. Gashwiler
    1932
    What Price Hollywood? as
    Elderly Brown Derby Diner (uncredited)
    1932
    Westward Passage as
    Mrs. Ottendorf
    1931
    Her Majesty, Love as
    Grandma (uncredited)
    1931
    Fanny Foley Herself as
    Lucy
    1931
    Too Many Cooks as
    Mother Cook
    1931
    Everything's Rosie as
    Mrs. Lowe
    1931
    Bachelor Apartment as
    Mrs. Halloran (uncredited)
    1931
    Kept Husbands as
    Mrs. Henrietta Parker
    1931
    Dance Hall Marge (Short) as
    Mrs. Van Dyck
    1930
    Grandma's Girl (Short) as
    Grandma Martin
    1930
    The Eyes of the World as
    The Maid (prologue)
    1925
    The Best People (uncredited)
    1922
    The Vulture's Prey as
    Landlady
    1922
    The Sleep Walker as
    Mrs. Fabian Dumond
    1920
    The Man Who Was Afraid as
    Mrs. Robinson
    1919
    Allan Quatermain as
    Mrs. McKenzie
    1917
    A Wise Dummy (Short) as
    The Store Proprietor's Wife
    1917
    A Wife's Suspicion (Short) as
    Mrs. Von Berhoff

    References

    Florence Roberts Wikipedia


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