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Beatrice Roberts
Actor
Died July 24, 1970 (65 years)
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.
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
| 1966 | Deadly Ray from Mars · as Azura, Queen Of Mars |
| 1949 | Criss Cross · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1948 | An Act of Murder · as Nurse Coble |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon · as Belle |
| 1948 | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid · as Mother |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1948 | For the Love of Mary · as Dorothy |
| 1947 | The Senator Was Indiscreet · as Fleeing Gangster's Wife |
| 1947 | Ride the Pink Horse · as Shop Manager |
| 1947 | Time Out of Mind · as Mrs. Weber |
| 1947 | The Egg and I · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Brute Man · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Killers · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1946 | White Tie and Tails · as Marie (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Mysterious Mr. M · as Dr. Walker [ch. 13] |
| 1946 | Because of Him · as Wife |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street · as Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1945 | This Love of Ours · as Surgical Nurse |
| 1945 | |
| 1945 | Song of the Sarong · as Radio Telephone Operator |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | The Invisible Man's Revenge · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Jungle Woman · as Inquest Juror (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady · as Monteiro's Maid (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Top Man · as War Plant Worker |
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets · as Hill Aerial Secretary |
| 1943 | Phantom of the Opera · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man · as Barmaid (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mystery of Marie Roget · as Woman #2 Reading Newespaper |
| 1942 | Gang Busters · as O'brien's Secretary |
| 1942 | What's Cookin' · as Miss Lewis |
| 1941 | Bombay Clipper · as Miss Kane - Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break · as Stewardess |
| 1941 | Mob Town · as Tenement Girl (uncredited) |
| 1941 | San Antonio Rose · as Diner |
| 1938 | Mars Attacks the World · as Azura, Queen Of Mars |
| 1938 | The Devil's Party · as Helen Mccoy |
| 1938 | Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars · as Queen Azura |
| 1937 | Love Takes Flight · as Joan Lawson |
| 1937 | Bill Cracks Down · as Susan Bailey |
| 1937 | Park Avenue Logger · as Peggy O'shea |
| 1936 | Sinner Take All · as Hat Check Girl (uncredited) |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Forrestal Guest |
| 1936 | We Went to College · as Sightseeing Alumnus's Wife |
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Broadway Melody of 1936 · as Showgirl |
| 1935 | China Seas · as Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air · as Woman In Party At Night Club |
| 1935 | Times Square Lady · as Casa Nova Patron |
| 1935 | Night Life of the Gods · as One Of The 3 Graces |
| 1934 | The Captain Hates the Sea · as Passenger |
| 1934 | The Return of Chandu · as Party Guest |
| 1934 | Once to Every Woman · as Nurse |
| 1933 | My Woman · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Melody Cruise · as Ship Passenger |
| 1932 | Fast Life · as Guest |