Beatrice Roberts

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

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 active1933–1949
Spouses
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(m. 1919; div. 1926)​
    Robert A. Dillon
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    (m. 1928; ann. 1933)​
    • John Wesley Smith
      (m. 1940; div. 19??)

    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 pageants 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, Roberts married Robert Ripley, owner of Ripley's Believe It or Not. Their marriage was "a union that only lasted three months, but which wasn't dissolved officially until 1926."[4] She married Robert A. Dillon in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 17, 1928. That marriage was annulled on September 8, 1933, because Dillon was a bigamist, having had another wife at the time of his marriage to Roberts.[5] In the 1940s, Roberts married John Wesley Smith.

    Death

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

    Selected filmography

    References
    1. Eder, Bruce (2014). "Beatrice Roberts". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. 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
    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
    4. "Beatrice Roberts". AllMovie. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
    5. "Movie Shorts". Clinton Daily Journal and Public. Illinois, Clinton. United Press. September 9, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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