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

Early years

Roberts was born on March 7, 1905, in New York City. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Roberts, and she attended Winthrop High School. She entered several beauty pageants, including the 1924 and 1925

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pageants in

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(as Miss Manhattan, 1924, and Miss Greater New York, 1925). She won the "Most Beautiful Girl in Evening Gown" award each time. In 1916, Roberts was selected as the most beautiful girl at an annual Movie Ball contest in Boston.

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

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. 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. 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." She married Robert A. Dillon in

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, Mexico, on May 17, 1928. That marriage was annulled on September 8, 1933, because Dillon had another wife when they were wed. In the 1940s, Roberts married John Wesley Smith.

Death

Roberts died in

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, from pneumonia, aged 65.

Selected filmography

* '' Fast Life'' (1932) - Guest (uncredited) * '' Melody Cruise'' (1933) - Ship Passenger (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) - Sick Nurse (uncredited) * '' My Weakness'' (1933) - Mannequin. Woman's Journal (uncredited) * '' My Woman'' (1933) - Party Girl (uncredited) * '' The Worst Woman in Paris?'' (1933) - Gossip at Club Bon Vivant (uncredited) * '' The Return of Chandu'' (1934, Serial) - Party Guest

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(uncredited) * '' The Captain Hates the Sea'' (1934) - Passenger (uncredited) * ''

Night Life of the Gods ''Night Life of the Gods'' (also known as ''Thorne Smith's Night Life of the Gods'') is a 1935 American fantasy film released by Universal Pictures. Based on a 1931 novel by Thorne Smith, the film was directed by Lowell Sherman and starred Ala ...

'' (1935) - One of the 3 Graces (uncredited) * '' Naughty Marietta'' (1935) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Times Square Lady'' (1935) - Casa Nova Patron (uncredited) * '' West Point of the Air'' (1935) - Woman in Party at Night Club (uncredited) * '' China Seas'' (1935) - Ship's Passenger (uncredited) * '' Broadway Melody of 1936'' (1935) - Showgirl (uncredited) * ''

Wife vs. Secretary ''Wife vs. Secretary'' (or ''Wife versus Secretary'') is a 1936 comedy drama directed and co-produced by Clarence Brown and starring Clark Gable as a successful businessman, Jean Harlow as his secretary, and Myrna Loy as his wife, supported by Ja ...

'' (1936) - Party Guest (uncredited) * ''

We Went to College ''We Went to College'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley, written by Richard Maibaum and Maurice Rapf, and starring Charles Butterworth (actor), Charles Butterworth, Walter Abel, Hugh Herbert, Una Merkel and Edith Atwater. ...

'' (1936) - Sightseeing Alumnus's Wife (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1936) - Forrestal Guest (uncredited) * ''

Sinner Take All ''Sinner Take All'' is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay. Plot When millionaire New York City businessman Aaron Lampier ( Charley Grapewin) receives a death threat in the mail, he ...

'' (1936) - Hat Check Girl (uncredited) * ''

Park Avenue Logger ''Park Avenue Logger'' is a 1937 American lumberjack Western film directed by David Howard. The film is also known as ''Millionaire Playboy'' in the United Kingdom and ''Tall Timber'' (American reissue title). It is based on the short story of ...

'' (1937) - Peggy O'Shea * '' Bill Cracks Down'' (1937) - Susan Bailey * '' Outlaws of the Orient'' (1937) - Alice * '' Love Takes Flight'' (1937) - Joan Lawson * '' Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars'' (1938, Serial) - Queen Azura * ''

The Devil's Party ''The Devil's Party'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Ray McCarey based on the Borden Chase novel ''Hell's Kitchen Has a Pantry''. Plot Marty Malone is a member of a street gang called the " Death Avenue Cowboys", consisting of poor c ...

'' (1938) - Helen McCoy * '' Pioneers of the West'' (1940) - Anna Bailey * '' Tight Shoes'' (1941) - Waitress (uncredited) * '' San Antonio Rose'' (1941) - Diner (uncredited) * '' Mob Town'' (1941) - Bit Role (uncredited) * '' Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' (1941) - Stewardess (uncredited) * ''

Bombay Clipper ''Bombay Clipper'' is a 1942 aviation drama film directed by John Rawlins and starring William Gargan and Irene Hervey. The film features Maria Montez in an early role. Turhan Bey also appears. The film was based on the exploits of oceanic f ...

'' (1942) - Miss Kane - Secretary (uncredited) * '' What's Cookin'?'' (1942) - Miss Lewis (uncredited) * ''

Gang Busters ''Gang Busters'' is an American dramatic radio program heralded as "the only national program that brings you authentic police case histories." It premiered on January 15, 1936, and was broadcast over 21 years through November 27, 1957. Histo ...

'' (1942, Serial) - O'Brien's Secretary (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) - Woman #2 Reading Newespaper (uncredited) * ''

It Comes Up Love ''It Comes Up Love'' is a 1943 American, black and white, musical comedy starring Gloria Jean, Ian Hunter, and Donald O'Connor. It is the only film starring Jean and O'Connor that doesn't also star Peggy Ryan, another one of the talented teenag ...

'' (1943) - Bernice * ''

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man ''Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster. This was the first of a series of later called "monster rall ...

'' (1943) - Varja - Barmaid (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) - Secretary (uncredited) * '' Phantom of the Opera'' (1943) - Nurse (uncredited) * ''

Fired Wife ''Fired Wife'' is a 1943 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Robert Paige, Diana Barrymore and Louise Allbritton. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. This was one of the final films in Barrymore's short-lived ...

'' (1943) - Divorcee (uncredited) * '' Adventures of the Flying Cadets'' (1943, Serial) - Hill Aerial Secretary

(uncredited) * '' Top Man'' (1943) - War Plant Worker (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1944) - Monteiro's Maid (uncredited) * ''

Her Primitive Man ''Her Primitive Man'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and written by Michael Fessier and Ernest Pagano. The film stars Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Robert Benchley, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Stephanie B ...

'' (1944) - Maid (uncredited) * '' Jungle Woman'' (1944) - Inquest Juror (uncredited) * '' The Invisible Man's Revenge'' (1944) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' Allergic to Love'' (1944) - Mrs. Walker (uncredited) * '' Reckless Age'' (1944) - WAVE (uncredited) * '' Dead Man's Eyes'' (1944) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' Hi, Beautiful'' (1944) - Hostess (uncredited) * '' Song of the Sarong'' (1945) - Radio Telephone Operator (uncredited) * '' Strange Confession'' (1945) - Miss Rogers, Secretary (uncredited) * '' This Love of Ours'' (1945) - Surgical Nurse (uncredited) * '' Scarlet Street'' (1945) - Secretary (uncredited) * '' Because of Him'' (1946) - Wife (uncredited) * '' The Scarlet Horseman'' (1946) - Halliday's Maid (uncredited) * ''

The Mysterious Mr. M ''The Mysterious Mr. M'' is a 1946 Universal Pictures movie serial, the 137th and last serial produced by Universal. Plot Anthony Waldron intends to steal a new submarine invention from Dr. Kittridge while blaming a fictitious mastermind he cal ...

'' (1946) - Dr. Walker (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1946) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' White Tie and Tails'' (1946) - Marie (uncredited) * '' The Brute Man'' (1946) - Nurse (uncredited) * ''

The Egg and I ''The Egg and I'', first published in 1945, is a humorous memoir by American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and travels as a young wife on a chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in the US state of Washington. The book is based on t ...

'' (1947) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' Time Out of Mind'' (1947) - Mrs. Weber (uncredited) * '' Ride the Pink Horse'' (1947) - Shop Manager (uncredited) * '' The Senator Was Indiscreet'' (1947) - Woman (uncredited) * '' Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid'' (1948) - Mother * '' For the Love of Mary'' (1948) - Dorothy * ''

You Gotta Stay Happy ''You Gotta Stay Happy'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Joan Fontaine, James Stewart and Eddie Albert. It was distributed by Universal-International and produced by Karl Tunberg. The film was writte ...

'' (1948) - Maid (uncredited) * ''

An Act of Murder ''An Act of Murder'' (also known as ''Live Today for Tomorrow'' and ''I Stand Accused'') is a 1948 American film noir directed by Michael Gordon and starring Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, and Geraldine Brooks. It was ente ...

'' (1948) - Nurse Coble (uncredited) * '' Family Honeymoon'' (1948) - Belle (uncredited) * '' Criss-Cross'' (1949) - Nurse (uncredited) (final film role)

References

External links

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The Music of Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Beatrice 1905 births Actresses from New York City People from Plymouth, Massachusetts American film actresses 1970 deaths 20th-century American actresses