Alice Beatrice Roberts, an American film actress, passed away on Friday, July 24, 1970 in Plymouth, Massachusetts from pneumonia. She was born on March 7, 1905 in Manhattan, New York to Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Roberts. She was aged 65.
Beatrice attended Winthrop High School in Massachusetts. She 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 was married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley from October 31, 1919 to 1926. After they divorced, Beatrice became a mistress of Louis B. Mayer. She married John Wesley Smith in 1940.
Ms. Roberts went to Hollywood in 1933 and she appeared in nearly 60 films, including the 1937 drama Love Takes Flight, in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot, and Park Avenue Logger. Many of her roles were small and uncredited, including Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man in 1943. Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, a 1938 serial. At Universal, her final appearances were in Family Honeymoon in 1948, and Criss-Cross in 1949. Her acting career never became the success she had dreamed of, so she left Hollywood in 1949.
Beatrice attended Winthrop High School in Massachusetts. She 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 was married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley from October 31, 1919 to 1926. After they divorced, Beatrice became a mistress of Louis B. Mayer. She married John Wesley Smith in 1940.
Ms. Roberts went to Hollywood in 1933 and she appeared in nearly 60 films, including the 1937 drama Love Takes Flight, in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot, and Park Avenue Logger. Many of her roles were small and uncredited, including Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man in 1943. Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, a 1938 serial. At Universal, her final appearances were in Family Honeymoon in 1948, and Criss-Cross in 1949. Her acting career never became the success she had dreamed of, so she left Hollywood in 1949.
Alice Beatrice Roberts, an American film actress, passed away on Friday, July 24, 1970 in Plymouth, Massachusetts from pneumonia. She was born on March 7, 1905 in Manhattan, New York to Mr. and Mrs. Colin M. Roberts. She was aged 65.
Beatrice attended Winthrop High School in Massachusetts. She 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 was married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley from October 31, 1919 to 1926. After they divorced, Beatrice became a mistress of Louis B. Mayer. She married John Wesley Smith in 1940.
Ms. Roberts went to Hollywood in 1933 and she appeared in nearly 60 films, including the 1937 drama Love Takes Flight, in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot, and Park Avenue Logger. Many of her roles were small and uncredited, including Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man in 1943. Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, a 1938 serial. At Universal, her final appearances were in Family Honeymoon in 1948, and Criss-Cross in 1949. Her acting career never became the success she had dreamed of, so she left Hollywood in 1949.
Beatrice attended Winthrop High School in Massachusetts. She 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 was married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley from October 31, 1919 to 1926. After they divorced, Beatrice became a mistress of Louis B. Mayer. She married John Wesley Smith in 1940.
Ms. Roberts went to Hollywood in 1933 and she appeared in nearly 60 films, including the 1937 drama Love Takes Flight, in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot, and Park Avenue Logger. Many of her roles were small and uncredited, including Phantom of the Opera, and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man in 1943. Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, a 1938 serial. At Universal, her final appearances were in Family Honeymoon in 1948, and Criss-Cross in 1949. Her acting career never became the success she had dreamed of, so she left Hollywood in 1949.
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