Florence Roberts
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 16, 1861
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Nut Farm
Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is taken in by a group of scam artists who promise to make her a star. Helen's brother Willie tries to prevent her and Bob from losing all their money to the scam artists.
Quick Millions
In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.
Miss Scarlet
When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.
Les Misérables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Vanity Street
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
What Price Hollywood?
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
Every Night at Eight
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station.
The Life of Emile Zola
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the unsavory side of Paris and settles into a comfortable upper-class life. However, Zola's complacency is shaken when Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus is imprisoned for being a spy. Realizing that Dreyfus is an innocent victim of anti-Semitism, Zola boldly pens a newspaper article exposing the truth, is charged with libel and must defend himself in a dramatic courtroom testimony.
Babes in Toyland
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
Filmography
as Jenny
as Athena
as Granny Jones
as Landlady
as Mrs. Bowling Green
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Mrs. Roberts
as Granny Jones
as Mrs. J. J. Farrell
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Ida Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Madame Zola
as Granny Jones
as Mrs. Mason
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Jones
as Granny Evers
as Grandmother (uncredited)
as Janet Dixon
as Mrs. Foster
as Mrs. Murgatroyd (uncredited)
as Toussaint
as Ma Barton, Willie's Mother
as Mrs. Ballard
as The Widow Peep
as Sarah Mason
as Lady Flora
as Elderly Woman
as Mother
as Betty's Mother
as Agnes
as Ma Benson
as Mother Angelica
as Miss Potts
as Wedding Guest Calling for Bride (uncredited)
as Ginger Hemingway, the Grandmother
as Short Window-Shopper (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Lathem
as Granny
as Annie - Fern's Maid (uncredited)
as Mrs. King
as Mrs. Gashwiler
as Elderly Brown Derby Diner (uncredited)
as Mrs. Ottendorf
as Lucy
as Mrs. Cook
as Mrs. Lowe
as Henrietta Parker
as The Maid (prologue)
as Mrs. Fabian Dumond
as Mrs. McKenzie
as Fanny Le Grand / Sapho