Florence Roberts

Florence Roberts (March 16, 1861/1864 – June 6, 1940 was an American actress of the stage and in motion pictures.

Stock company actress Born in New York City, she began acting onstage there. Her career began at the Brooklyn Opera House in Hoop of Gold.

Film career Roberts' success in motion pictures began with a Mack Sennett comedy. The film producer saw her on the stage in Your Uncle Dudley and cast her in Grandma's Girl (1930). Her earliest roles were in A Wife's Suspicion and A Wise Dummy, both in 1917. Among her film performances, the Jones Family series is the most renowned. She played the role of Grandma.

Partial filmography

Allan Quatermain (1919) - Mrs. McKenzie The Man Who Was Afraid (1920) - Mrs. Robinson The Sleepwalker (1922) - Mrs. Fabian Dumond The Vulture's Prey (1922) - Landlady The Best People (1925) - (uncredited) The Eyes of the World (1930) - The Maid (prologue) Soup to Nuts (1930) - Junior's Mother (uncredited) Kept Husbands (1931) - Mrs. Henrietta Parker Bachelor Apartment (1931) - Mrs. Halloran (uncredited) Everything's Rosie (1931) - Mrs. Lowe Too Many Cooks (1931) - Mother Cook Fanny Foley Herself (1931) - Lucy Her Majesty, Love (1931) - Grandma (uncredited) Westward Passage (1932) - Mrs. Ottendorf What Price Hollywood? (1932) - Elderly Brown Derby Diner (uncredited) Make Me a Star (1932) - Mrs. Gashwiler The All American (1932) - Mrs. King Vanity Street (1932) - Annie - Fern's Maid (uncredited) Officer Thirteen (1932) - Granny Employees' Entrance (1933) - Shoe Customer (uncredited) Dangerously Yours (1933) - Mrs. Lathem Fast Workers (1933) - Short Window Shopper (uncredited) Daring Daughters (1933) - Ginger Hemingway - the Grandmother A Bedtime Story (1933) - Flower Shop Customer (uncredited) Lilly Turner (1933) - Wedding Guest Calling for Bride (uncredited) Melody Cruise (1933) - Miss Potts The Song of Songs (1933) - Book Store Customer (uncredited) Torch Singer (1933) - Mother Angelica Ever in My Heart (1933) - Eunice (uncredited) Blood Money (1933) - Judge's Wife (uncredited) Hoop-La (1933) - Ma Benson The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) - Mom - Old Stranded Actress (uncredited) Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934) - Agnes Success at Any Price (1934) - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) Student Tour (1934) - Elderly Woman (uncredited) Cleopatra (1934) - Lady Flora Babes in Toyland (1934) - Widow Peep Sons of Steel (1934) - Sarah Mason Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) - Mrs. Ballard Public Opinion (1935) - Mrs. Buttons The Nut Farm (1935) - Ma Barton - Willie's Mother Les Misérables (1935) - Toussaint Every Night at Eight (1935) - Mrs. Murgatroyd (uncredited) Accent on Youth (1935) - Mrs. Benham (uncredited) Harmony Lane (1935) - Mrs. Foster Your Uncle Dudley (1935) - Janet Dixon The Country Doctor (1936) - Grandmother (uncredited) Every Saturday Night (1936) - Granny Evers Nobody's Fool (1936) - Mary Jones Back to Nature (1936) - Granny Jones Off to the Races (1937) - Granny Jones Nobody's Baby (1937) - Mrs. Mason - Landlady The Jones Family in Big Business (1937) - Granny Jones The Life of Emile Zola (1937) - Madame Zola The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) - Duenna (scenes deleted) Hot Water (1937) - Granny Jones Borrowing Trouble (1937) - Granny Jones Love on a Budget (1938) - Granny Ida Jones A Trip to Paris (1938) - Granny Jones Safety in Numbers (1938) - Granny Jones Personal Secretary (1938) - Mrs. J. J. Farrell Down on the Farm (1938) - Granny Jones The Storm (1938) - Mrs. Roberts Everybody's Baby (1939) - Granny Jones The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939) - Granny Jones Quick Millions (1939) - Granny Jones Too Busy to Work (1939) - Granny Jones Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) - Mrs. Bowling Green Young as You Feel (1940) - Granny Jones Double Alibi (1940) - Landlady (uncredited) On Their Own (1940) - Granny Jones (final film role)