Beverly Roberts

Acting

Beverly Roberts

Born May 19, 1914 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died July 13, 2009 · aged 95

Beverly Roberts was only a teenager when she was accepted for dramatic training. Years later, she began singing in venues, including nightclubs. One fateful night, a talent scout from a movie studio heard her beautiful voice and so began the next chapter in her life. She acted with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Al Jolson, Humphrey Bogart, and Pat O'Brien. She decided to ret…

Known For

Expensive HusbandsExpensive Husbands · 1937
Expensive Husbands
★ 5.91937
MovieRomanceComedy
Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?
West of ShanghaiWest of Shanghai · 1937
West of Shanghai
★ 5.81937
MovieWarAdventure
American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local warlord.
Buried AliveBuried Alive · 1939
Buried Alive
★ 5.11939
MovieCrimeDrama
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
Two Against the WorldTwo Against the World · 1936
Two Against the World
★ 6.21936
MovieCrimeDrama
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
The Singing KidThe Singing Kid · 1936
The Singing Kid
★ 7.01936
MovieDramaMusic
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
Her Husband's SecretaryHer Husband's Secretary · 1937
Her Husband's Secretary
★ 6.01937
MovieDrama
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
Call of The YukonCall of The Yukon · 1938
Call of The Yukon
★ 6.01938
MovieAdventureAction
Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston Rogers, a talking raven and the bereaved collie Firefly who will not leave the grave of her master, a game warden killed in the line of duty. The community is imperiled by a pack of wolves and wild dogs, led by a wild dog called Swift Lightning, who are killing all the reindeer. With the supply of fresh meat gone, the Eskimos are migrating to lands with more food. Hunter Gaston agrees to take Jean to Nenana, Alaska, along with his furs by dog sled. Jean, who despises Gaston as being more savage and blood thirsty than the four-legged predators, is followed by her loyal animals.
China ClipperChina Clipper · 1936
China Clipper
★ 5.81936
MovieDrama
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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Call of The YukonCall of The Yukon · 1938
Call of The Yukon
★ 6.01938
MovieAdventureAction
Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston Rogers, a talking raven and the bereaved collie Firefly who will not leave the grave of her master, a game warden killed in the line of duty. The community is imperiled by a pack of wolves and wild dogs, led by a wild dog called Swift Lightning, who are killing all the reindeer. With the supply of fresh meat gone, the Eskimos are migrating to lands with more food. Hunter Gaston agrees to take Jean to Nenana, Alaska, along with his furs by dog sled. Jean, who despises Gaston as being more savage and blood thirsty than the four-legged predators, is followed by her loyal animals.

Jean Williams