Allene Roberts
{{Short description|American actress (1928–2019)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Allene Roberts
| image = Allene Roberts - The Red House (1947).png
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| caption = Roberts in The Red House (1947)
| birth_name = Emma Allene Roberts
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|09|01|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Fairfield, Alabama, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|05|09|1928|09|01|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1947–1957
| spouse = {{marriage|Ralph Cochran|1955|1989|reason=d.}}
| children = 4
| parents =
}}
Emma Allene Roberts{{cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Charles |title=Tampa Girl, 12, Wins $2000 First Prize As Most Charming Child |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32196235/allene_roberts/ |accessdate=June 3, 2019 |work=The Tampa Times |date=May 13, 1941 |location=Florida, Tampa |page=1|via = Newspapers.com}} (September 1, 1928 – May 9, 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.laughlinservice.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=4395269|title=Allene Roberts Cochran Obituary – Visitation & Funeral Information|website=www.laughlinservice.com|accessdate=May 13, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allene-roberts-dead-actress-humphrey-bogarts-knock-any-door-was-90-1209876|title=Allene Roberts, Actress in Humphrey Bogart's 'Knock on Any Door,' Dies at 90|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 11, 2019|accessdate=May 13, 2019}} was an American actress.
Early years
Roberts was born in Fairfield, Alabama, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Roberts. In 1941, she won the "America's Most Charming Child" contest sponsored by the New York Daily Mirror,{{cite news |last1=Stalnaker |first1=Leo Jr. |title=Allene Roberts Invites Her Friends Here to Write Her in Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32197074/allene_roberts/ |accessdate=June 3, 2019 |work=The Tampa Times |date=June 15, 1949 |location=Florida, Tampa |page=3|via = Newspapers.com}} receiving $1,000 in cash and a $1,000 contract with Warner Bros. studio.
Career
Roberts appeared in twelve movies from 1947 to 1954, and on TV in Four Star Playhouse, Adventures of Superman{{Cite web|url=https://www.supermansupersite.com/Allene_Roberts_Adventures_Superman_Passes_Away.html|title = "Adventures of Superman" Actress Allene Roberts Passes Away}} and Dragnet.{{Citation needed |date=June 2019}} Her first big picture was The Red House (1947) starring Rory Calhoun, Julie London and Edward G. Robinson. That movie was considered by the critics{{which|date=June 2019}} to be the "sleeper hit" of the year.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}
Roberts' other films included Knock on Any Door (1949),Silver, Alain and Elizabeth Ward, ed., Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, NY, Third Edition, 1992 pp. 161–162 Union Station (1950),Silver, p. 303. and Bomba on Panther Island (1949).
Death
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1947
|Meg | |
| rowspan=2|1948
|Jane St. Aubyn | |
| Michael O'Halloran
|Lily Nelson | |
| rowspan=2|1949
|Emma | |
| Bomba on Panther Island
|Judy Maitland | |
| 1950
|Lorna Murchison | |
| rowspan=3|1951
|Mary Wood |Short |
| Santa Fe
|Ella Sue Canfield | |
| The Hoodlum
|Rosa | |
| rowspan=3|1952
|Emily Brooks | |
| Thunderbirds
|Margie Hanford | |
| The Blazing Forest
|Milly |Uncredited |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|name=Allene Roberts|id=0730815}}
- [http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=11485&AN_ID=&searchedFor=Allene_Roberts_ Allene Roberts] at the American Film Institute
- [http://www.filmsofthegoldenage.com/articles/2009/10/30/current_issue/roberts.txt Allene Roberts: True to her roots]
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:People from Fairfield, Alabama
Category:21st-century American women
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