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From Wikipedia Alice Beatrice Roberts (March 7, 1905 – July 24, 1970) was an American film actress. She was briefly married to the cartoonist and showman Robert L. Ripley and a mistress of Louis B. Mayer. She married Robert Ripley at age 14 on October 31, 1919, about the time he invented his Believe It or Not cartoon strip. The marriage was short lived—they separated three months later and were divorced in 1926. Ripley never spoke about the marriage, calling himself a "confirmed bachelor". After her marriage, Roberts 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 went to Hollywood in 1933 and between then and 1946, she appeared in nearly 60 films, including Tall Timber (1937) and Love Takes...
Known for
Phantom of the OperaMovie • 1943
Scarlet StreetMovie • 1945
Criss CrossMovie • 1949
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManMovie • 1943
The KillersMovie • 1946
Naughty MariettaMovie • 1935
The Egg and IMovie • 1947
The Invisible Man's RevengeMovie • 1944
Wife vs. SecretaryMovie • 1936
Mr. Peabody and the MermaidMovie • 1948
Phantom LadyMovie • 1944
China SeasMovie • 1935
Jungle WomanMovie • 1944
Dead Man's EyesMovie • 1944
Strange ConfessionMovie • 1945
The Brute ManMovie • 1946