Beatrice Roberts

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 livedthey 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 Flight also 1937 in which she starred opposite Bruce Cabot Many of her roles were small and uncredited Her most notable role was that of Queen Azura in Flash Gordons Trip to Mars a 1938 serial She was a mistress to MGM studio chief Louis B Mayer in 1935 and 1936 while under contract to his company In the 1940s Roberts married John Wesley Smith Her last movie contract was with Universal and her final appearances were in CrissCross and Family Honeymoon Her acting career never becoming the success she had dreamed of she left Hollywood in 1949 She died in Plymouth Massachusetts from pneumonia aged 65