Doris Roberts

Doris Roberts was an American stage, character actress, author and philanthropist, whose career spanned six decades of television. She had also appeared as a guest on many talk and variety shows. She has also appeared as a panelist on several game shows. She was also an advocate for animal rights and of animalrights activism, supporting groups such as the United Activists for Animal Rights.

Roberts was born Doris May Green on November 4, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised by her mother, Ann Meltzer, in The Bronx, New York, with the assistance of her maternal grandparents, after her father, Larry Green, deserted the family. Roberts stepfather, whose surname she took as her own, was Chester H. Roberts. Chester and Roberts mother operated the Z.L. Rosenfield Agency, a stenographic service catering to playwrights and actors. Roberts was Jewish .

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