She was norn in New Zealand and studied at Victoria University College in Wellington. Her first husband died during World War Two. Roberts became a writer of novels and moved to Australia in 1947. She wrote some screenplays for Australian films made by the McCreadie brothers - "Always Another Dawn" and "Into the Straight". She also worked on the latter as a dialogue director. Zelma Roberts also wrote some radio scripts. In 1968, Roberts remarried.

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Zelma Roberts

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