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Lyda Roberti
Acting
20 May 1906
† 03 Dec 1938
Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Biography
Lyda's father was German clown Roberti, her mother a Polish trick rider. As a child performer, she toured Europe and Asia with the Circus in which she was born, leaving it (and her reportedly abusive father) in Shanghai, China. In this truly international city, Lyda became a child cafe entertainer and learned the fractured English that became her trademark. Around 1927, she emigrated to California, finding work in vaudeville, where she was "discovered" in 1930 by Broadway producer Lou Holtz and ...
Also Known As
Lyda Pecjak
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Lyda Roberti's Movies
66%
Million Dollar Legs
08 Jul 1932
45%
Pick a Star
21 May 1937
55%
The Big Broadcast of 1936
20 Sept 1935
52%
Torch Singer
08 Sept 1933
62%
The Kid from Spain
17 Nov 1932
57%
Three Cornered Moon
04 Aug 1933
48%
Dancers in the Dark
11 Mar 1932
42%
Meet the Baron
20 Oct 1933
47%
College Rhythm
23 Nov 1934
57%
Nobody's Baby
23 Apr 1937
85%
Wide Open Faces
18 Apr 1938
40%
George White's 1935 Scandals
29 Mar 1935
10%
The Roof Garden Revue
05 May 1929
40%
Hill-Tillies
24 Apr 1936
0%
At Sea Ashore
04 Apr 1936
0%
Hollywood Rhythm
15 Nov 1934