Lyda Roberti

Lyda Roberti

Person

Lyda Roberti

Actor 1906-05-20 Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]

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 became an overnight ...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY

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Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1932 · Mata Machree

Pick a Star

1937 · Dagmar

The Big Broadcast of 1936

The Big Broadcast of 1936

1935 · Countess Ysobel de Naigila

Torch Singer

Torch Singer

1933 · Dora Nichols

The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain

1932 · Rosalie

Three Cornered Moon

Three Cornered Moon

1933 · Jenny

Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron

1933 · College Girl (uncredited)

Dancers in the Dark

Dancers in the Dark

1932 · Fanny Zabowolski

College Rhythm

College Rhythm

1934 · Mimi

Nobody's Baby

Nobody's Baby

1937 · Lena Marchetti

Wide Open Faces

Wide Open Faces

1938 · Kitty Fredericks

Hill-Tillies

Hill-Tillies

1936 · Lyda Roberti

George White's 1935 Scandals

George White's 1935 Scandals

1935 · Manya

At Sea Ashore

At Sea Ashore

1936 · Lyda Roberti

The Roof Garden Revue

The Roof Garden Revue

1929 · Herself

Hollywood Rhythm

1934 · Movie