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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…
Known for
- Wide Open Faces — Kitty Fredericks1938
- Pick a Star — Dagmar1937
- Nobody's Baby — Lena Marchetti1937
- At Sea Ashore — Lyda Roberti1936
- Hill-Tillies — Lyda Roberti1936
- The Big Broadcast of 1936 — Countess Ysobel de Naigila1935
- George White's 1935 Scandals — Manya1935
- College Rhythm — Mimi1934
- Hollywood Rhythm1934
- Torch Singer — Dora Nichols1933
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 230
- Total plays
- 784
Tags
40sactress30s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Warsaw
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- circus performer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- College Rhythm (1934) Vintage Photo Lyda Roberti.jpg
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1906-05-20
- date of death
- 1938-00-00
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Lyda Roberti
- start of work period
- 1928-00-00
- end of work period
- 1938-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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