Lyda Roberti
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
Date of Birth 20 May 1906, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Date of Death 12 March 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)
Born
May 20, 1906
Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Died
Dec 03, 1938
Known For
Acting
Movies
16 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.7
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