Lyda Roberti
Actor
Born May 20, 1906 · Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]
Active 1932–1938
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.
Filmography
Million Dollar Legs (1932) - Mata MachreeWide Open Faces (1938) - Kitty FredericksThe Kid from Spain (1932) - RosalieAt Sea Ashore (1936) - Lyda RobertiHollywood Rhythm (1934)The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) - Countess Ysobel de NaigilaGeorge White's 1935 Scandals (1935) - ManyaThree Cornered Moon (1933) - JennyTorch Singer (1933) - Dora NicholsNobody's Baby (1937) - Lena MarchettiDancers in the Dark (1932) - Fanny ZabowolskiPick a Star (1937) - DagmarCollege Rhythm (1934) - MimiMeet the Baron (1933) - College Girl (uncredited)Hill-Tillies (1936) - Lyda Roberti