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 "disco...
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Torch Singer
As Dora Nichols
Three-Cornered Moon
As Jenny
Pick a Star
As Dagmar
The Kid from Spain
As Rosalie
Million Dollar Legs
As Mata Machree
Nobody's Baby
As Lena Marchetti
The Big Broadcast of 1936
As Countess Ysobel de Naigila
George White's 1935 Scandals
As Manya
Wide Open Faces
As Kitty Fredericks
Dancers in the Dark
As Fanny Zabowolski
The Roof Garden Revue
As Herself
At Sea Ashore
As Lyda Roberti
Hill-Tillies
As Lyda Roberti
Meet the Baron
As College Girl (uncredited)
College Rhythm
As Mimi
Hollywood Rhythm