
Born
May 20, 1906
Died
December 3, 1938
Place of Birth
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…

Wide Open Faces
1938

Pick a Star
1937

Nobody's Baby
1937

Hill-Tillies
1936

At Sea Ashore
1936

The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935

George White's 1935 Scandals
1935

College Rhythm
1934
Hollywood Rhythm
1934

Meet the Baron
1933

Torch Singer
1933

Three Cornered Moon
1933

The Kid from Spain
1932

Million Dollar Legs
1932

Dancers in the Dark
1932
The Roof Garden Revue
1929