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Lyda Roberti (May 20, 1906 in film|1906 - March
12, 1938) was a film actor|actress.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, Roberti was the daughter
of a clown and as a child performed in the circus
as a trapeze artist, and as a singer on
vaudeville.  As the family toured Europe and Asia,
Roberti's mother left her husband, settling in
Shanghai, China where the younger Roberti earned
money singing.  They moved to the United States in
the late 1920s where Roberti began singing in
nightclubs.  She made her Broadway debut in You
Said It in 1931, and with its success became an
overnight sensation.

She moved to Hollywood and during the 1930s played
in a string of films.  Her sexy but playful
characterisations, along the unusual accent she
had acquired during her years in Europe and Asia,
made her popular with audiences.  She found
success as a comedienne and was also popular as a
singer on radio.  In Roberta (1935), Ginger Rogers
played the role that Roberti had originated on
Broadway, with reviewers commenting that Rogers'
performance was a completely accurate imitation of
Roberti's idiosyncratic speech and mannerisms. 

Roberti replaced Thelma Todd in a couple of films
after the death of Todd, but her  health was
failing due to heart disease. She began to work
less frequently although two days before her death
she performed a radio show with Al Jolson.

Roberti died from a heart attack while bending to
tie her shoelace.  

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* imdb name|id=0730739|name=Lyda Roberti