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Lyda Roberti (née Pecjak; May 20, 1906 – March 13, 1938) was an American singer and stage and film actress. (According to the opening credits of "The Big Broadcast of 1936," Lyda is pronounced LEE-duh.)
Lyda Roberti (1906-1938) was a Polish-born actress and singer who starred in comedy and musical films in the 1930s. She had a distinctive accent, a fractured English, and a tragic life story that ended with a heart attack at age 31.
Lyda Roberti, film actress, died today in her apartment of a heart attack. She was 32 years old and had been in poor health for the last two years., The heart ailment she suffered...
Lyda Roberti was a Polish-born comedienne and singer who performed in vaudeville, radio, and film. She starred in 8 comedy and musical films from 1932 to 1935, and died of heart disease at age 31.
Quick Reference. (1906–1938). Stage performer. A platinum blonde who excelled at playing man-hungry females, she made some memorable appearances in 1930s musicals before her premature death. Roberti was born in Warsaw, Poland ... From: Roberti, Lyda in The Oxford Companion to the American Musical ».
Lyda's unforgettable stage and screen character was a sexy blonde whose charming accent and uninhibited man-chasing were played for hilarious laughs. From 1932-35 she made 8 comedy and musical...
This brilliant blonde stage comic went on to appear in a handful of early 1930s films. Born into a Polish circus family, Roberti spent her youth trouping through Russia, China, Egypt, France and Germany before she and her sisters came to the US in the late 1920s.
