Lyda Roberti

Acting

Born: 1906-05-20 · 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 a…