Roberta Hyson (née Roberta Mae Dudley;[1] 1905–1989)[2] was an American 20th-century actress, dancer, and singer.[3] She appeared in several all African American-cast early talking films by Christie Film Company,[3] and had a leading role in The Melancholy Dame (1929).[4]
Roberta Mae Dudley was born on March 27, 1905, in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.[3] She died on January 21, 1989, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.[2]
Filmography edit
- Brown Gravy (1929)
- Oft in the Silly Night (1929) as Mezanine Conner[5]
- The Melancholy Dame (1929) as Sappho Dill[3]
- Music Hath Harms (1929) as Zenia Sprowl[6]
- The Framing of the Shrew (1929) as Mallissie Cheese
- The Lady Fare (1929) as Miss Eva Mapes[7][8][9]
- Georgia Rose (1930)[10][11] as Helen
References edit
- ^ Ford, Robert (2019-07-24). A Blues Bibliography: Second Edition: Volume 2. Routledge. p. 2017. ISBN 978-1-351-39848-0.
- ^ a b Eagle, Bob L.; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013-05-01). Blues: A Regional Experience. ABC-CLIO. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-313-34424-4.
- ^ a b c d McCann, Bob (2022-09-23). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4766-9140-4.
- ^ Cripps, Thomas (3 February 1977). Slow Fade to Black. ISBN 9780199878451.
- ^ "Film Archive Oft in the Silly Night". 20's Jazz.
- ^ "Octavus R. Cohen Put Into Talkies". Kenosha News. 1929-04-15. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ "Roberta Hyson in hot numbers". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. 1929-08-02. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ Levette, Harry (1934-03-02). ""Them Wuz The Days" When The Colored Actors Were Busy". California Eagle. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ ""Lady Fare" to Be Fun And Music Riot". The Black Dispatch. 1929-07-11. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ "Starring in "Georgia Rose"". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1930-09-20. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
- ^ Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. American Film Institute. University of California Press. 1997. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
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