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Roberta Hyson

1905–1989

United States

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Roberta Hyson (née Roberta Mae Dudley; 1905 in Dallas–1989 in Los Angeles) was an American actress, dancer and singer who appeared in several African-American talkies by the Christie Film Company and played a main role in The Melancholy Dame (1929).

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