Roberta Hyson (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Roberta Mae Dudley; 1905 in

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–1989 in

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) was an American actress, dancer and singer who appeared in several African-American

talkie A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed befo ...

s by the

Christie Film Company Christie Film Company was an American pioneer motion picture company founded in Hollywood, California by Al Christie and Charles Christie, two brothers from London, Ontario, Canada. It made comedies. While Charles served almost exclusively in ...

and played a main role in ''

The Melancholy Dame ''The Melancholy Dame'' is a 1929 American comedy short film by an African-American cast. Al Christie based it on the Octavus Roy Cohen comedy series called "Darktown Birmingham", published in the ''Saturday Evening Post''. Arvid Gillstrom dire ...

'' (1929).

Filmography

*'' Brown Gravy'' (1929) *''

Oft in the Silly Night ''Oft in the Silly Night'' is an American short comedy film released in 1929. It was produced by Al Christie from a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, part of a series published in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' and adapted to film in Christie productions ...

'' (1929) as Mezanine Conner *''

(1929)'' as Sappho Dill *'' Music Hath Harms'' (1929) as Zenia Sprowl *''

The Framing of the Shrew ''The Framing of the Shrew'' is a 1929 American comedy film. It features an African American cast. It was produced by Al Christie and the story was by Octavus Roy Cohen. It was directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom. The plot depicts a husband who gets ...

'' (1929) as Mallissie Cheese *''

The Lady Fare ''The Lady Fare'' is a 1929 American short comedy film directed by William Watson, based on a story by Octavus Roy Cohen, with screenplay by Spencer Williams (actor), Spencer Williams. It was produced by Christie brothers, Al Christie and filmed b ...

'' (1929) as Miss Eva Mapes *''

Georgia Rose ''Georgia Rose'' was a 1930 film. It was directed by Harry Gant and stars Clarence Brooks. It followed the 1928 film '' Absent'' with Brooks as its star. The film was produced by Aristo Film Corporation and the songwriter was Fred C. Washingt ...

'' (1930) as Helen

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* 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American dancers American female dancers African-American female dancers 20th-century African-American actresses 1905 births 1989 deaths {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub