Beth Lydy (born about â€" February , ), who also used the name Lyda
Betti, was an American actress, operetta singer, writer, educator, and
theatrical producer; she was the wife of violinist and broadcaster
Eddy Brown.Lydy was born in Indiana and raised in Pine Ridge, South
Dakota, where her father John W. Lydy worked as a government teacher
on a Sioux reservation. She and her sister Ruth Lydy attended school
in Frankfort, Indiana, and in Chicago.Lydy's musical stage roles
included Hilma in The Girl from Brazil (); Marlene in Her Soldier Boy
(-), a wartime romance; and the title role in The Rainbow Girl ().
During World War I Lydy performed in a vaudeville show in Greenwich,
Connecticut put on by Stage Women's War Relief. She also contributed a
recipe for "Deviled Crabs" to a celebrity cookbook that raised funds
for the Red Cross.
Betti, was an American actress, operetta singer, writer, educator, and
theatrical producer; she was the wife of violinist and broadcaster
Eddy Brown.Lydy was born in Indiana and raised in Pine Ridge, South
Dakota, where her father John W. Lydy worked as a government teacher
on a Sioux reservation. She and her sister Ruth Lydy attended school
in Frankfort, Indiana, and in Chicago.Lydy's musical stage roles
included Hilma in The Girl from Brazil (); Marlene in Her Soldier Boy
(-), a wartime romance; and the title role in The Rainbow Girl ().
During World War I Lydy performed in a vaudeville show in Greenwich,
Connecticut put on by Stage Women's War Relief. She also contributed a
recipe for "Deviled Crabs" to a celebrity cookbook that raised funds
for the Red Cross.
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