Lyle Tayo

{{short description|American actress (1889–1971)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Lyle Tayo

| image = Yes, Yes, Nanette02.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Tayo in Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)

| birth_name = Lyle Minnie Shipman

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|01|19}}

| birth_place = Elmdale, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|05|02|1889|01|19}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| burial_place = Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery

| othername = Lyle Barton

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1921–1948

}}

Lyle Tayo (born Lyle Minnie Shipman; January 19, 1889 – May 2, 1971), aka Lyle Barton, was an American film actress who appeared in more than 50 films between 1921 and 1948, appearing in many short comedies at the Hal Roach Studios, several in support of Laurel and Hardy.{{Cite book |last=Vazzana |first=Eugene Michael |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Silent_Film_Necrology/iqIYAQAAIAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Lyle+Tayo+silent&dq=Lyle+Tayo+silent&printsec=frontcover |title=Silent Film Necrology |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1059-0 |language=en}} Born in Elmdale, Kansas, she and her elder sister, Birleen (or Birdeen), were raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Tayo died in 1971, aged 82, and is interred in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.