Roberta Sherwood (July 1, 1913 – July 5, 1999) was an American singer, notable in part for her sudden rise to fame at the age of 43. == Early life and rise to stardom == Roberta's father Robert Sherwood was the manager of a traveling minstrel show; she and her sister Anne were raised on the road after their mother died. Roberta started performing in vaudeville at age 11, and the sisters soon became a vaudeville and nightclub act. In... [more on Wikipedia]