13 Facts About Roberta Sherwood

Roberta Sherwood was an American singer, notable in part for her sudden rise to fame at the age of 43.

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 Sherwood was usually described as a torch singer; she appeared on stage in a sweater and glasses, and used a cymbal held in her hand for accompaniment.

Roberta Sherwood appeared four times on The Ed Sullivan Show and on many other variety shows of the late 1950s.

Roberta Sherwood appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show, as a singer.

Roberta Sherwood was interviewed by Edward R Murrow on Person to Person.

Roberta Sherwood appeared with her sons on a memorable 1964 Lucy Show with Lucille Ball as well as The Donna Reed Shows 4th-season episode "Donna Meets Roberta".

Todon Productions, Donna Reed's production company, used the end of that episode to introduce the pilot of Roberta Sherwood's own show, which co-starred Gale Gordon but never aired.

Roberta Sherwood continued to headline nightclubs into the late 1970s and toured in a variety show with Cyd Charisse, Anna Maria Alberghetti, and others in 1980.

Roberta Sherwood received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Film Welfare League in 1985.

Roberta Sherwood continued performing in the Los Angeles area well into the early 1990s and recorded a final album, "The Tribute Collection", in 1992, produced by her son Don.

Roberta Sherwood is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Roberta Sherwood had roles on soap operas such as Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow and Texas.