- Born
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- Birth nameRoberta Peterman
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Roberta Peters was born on May 4, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for City Hall (1996), The Captive (2014) and Die Zauberflöte (1964). She was married to Bertram Fields and Robert Merrill. She died on January 18, 2017 in Rye, New York, USA.
- SpousesBertram Fields(April 10, 1955 - December 23, 2010) (his death, 2 children)Robert Merrill(March 30, 1952 - June 26, 1952) (divorced)
- She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1998 from the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, DC.
- Made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1950 at the age of 19 as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
- Appeared on the Ed Sullivan show (The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)) a record 65 times.
- World famous opera soprano.
- The daughter of Ruth (Hersch) and Solomon Peterman, Roberta Peters was of Russian Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent.
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