Amanda Peterson

Peterson's father is a doctor who specializes in otolaryngology. Roberti died from a heart attack while bending to tie her shoelace. She has acted in about 16 different movies and television shows. She began to work less frequently although two days before her death she performed a radio show with Al Jolson. Peterson went on to make other movies, none of which have achieved the box-office success of Can't Buy me Love. Roberti replaced Thelma Todd in a couple of films after the death of Todd, but her health was failing due to heart disease. Amanda Peterson and Patrick Dempsey subsequently appeared on covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many others for a considerable amount of time. In Roberta (1935), Ginger Rogers played the role that Roberti had originated on Broadway, with reviewers commenting that Rogers' performance was a completely accurate imitation of Roberti's idiosyncratic speech and mannerisms.

Prior to that, Peterson had a starring role in The Explorers, and she also acted with Robert De Niro. She found success as a comedienne and was also popular as a singer on radio. Peterson and co-star Patrick Dempsey obtained teen idol status after the release of the 1987 movie. Her sexy but playful characterisations, along the unusual accent she had acquired during her years in Europe and Asia, made her popular with audiences. Amanda Peterson (born July 8, 1971 in Greeley, Colorado) is an actress who gained much fame during the late 1980s, when she portrayed Cindy Mancini, a Tucson, Arizona high-school student, in the movie Can't Buy me Love. She moved to Hollywood and during the 1930s played in a string of films. She made her Broadway debut in You Said It in 1931, and with its success became an overnight sensation.

They moved to the United States in the late 1920s where Roberti began singing in nightclubs. As the family toured Europe and Asia, Roberti's mother left her husband, settling in Shanghai, China where the younger Roberti earned money singing. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Roberti was the daughter of a clown and as a child performed in the circus as a trapeze artist, and as a singer on vaudeville. Lyda Roberti (May 20, 1906 - March 12, 1938) was a film actress.