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Lillian Roth (December 13, 1910 – May 12, 1980) was an American singer and actress. Her life story was told in the 1955 film I'll Cry Tomorrow, in which she was portrayed by Susan Hayward, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
Tragic songstress Lillian Roth (nee Lillian Rutstein) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 13, 1910. She was given her first name in honor of singer Lillian Russell. She was the daughter of stage parents who groomed her and younger sister Ann for stardom at an early age.
- December 13, 1910
- May 12, 1980
Lillian Roth was a singer and actress who starred in musicals like The Love Parade and Animal Crackers. She also wrote a best-selling autobiography about her struggles with alcoholism and became a spokesperson for Alcoholics Anonymous.
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- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Lillian Roth, a singer-actor whose career met with early success but was eventually sidetracked by alcoholism and mental illness, wrote an autobiography that became an international bestseller. At fourteen Roth landed a part in the Shubert show Artists and Models; by seventeen, she was in Ziegfield’s Midnight Follies.
Lillian Roth (December 13, 1910 — May 12, 1980) was an American singer and actress.Her life was portrayed in the movie I'LL CRY TOMORROW staring Susan Haywor...
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Lillian Roth was a child star in vaudeville and Broadway, and a popular singer in early sound movies. She struggled with personal problems and alcoholism for decades, until she wrote her autobiography I'll Cry Tomorrow and made a comeback in the 1970s.
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Mar 9, 2004 · But 50 years ago, when the actress Lillian Roth wrote ''I'll Cry Tomorrow,'' a harrowing account of her descent into alcoholism, celebrities were not in the habit of baring their souls in public.
