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.

American singer and actress who appeared in Animal Crackers and Madam Satan in 1930. Lillian Roth was born in Boston. She became the trademark of Educational Pictures when she was six years old. She was raised Jewish until she converted to Catholicism in 1948. She appeared in The Love Parade in 1929.

Actress-singer Lillian Roth is probably remembered more for her fall from grace than for her successful performing career, which included vaudeville, the Broadway stage, and early sound movies.

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, born Lillian Rutstein, and nicknamed Butterfingers, was a Jewish-American actress born the 13th of December 1910. Named after a famous singer at the time, Lillian Russell, the young vaudeville star, beginning her career in the Keith-Orpheum circuit, seemed destined for a life in the spotlight.

Lillian Roth was an actress and singer who overcame a serious addiction to alcohol. She was born Lillian Rutstein on December 13, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her ambitious mother, Katie Rutstein, was determined to make her a star. Lillian attended the Professional Children's School in New York City.

Lillian Roth was an American singer and actress. She worked for Paramount Pictures for seven years.

Dec 13, 2012 · That person was Lillian Roth, and she did it in 1953 before 40 million Americans on a live broadcast of the hit television series, “This Is Your Life.” Born to parents who thrust Lillian and her sister Anne into performing careers, she debuted on Broadway at age six, in a Florenz Ziegfeld stage musical at 17, and in a film musical with ...

Oct 31, 2014 · Lillian Roth (1910-80) wasn't the first performer to struggle with alcoholism and mental illness. But she was, arguably, the first one to make her fight public and reignite her career in the process, long before the world had heard of Shia LaBeouf or Lindsay Lohan.