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Lillian Roth is a Actor and Book American born on 13 december 1910 at Boston (USA)

Lillian Roth

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Birth name Lillian Rutstein
Nationality USA
Birth 13 december 1910 at Boston (USA)
Death 12 may 1980 (at 69 years) at New York City (USA)

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 as Roth.

Biography

Alors enfant, sa famille s'installe à New York et elle débute ainsi au théâtre à Broadway dans quatre pièces, la première en 1917 (à six ans), la dernière en 1920 (à neuf ans). Puis elle retourne sur les planches new-yorkaises à partir de seize ans, dans quatre revues représentées entre 1927 et 1931, où elle joue et chante sous le pseudonyme de Lillian Roth.

Au cinéma, elle contribue dans un premier temps à vingt-et-un films américains (dont des courts métrages musicaux), sortis de 1929 à 1939. Parmi ses longs métrages de cette période, mentionnons Parade d'amour d'Ernst Lubitsch (1929, avec Maurice Chevalier et Jeanette MacDonald), Madame Satan de Cecil B. DeMille (1930, avec Kay Johnson et Reginald Denny), L'Explorateur en folie de Victor Heerman (1930, avec les Marx Brothers), ainsi que Ladies They Talk About d'Howard Bretherton et William Keighley (1933, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Preston Foster).

Confrontée dès les années 1930 à un alcoolisme chronique, elle publie en 1954 son autobiographie titrée I'll Cry Tomorrow. Celle-ci est portée à l'écran dans un film de Daniel Mann, sorti en 1955 sous le même titre original (titre français : Une femme en enfer), avec Susan Hayward personnifiant l'actrice — qui publie une seconde autobiographie en 1958 —.

À la télévision, outre des prestations comme elle-même, Lilian Roth collabore à trois séries de 1955 à 1957, la dernière étant Playhouse 90 (un épisode).

Elle revient à Broadway à l'occasion de deux comédies musicales ; la première en 1962 est I Can Get It for You Wholesale , mise en scène par Arthur Laurents, sur une musique et des lyrics d'Harold Rome, avec Marilyn Cooper, Elliott Gould, Jack Kruschen et Barbra Streisand ; la seconde en 1971 est 70, Girls, 70 , sur une musique de John Kander et des lyrics de Fred Ebb, avec Hans Conried et Mildred Natwick.

Enfin, Lillian Roth tourne trois ultimes films américains, le premier étant Alice, Douce Alice d'Alfred Cole, sorti en 1976. Ses deux derniers sortent en 1979. Elle meurt l'année suivante (1980) d'une hémorragie cérébrale.

Pour sa contribution au cinéma, une étoile lui est dédiée sur le Walk of Fame d'Hollywood Boulevard.

Best films

I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
(Book)
The Love Parade (1930)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lillian Roth (13 films)

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Actress

Alice, Sweet Alice, 1h38
Directed by Alfred Sole
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about religion, Serial killer films
Actors Linda Miller, Lillian Roth, Brooke Shields, Louisa Horton Hill, Sally Anne Golden
Roles Pathologist
Rating63% 3.1997553.1997553.1997553.1997553.199755
The film is set in Paterson, New Jersey in the early 1960s. Catherine Spages (Linda Miller) is visiting Father Tom (Rudolph Willrich) with her two daughters, who both attend St. Michael's Parish Girls' School: 9-year-old Karen (Brooke Shields) and 12-year-old Alice (Paula Sheppard). Karen is preparing for her First Communion and Father Tom gives her his mother's crucifix as a gift. A jealous Alice puts on a creepy, translucent grinning mask, frightening Mrs. Tredoni (Mildred Clinton), Father Tom's housekeeper. Later, Alice steals Karen's porcelain doll and lures her into an abandoned building with it. She jumps out and scares Karen with the grinning mask and locks her in a room. When she lets her out she tells her that if anyone finds out, she'll never see the doll again.
Ladies They Talk About, 1h9
Directed by Howard Bretherton, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Lillian Roth, Maude Eburne
Roles Linda
Rating65% 3.293683.293683.293683.293683.29368
Nan Taylor (Barbara Stanwyck) is a member of a gang of bank robbers, posing as an regular customer to distract the security guard while her accomplices take the money. Her cover is blown by a policeman who had arrested her before, and she is arrested. Reform-minded radio star David Slade (Preston Foster) falls in love with her and gets her released as a favor from District Attorney Simpson (Robert McWade). However, when she confesses that she is guilty, Simpson has her imprisoned.
Take a Chance, 1h22
Directed by Monte Brice
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors James Dunn, June Knight, Lillian Roth, Cliff Edwards, Lilian Bond, Dorothy Lee
Roles Wanda Hill
Rating63% 3.172823.172823.172823.172823.17282
The Love Parade, 1h47
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Roth, Lupino Lane, Lionel Belmore, Eugene Pallette
Roles Lulu
Rating69% 3.494413.494413.494413.494413.49441
Count Alfred, military attaché to the Sylvanian Embassy in Paris, is ordered back to Sylvania to report to Queen Louise for a reprimand following a string of scandals, including an affair with the ambassador's wife. In the meantime Queen Louise, ruler of Sylvania in her own right, is royally fed-up with her subjects' preoccupation with whom she will marry.
Animal Crackers, 1h37
Directed by Victor Heerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Lillian Roth, Margaret Dumont
Roles Arabella Rittenhouse
Rating73% 3.695973.695973.695973.695973.69597
The basic plot concerns Groucho, as explorer Captain Geoffrey (or Jeffrey) T. ("The 'T.' stands for Edgar.") Spaulding, attending a party in his honor at the estate of society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse, and investigating the theft of a valuable painting during the party.
Madam Satan, 1h56
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, Roland Young, Boyd Irwin, Wilfred Lucas
Roles Trixie
Rating62% 3.145853.145853.145853.145853.14585
Socialite Angela Brooks (Kay Johnson) discovers that her husband Bob (Reginald Denny) is cheating on her with Trixie (Lillian Roth).
The Vagabond King, 1h44
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Ludwig Berger, Ludwig Berger
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, O. P. Heggie, Lillian Roth, Warner Oland, Tom Ricketts, Arthur Stone
Roles Huguette
Rating54% 2.717612.717612.717612.717612.71761
The story takes place in medieval France. King Louis XI (O. P. Heggie), hoping to enlist the French peasants in his upcoming battle against the Burgundians, appoints François Villon (Dennis King) king of France for one day. Despite being successful against the Burgundians, François Villon is sentenced to hang by King Louis XI for writing derogatory verses about him...
Illusion
Illusion (1929)
, 1h24
Directed by Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Kay Francis, Regis Toomey, Eugenie Besserer
Roles Revolutionary Rhythm Dance Specialty
Rating70% 3.515913.515913.515913.515913.51591

Scriptwriter

I'll Cry Tomorrow, 1h57
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert, Margo, Jo Van Fleet, Don Taylor
Roles Book
Rating71% 3.5929953.5929953.5929953.5929953.592995
Eight-year-old Lillian Roth (Carole Ann Campbell) is constantly pushed by her domineering stage mom, Katie (Jo Van Fleet), to audition and act even though she is merely a child. One day, Katie finally secures an opportunity in Chicago, which leads to Lillian, now older (Susan Hayward), to having a successful musical career. Even though 20 years have passed, Katie is still managing Lillian as well as running her life and career choices.