1. At the age of six, Lillian Roth was taken by her mother to Educational Pictures, where she became the company's trademark, symbolized by a living statue holding a lamp of knowledge.
22 Facts About Lillian Roth
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Lillian Roth attended the Professional Children's School in New York City with classmates Ruby Keeler and Milton Berle.
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In 1917, Lillian Roth made her Broadway debut as the character Flossie in The Inner Man.
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Lillian Roth entered the Clark School of Concentration in the early 1920s.
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Lillian Roth appeared in Artists and Models in 1923 and Revels with Frank Fay.
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The 13-year-old Lillian Roth lied to the show's producers, telling them that she was 19 years old.
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In 1927, at the age of 17, Lillian Roth returned to Broadway to perform in the first of three Earl Carroll Vanities, which was followed by Midnight Frolics, a Florenz Ziegfeld production.
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Lillian Roth took Ethel Merman's stage role in the film version of Take a Chance, singing "Eadie Was a Lady".
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Lillian Roth headlined the Palace Theatre in New York and performed in the Earl Carroll Vanities in 1928,1931 and 1932.
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Friends accused her of forsaking Judaism; however, in her autobiography, Lillian Roth explained that although her parents had believed in God, she and her sister had not been brought up with a religious foundation.
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In February 1953, Lillian Roth appeared on an episode of the television series This Is Your Life, hosted by Ralph Edwards, and related her story of alcoholism.
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In 1962, Lillian Roth was featured as Elliott Gould's mother in the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale, in which Barbra Streisand made her Broadway debut.
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Lillian Roth remained with the show for its full run of 301 performances and recorded the cast album for Columbia Records.
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In 1965, Lillian Roth was featured as Rose Brice in the national touring company of Funny Girl, again receiving top billing.
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Lillian Roth wrote her autobiography I'll Cry Tomorrow with author-collaborator Gerold Frank in 1954, and a softened version of the story became the basis of a hit film of the same title the following year, starring Susan Hayward, who was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Lillian Roth recorded four songs for the Coral label, which were followed by an LP for Epic and another for Tops.
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Lillian Roth headlined a vaudeville revival at the Palace Theatre on Broadway.
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In 1958, Lillian Roth published a second book, Beyond My Worth, which was not as successful as its predecessor.
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Lillian Roth tried to reinvent herself as a major concert and nightclub performer.
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Lillian Roth appeared at venues in Las Vegas and New York's Copacabana and was a popular attraction in Australia.
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Lillian Roth divorced her first husband in 1932 after 13 months of marriage.
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Lillian Roth returned to Broadway in 1971 in the Kander and Ebb musical 70, Girls, 70 and played a pathologist in the 1976 cult horror film Alice, Sweet Alice.