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6.2Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
Released: 1955-12-25117 minDir: Daniel MannDrama
Cast
- Susan Hayward as Lillian Roth
- Richard Conte as Tony Bardeman
- Eddie Albert as Burt McGuire
- Jo Van Fleet as Katie Roth
- Don Taylor as Wallie
- Ray Danton as David Tredman
Themes
- marriage
- divorce
- alcoholic
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1950s biographical drama films1955 American films1955 drama films1955 English-language films1955 filmsAmerican biographical drama filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsBiographical films about actorsCultural depictions of actorsCultural depictions of American peopleEnglish-language biographical drama filmsFilms about alcoholism