Deprived 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.
Cast
Susan Hayward
Lillian Roth
Richard Conte
Tony Bardeman
Eddie Albert
Burt McGuire
Jo Van Fleet
Katie Roth
Don Taylor
Wallie
Ray Danton
David Tredman
Margo
Selma
Virginia Gregg
Ellen
Don 'Red' Barry
Jerry
David Kasday
David as a Child
Carole Ann Campbell
Lillian as a Child
Peter Leeds
Richard
Tol Avery
Fat Man
Timothy Carey
Derelict (uncredited)
Veda Ann Borg
Waitress (uncredited)
Eve McVeagh
Partygoer (uncredited)
Ruth Storey
Marge Belney (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Porter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Nora Marlowe
Nurse (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Audition Director (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Alcoholics Anonymous Patient (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Dock Worker (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Man in TV Audience (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
Party Guest (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Daniel Mann
Director
Helen Deutsch
Screenplay
Jay Richard Kennedy
Screenplay
Lillian Roth
Book
Mike Connolly
Book
Gerold Frank
Book
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Arthur E. Arling
Director of Photography
Al Jennings
Assistant Director
Lawrence Weingarten
Producer
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Designer
John Truwe
Makeup Artist
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Johnny Green
Music Supervisor
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Wesley C. Miller
Recording Supervision
Malcolm Brown
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
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