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.

"The frank, revealing story of Lillian Roth's life! Best-seller now a film sensation."

Credits

Daniel MannDirector

Susan HaywardLillian Roth

Richard ConteTony Bardeman

Eddie AlbertBurt McGuire

Jo Van FleetKatie Roth