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name: "Lillian Roth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lillian-roth"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 December 1910"
died: "12 May 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T21:40:06.053847+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lillian Roth

Actor. Born 13 December 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 12 May 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 December 1910, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 12 May 1980
- **Also known as:** Lillian Rutstein
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Roth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136920

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Love Parade*](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md) (76)

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## Biography

Lillian Roth, also credited as Lillian Rutstein, was an American singer and actress. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she made her Broadway debut at the age of six and attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. She appeared in vaudeville and stage revues before signing with Paramount Pictures.

Roth featured in early sound films including *The Love Parade* (1929) as Lulu, *Animal Crackers* (1930), *The Vagabond King* (1930), *Honey* (1930) and *Madame Satan* (1930). Her later screen roles included *Ladies They Talk About* (1933) and *Alice, Sweet Alice* (1976). Her autobiography *I'll Cry Tomorrow* (1954) was adapted into a 1955 film starring Susan Hayward.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Love Parade* (1929), Fi1m 76, as Lulu — [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Girls Behind Bars* (2005), as Linda (archive footage)
- *Alice, Sweet Alice* (1976), as Pathologist
- *Child of Trouble* (1957), as Irene Contino
- *I'll Cry Tomorrow* (1955), Book
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *With Best Dishes* (1939), as Singer
- *Masks and Memories* (1934), as Julie
- *Story Conference* (1934), as Lillian Roth
- *Take a Chance* (1933), as Wanda Hill
- *Ladies They Talk About* (1933), as Linda
- *Naughty-Cal* (1932), as Lillian
- *Sea Legs* (1930), as Adrienne
- *Madam Satan* (1930), as Trixie
- *Animal Crackers* (1930), as Arabella Rittenhouse
- *Meet the Boy Friend* (1930), as Lillian
- *Honey* (1930), as Cora Falkner
- *The Vagabond King* (1930), as Huguette
- *The Love Parade* (1929), as Lulu — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-parade.md)
- *Pershing's Crusaders* (1918), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Lillian Roth, film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1929)](https://film.one/media/person/1224876/gallery-df4076f34b26.jpg) Lillian Roth, film actress Subjects (LCTGM): actresses (1929) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Lillian_Roth%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8661%29.jpg/1280px-Lillian_Roth%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_8661%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sea Legs Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1224876/gallery-a711b75a1576.jpg) Sea Legs Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures (1930) — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Sea_Legs_%28SAYRE_15797%29.jpg/1280px-Sea_Legs_%28SAYRE_15797%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lillian Roth](https://film.one/media/person/1224876/gallery-5d8d3168eba5.jpg) Lillian Roth — Image via TMDB

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