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Lulu Roman (born Bertha Louise Hable on May 6, 1946, in Dallas, Texas) is a comedian and singer. She is probably best known as a regular on the comedy-music show Hee Haw (1969). Roman was born with a thyroid dysfunction in a home for unwed mothers and placed in an orphanage Buckner Orphans Home.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Official biography )〕 She attended W.W. Samuell High School in Dallas, graduating in 1964.〔Marilyn Johnson Chase. "It's no joke: `Hee Haw' star stays busy," ''The Dallas Morning News'', December 9, 1990, page 1R.〕 During her stint on ''Hee Haw'', she went through a bout of drug addiction. She cleaned up and converted to Christianity, after which she began singing.〔 This led to a career as a singer of Southern Gospel music; Roman has recorded several albums, although she never trained as a singer.〔 In 1999 Lulu Roman was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame with fellow artists Andy Griffith, Barbara Mandrell, David L. Cook, Gary S. Paxton, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Snow and Jody Miller.〔(Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame ) Roman is inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame〕 Roman continues to perform music and stand-up comedy and also enjoys working with Compassion International, a child-development organization. Her project "Seven Times" hit the number two spot on Cash Box in 2010. A new album of musical standards titled ''At Last'' was released on January 15, 2013.〔''American Profile''〕 The album, produced by Chris Barnes and Larry Ferguson for Homesick Entertainment, features duets with Dolly Parton, T. Graham Brown, Linda Davis, and George Jones.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dollyon-line.com/news/2012/07/07/dolly-sings-on-lulu-romans-new-album/ )〕 ==External links== * (Official Internet site ); accessed April 21, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lulu Roman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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