Background
Roman was born with a thyroid dysfunction in a home for unwed mothers and placed in Buckner Orphans Home.
Roman was born with a thyroid dysfunction in a home for unwed mothers and placed in Buckner Orphans Home.
She attended West.W. Samuell High School in Dallas, graduating in 1964.
She is probably best known as a regular on the comedy-music show Hee Haw (1969). During her stint on Hee Haw, she went through a bout of drug addiction. 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 South. Paxton, Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Snow and Jody Miller. Roman continues to perform music and stand-up comedy and also enjoys working with Compassion International, a child-development organization.
A new album of musical standards titled At Last was released on January 15, 2013. 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.