Imitation of Life poster
Screenplay Allan Scott, Eleanore Griffin
Director Douglas Sirk

Imitation of Life

Tagline: Fannie Hurst's best selling novel of today's tormented generation!

Release Date: 1959-10-02

Duration: 125 minutes

Synopsis

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

Casting

  • Susan Kohner
    Sarah Jane (18)
  • Dan O'Herlihy
    David Edwards
  • Chet Brandenburg
    Man at Coney Island
  • Bess Flowers
    Geraldine Moore (uncredited)
  • Lana Turner
    Lora Meredith
  • Troy Donahue
    Frankie
  • Napoleon Whiting
    Kenneth, Lora's Butler
  • Juanita Moore
    Annie Johnson
  • John Gavin
    Steve Archer
  • Mahalia Jackson
    Choir Soloist