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 KohnerSarah Jane (18)
- Dan O'HerlihyDavid Edwards
- Chet BrandenburgMan at Coney Island
- Bess FlowersGeraldine Moore (uncredited)
- Lana TurnerLora Meredith
- Troy DonahueFrankie
- Napoleon WhitingKenneth, Lora's Butler
- Juanita MooreAnnie Johnson
- John GavinSteve Archer
- Mahalia JacksonChoir Soloist
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