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Imitation of Life (1959) is an American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal International. It was Sirk's final Hollywood film and dealt with issues of race, class and gender.
Imitation of Life: Directed by Douglas Sirk. With Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Susan Kohner. An aspiring white actress takes in an African American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.
Two mothers, one white, one black, face problems with their rebellious daughters.
Imitation of Life. A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Imitation of Life (1959) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Living a lie is a poor substitute for living the truth - sometimes it takes the harsh realties of life to help us discover who we truly are. 7,524 IMDb 7.8 2 h 5 min 1959. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Emotional · Sad · Touching. Available to rent or buy.
Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a white single mother who dreams of being on Broadway, has a chance encounter with Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black widow. Annie becomes the caretaker of Lora's...
Widow Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) and her daughter, Jessie, take in a fair-skinned black girl and her mother, housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers). Struggling to make ends meet ...
In Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life—adapted from a 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst and filmed previously in 1934—Lana Turner and Juanita Moore star as Lora Meredith and Annie Johnson, single mothers...
The legendary Lana Turner stars in this 1959 version of Fannie Hurst's emotionally-charged drama, which chronicles two widows and their troubled daughters as they struggle to find...
