Imitation of Life (1959)

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7.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Douglas Sirk

Starring (View all)

Lana Turner
Lora Meredith

John Gavin
Steve Archer

Sandra Dee
Susie (16)

Susan Kohner
Sarah Jane (18)

Robert Alda
Allen Loomis

Dan O'Herlihy
David Edwards

Juanita Moore
Annie Johnson

Karin Dicker
Sarah Jane (8)

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Eleanore Griffin
(screenplay) and

Allan Scott
(screenplay)

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Imitation Of Life-1959

19 years ago at Mar 20 7:23

YourMomChoseLife

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This movie includes a moving performance by Mahalia Jackson, who sings "Trouble Of The World" in the funeral scene.

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A struggling young actress with a six-year-old daughter sets up housekeeping with a homeless black widow and her light-skinned eight-year-old daughter who rejects her mother by trying to pass for white.

Release date: 20 March 1959
UPC: 025192261121

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