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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.
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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.
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- Drama
- Douglas Sirk
- 1959-03-20
A widow and her daughter hire a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter, who face identity and racial issues as they become wealthy and successful. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Oscar-winning film.
- (5.7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John M. Stahl
- 1934-11-26
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 ...
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- Claudette Colbert
- John M. Stahl
- Drama
A romantic drama based on Fannie Hurst's novel, starring Lana Turner and Sandra Dee as two mothers with different racial backgrounds. The film explores the themes of identity, racism, and mother-daughter relationships.
- Douglas Sirk, Frank Shaw, Wilson Shyer
- Lana Turner
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...
- (33)
- Drama
Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst 's 1933 novel of the same name , was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne . [1]
