Imitation of Life

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

125 mins
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.

Lana Turner

Lora Meredith

John Gavin

Steve Archer

Juanita Moore

Annie Johnson

Sandra Dee

Susie (16)

Susan Kohner

Sarah Jane (18)

Robert Alda

Allen Loomis

Dan O'Herlihy

David Edwards

Karin Dicker

Sarah Jane (8)

Terry Burnham

Susie (6)

John Vivyan

Young man

Lee Goodman

Photographer

Ann Robinson

Showgirl

Sandra Gould

Receptionist

David Tomack

Mr. McKenney

Jack Weston

Stage manager

Billy House

Fat Man on Beach

Mahalia Jackson

Choir Soloist

Bess Flowers

Geraldine Moore (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Party Guest

Alex Ball

Audience Member

George Barrows

Furniture Mover

Chet Brandenburg

Man at Coney Island

Teddy Buckner

Marching Band Member

Steve Carruthers

Actor at Audition

Paul Cristo

Show Spectator

Joe Darensbourg

Marching Band Member

Mike De Lay

Marching Band Member

Elinor Donahue

Lora's Friend

Adolf Eichmann

Himself (Archive Footage)

Cicely Evans

Louis Morton

Myrna Fahey

Iris Dawn

George Ford

Show Spectator (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

Watchman

Eddie Parker

Cop at Funeral

Waclaw Rekwart

Restaurant Patron

Cosmo Sardo

Audience Member

Jeffrey Sayre

Audience Member

Cap Somers

Truck Driver

Ted Thorpe

Dog Owner

Napoleon Whiting

Kenneth, Lora's Butler

Rodney Bieber

Moulin Rouge Dancer

Russell Metty

Director of Photography

Ross Hunter

Producer

Douglas Sirk

Director

Allan Scott

Screenplay

Clifford Stine

Visual Effects

Frank Skinner

Original Music Composer

Jean Louis

Costume Designer

Alexander Golitzen

Art Direction

Richard H. Riedel

Art Direction

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Julia Heron

Set Decoration

Bill Thomas

Costume Designer

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Larry Germain

Hairstylist

Frank Shaw

Assistant Director

Earl Grant

Theme Song Performance

Joseph Gershenson

Music Supervisor

Eddie Pyle

Camera Operator

Henry Mancini

Original Music Composer

Del Armstrong

Makeup Artist

Nick Marcellino

Makeup Artist

Lynn F. Reynolds

Makeup Artist

LaVaughn Speer

Hairstylist

Pat Westmore

Hairstylist

Norman Deming

Production Manager

Wilson Shyer

Assistant Director

Ledge Haddow

Assistant Camera

Rollie Lane

Still Photographer

Roy Vaughn

Assistant Camera

Martha Bunch

Wardrobe Master

Rydo Loshak

Wardrobe Master

Rosamonde Lytele

Wardrobe Master

Ethmer Roten

Musician

Wayne Fitzgerald

Title Designer

Don Morgan

Unit Publicist

Luanna Sherman

Script Supervisor

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