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Release Date: 1959

Cast: Sandra Dee, Sandra Gould, Susan Kohner, Karin Dicker, Lee Goodman, David Tomack, Troy Donahue, Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, Terry Burnham, Dan O'Herlihy, John Wayne ...MORE

Cast: Sandra Dee, Sandra Gould, Susan Kohner, Karin Dicker, Lee Goodman, David Tomack, Troy Donahue, Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, Terry Burnham, Dan O'Herlihy, John Wayne, Mahalia Jackson, John Vivyan, Robert Alda, Ann Robinson, John Gavin ...LESS

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Imitation of Life is a 1959 American film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal Pictures, starring Lana Turner and John Gavin and features Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda and Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson appears as a church choir soloist. The film is an adaptation of Fannie Hurst's novel of the same name. It is the second film adaptation of the novel. The first film was released in 1934. In 1947, Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a struggling white widow with aspirations of becoming a famous Broadway... MORE

Imitation of Life is a 1959 American film directed by Douglas Sirk, produced by Ross Hunter and released by Universal Pictures, starring Lana Turner and John Gavin and features Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda and Juanita Moore as Annie Johnson. Gospel music star Mahalia Jackson appears as a church choir soloist. The film is an adaptation of Fannie Hurst's novel of the same name. It is the second film adaptation of the novel. The first film was released in 1934. In 1947, Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), a struggling white widow with aspirations of becoming a famous Broadway actress, loses track of her young daughter Susie at the beach (portrayed as a child by Terry Burnham), and requests the help of a stranger named Steve Archer (John Gavin) to help her find the girl. Susie is found and looked after by Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black divorcee with a daughter, Sarah Jane (portrayed as a child by Karin Dicker), who is about Susie's age and, unlike her mother, is so light-skinned that she can pass for white, which she does with fierce zeal and fervor. In return for her kindness, Lora takes Annie in temporarily. Despite the fact that Lora cannot afford a nanny, LESS