Imitation of Life

==Imitation of Life==
1959, directed by Douglas Sirk
(IMDB Link) IMDB Summary: 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.
*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
*Terry Burnham - Susie, 6
*John Vivyan - Young Man
*Lee Goodman - Photographer
*Ann Robinson - Showgirl
*Troy Donahue - Frankie
*Sandra Gould - Annette
*David Tomack - Mr. McKenney
*Joel Fluellen - Minister
*Jack Weston - Tom
*Billy House - Fat Man on Beach
*Maida Severn - Teacher
*Than Wyenn - Romano
*Peg Shirley - Fay
*Mahalia Jackson - Choir Soloist
*Frank Baker - Party Guest (uncredited)
*George Barrows - Furniture Mover (uncredited)
*Chuckie Bradley - Bit Part (uncredited)
*Paul Bradley - Preston Mitchell (uncredited)
*Teddy Buckner - Marching Band Member (uncredited)
*George Calliga - Security (uncredited)
*Steve Carruthers - Actor at Audition (uncredited)
*Richard Collier - McKinney (uncredited)
*Paul Cristo - Show Spectator (uncredited)
*Joe Darensbourg - Marching Band Member (uncredited)
*Robert Darin - Waiter (uncredited)
*Mike De Lay - Marching Band Member (uncredited)
*Elinor Donahue - Lora's Friend (uncredited)
*Alphonso DuBois - Audience Member (uncredited)
*Cicely Evans - Louise Morton (uncredited)
*Myrna Fahey - Iris Dawn (uncredited)
*Bess Flowers - Geraldine Moore (uncredited)
*George Ford - Show Spectator (uncredited)
*Paul Gustine - Bit Part (uncredited)
*Tedd Hadfield - Cop (uncredited)
*Shep Houghton - Bit Part (uncredited)
*Lynne Hunter - Teacher (uncredited)
*Nelson Leigh - Doctor (uncredited)
*Paul Levitt - Waiter (uncredited)
*Leota Lorraine - Bit Part (uncredited)
*John Marlowe - Bit Part (uncredited)
*John McNamara - Doctor (uncredited)
*Joseph Mell - Watchman (uncredited)
*Forbes Murray - Bit Part (uncredited)
*Eddie Parker - Cop at Funeral (uncredited)
*Waclaw Rekwart - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
*Cosmo Sardo - Audience Member (uncredited)
*Jeffrey Sayre - Audience Member (uncredited)
*Eddie Smith - Funeral Onlooker (uncredited)
*Cap Somers - Truck Driver (uncredited)
*Norman Stevans - Bit Part (uncredited)
*Ted Thorpe - Dog Owner (uncredited)
*Jeanne Westmore - Bit Part (uncredited)
*Napoleon Whiting - Kenneth, Lora's Butler (uncredited)
Category:New york
Category:1959
Category:Montage
Category:Actress
Category:Theater
Category:Racism
Category:Coney Island
Category:Mothers and Daughters