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)