Imitation of Life
- Released on
Drama, Romance
•- Runtime
- 111 mins
(82 votes)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Cast
- Claudette Colbert
- Warren William
- Rochelle Hudson
- Ned Sparks
- Louise Beavers
- Fredi Washington
- Juanita Quigley
- Alan Hale
- Henry Armetta
- Wyndham Standing
- Monya Andre
- Alyce Ardell
- William Austin
- Dorothy Black
- Edna Bowdoin
- Tyler Brooke
- Daisy Bufford
- Joyce Compton
- William B. Davidson
- Sayre Dearing
- Norma Drew
- Jean Fenwick
- Noel Francis
- Paullyn Garner
- Dick Gordon
- Jesse Graves
- Reverend Gregg
- Sebie Hendricks
- G.P. Huntley
- Stuart Johnston
- Marcia Mae Jones
- Tiny Jones
- Marilyn Knowlden
- Henry Kolker
- Lenita Lane
- Curry Lee
- Bessie Lyle
- Hattie McDaniel
- Claire McDowell
- Harold Miller
- Julius Molnar
- Bert Moorhouse
- Edmund Mortimer
- David Newell
- Barry Norton
- Edgar Norton
- Dennis O'Keefe
- Franklin Pangborn
- Paul Porcasi
- Hayes Robinson
- Ronald R. Rondell
- Gay Seabrook
- Teru Shimada
- Larry Steers
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan
- Ethel Sykes
- Libby Taylor
- Alma Tell
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
- Martin Turner
- Walter Walker
- Bruce Warren
- Hazel Washington
- Clarence Wilson
- Jane Withers
Director
- John M. Stahl
Producers
- Carl Laemmle Jr.
Screenwriter
- William Hurlbut