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"Imitation of Life" quotes

Imitation of Life poster
An aspiring white actress takes in an African-American widow whose mixed-race daughter is desperate to be seen as white.

Director: Douglas Sirk
Writer: Eleanore Griffin, Allan Scott, Fannie Hurst
Production: N/A
Genre: drama
Year: 1959
MetaScore: 87/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 20 Mar 1959
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 7 nominations total

14 video clips

Lora MeredithSarah JaneShowgirl
How do you explain to your child she was born to be hurt - Imitation of Life 00:09 How do you explain to your child she was born to be hurt It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything - Imitation of Life 00:28 It's only because of my ambition that you've had... You're aiming high - Imitation of Life 00:17 You're aiming high Fetched y'all up a mess 'a crawdads - Imitation of Life 00:23 Fetched y'all up a mess 'a crawdads What about my bones - Imitation of Life 00:12 What about my bones You had a mammy - Imitation of Life 00:14 You had a mammy It never occurred to me that you had many friends - Imitation of Life 00:28 It never occurred to me that you had many friends Well I'm going up and up and up and nobody's going to pull me down - Imitation of Life 00:12 Well I'm going up and up and up and nobody's going... We just come from a place where - Imitation of Life 00:19 We just come from a place where You weren't being colored - Imitation of Life 00:08 You weren't being colored I'd be happy knowin' you're meetin' nice young folks - Imitation of Life 00:39 I'd be happy knowin' you're meetin' nice... You don't know what it means to be - Imitation of Life 00:17 You don't know what it means to be I wouldn't be caught dead in a colored teachers' college - Imitation of Life 00:05 I wouldn't be caught dead in a colored teachers'... I'm somebody else - Imitation of Life 00:15 I'm somebody else

Cast

Lora Meredith - Lana Turner
Steve Archer - John Gavin
Susie (16) - Sandra Dee
Sarah Jane (18) - Susan Kohner
Allen Loomis - Robert Alda
All Cast