TY - GEN N2 - The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence. AB - The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence. T1 - Imitation of life DA - c2002. CY - Universal City, Calif. : AU - Hunter, Ross. AU - Griffin, Eleanore. AU - Scott, Allan, AU - Sirk, Douglas, AU - Turner, Lana, AU - Gavin, John, AU - Dee, Sandra. AU - O'Herlihy, Dan, AU - Kohner, Susan, AU - Alda, Robert. AU - Moore, Juanita. AU - Jackson, Mahalia, AU - Metty, Russell. AU - Carruth, Milton. AU - Skinner, Frank. AU - Hurst, Fannie, ET - Widescreen version. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - Universal Studios Home Video, PP - Universal City, Calif. : LA - eng LA - English dialogue, Spanish or French subtitles; Closed-captioned. PY - c2002. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. N1 - Based on the novel by Fannie Hurst. ID - 345071 KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Passing (Identity) SN - 0783276702 SN - 9780783276700 TI - Imitation of life ER -