Imitation of Life is a 1934 American melodrama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on the 1933 novel by Fannie Hurst, was augmented by eight additional uncredited
Theatrical release poster
Claudette Colbert in a publicity still of the film.
Louise Beavers and Colbert in a still of the film.
Fredi Washington
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Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington was an American stage and film actress, civil rights activist, performer, and writer. Washington was of African American descent and was one of the first Black Am
Imitation of Life (1934 film)
…uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Fredi Washington and Louise Beavers. The film was originally released by Universal Pictures on November 26, 1934, and re-released in 1936. A 1959 remake was directed…
Washington in Imitation of Life, 1934
Louise Beavers and Fredi Washington in Imitation of Life (1934)
Washington (left) at the opening of the Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem (April 14, 1936)