Cast: Mahalia Jackson

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Mahalia Jackson. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021 · Documentary · 117 min. · United States

Direction Questlove

Cast Stevie Wonder · B.B. King · Nina Simone · Abbey Lincoln

Plot Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a feature documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African American music and culture, and...

7.6

1K votes

7.6

1K votes

Imitation of Life

1959 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Sirk

Cast Lana Turner · John Gavin · Susan Kohner · Sandra Dee

Plot Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter, though Annie's little...

7.6

8K votes

7.6

8K votes

The Best Man

1964 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Henry Fonda · Cliff Robertson · Edie Adams · Margaret Leighton

Plot Intellectual William Russell and down-to-earth Joe Cantwell are front runners for a party nomination that will almost certainly mean the Presidency. Cantwell is prepared to use anything to achieve his...

6.8

273 votes

6.8

273 votes

St. Louis Blues

1958 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Allen Reisner

Cast Nat 'King' Cole · Eartha Kitt · Cab Calloway · Ella Fitzgerald

Plot Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't...

Not rated

Not rated