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2021-08-12The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

Aretha Franklin
Jennifer Hudson

C. L. Franklin
Forest Whitaker

Ted White
Marlon Wayans

Barbara Franklin
Audra McDonald

Dinah Washington
Mary J. Blige

Jerry Wexler
Marc Maron

Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
Tituss Burgess

Erma Franklin
Saycon Sengbloh

Carolyn Franklin
Hailey Kilgore

John Hammond
Tate Donovan

Aretha Franklin (young)
Skye Dakota Turner

Clara Ward
Heather Headley

Cecil Franklin
Leroy McClain

Smokey Robinson
Lodric D. Collins

Brenda Franklin
Brenda Nicole Moorer

Teenager
Brandon Gilpin

Grieving Mother
Tangela Large

Ken Cunningham
Albert Jones

Rick Hall
Myk Watford

Martin Luther King Jr.
Gilbert Glenn Brown

Mama Franklin
Kimberly Scott
Young Carolyn
Nevaeh Moore

Teen #2
Victoria Paige Watkins

Edward
Christopher Daniel

David Hood
Zach Strum