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

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Jennifer Hudson

(Aretha Franklin)

Forest Whitaker

(C. L. Franklin)

Marlon Wayans

Audra McDonald

(Barbara Franklin)

Mary J. Blige

(Dinah Washington)

Marc Maron

Tituss Burgess

(Reverend Dr. James Cleveland)

Saycon Sengbloh

(Erma Franklin)

Hailey Kilgore

(Carolyn Franklin)

Tate Donovan

Skye Dakota Turner

(Aretha Franklin (young))

Heather Headley

Leroy McClain

(Cecil Franklin)

Lodric D. Collins

(Smokey Robinson)

Brenda Nicole Moorer

(Brenda Franklin)

Brandon Gilpin

Tangela Large

(Grieving Mother)

Albert Jones

(Ken Cunningham)

Myk Watford

Gilbert Glenn Brown

(Martin Luther King Jr.)

Kimberly Scott

(Mama Franklin)

Nevaeh Moore

(Young Carolyn)

Victoria Paige Watkins

Christopher Daniel

Zach Strum