Aretha Franklin is a real person portrayed by Cynthia Erivo in the TV series Genius (based on a true story).
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Aretha: Respect (season 3), they were 34 years old.
They appear in 8 episodes out of a total of 36 aired so far and have accumulated 4305 positive votes.
Episodes8
Aretha: Respect
episode S3.E1 march 2021Aretha Louise Franklin's relationship with her preacher father C.L. Franklin from a young girl through to adulthood, her marriage to her agent/husband Ted White, as well as her introduction to music producer Jerry Wexler are portrayed.
Aretha: Until the Real Thing Comes Along
episode S3.E2 march 2021Aretha politely tells her father she doesn't need financial support, nor to sing at his engagements. Ted White and her father both try to usurp control over her which leaves Aretha with difficult but necessary choices she needs to make.
Aretha: Do Right Woman
episode S3.E3 march 2021Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement; Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.
Aretha: Unforgettable
episode S3.E4 march 2021Aretha is featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life; Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis.
Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black
episode S3.E5 march 2021Aretha Franklin records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black," while Little Re loses her mother.
Aretha: Amazing Grace
episode S3.E6 march 2021Aretha records her album "Amazing Grace" in an older James Cleveland's church; while Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child.
Aretha: Chain of Fools
episode S3.E7 march 2021Aretha steals an opportunity from her sister Carolyn; she receives a Grammy nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award; she meets with Arista founder Clive Davis; Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic Records.
Aretha: No One Sleeps
episode S3.E8 march 2021Despite significant emotional losses, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs; she begins a career at Arista with the help of Clive Davis, and in a Grammy performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.
- Aretha: Respect
- Aretha: Until the Real Thing Comes Along
- Aretha: Do Right Woman
- Aretha: Unforgettable
- Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black
- Aretha: Amazing Grace
- Aretha: Chain of Fools
- Aretha: No One Sleeps
Best moments8
- Aretha Louise Franklin's relationship with her preacher father C.L. Franklin from a young girl through to adulthood, her marriage to her agent/husband Ted White, as well as her introduction to music producer Jerry Wexler are portrayed.
- Despite significant emotional losses, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs; she begins a career at Arista with the help of Clive Davis, and in a Grammy performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.
- Aretha Franklin records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black," while Little Re loses her mother.
- Aretha records her album "Amazing Grace" in an older James Cleveland's church; while Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child.
- Aretha politely tells her father she doesn't need financial support, nor to sing at his engagements. Ted White and her father both try to usurp control over her which leaves Aretha with difficult but necessary choices she needs to make.
- Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement; Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.
- Aretha is featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life; Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis.
- Aretha steals an opportunity from her sister Carolyn; she receives a Grammy nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award; she meets with Arista founder Clive Davis; Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic Records.
- Aretha: Respect
- Aretha: No One Sleeps
- Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black
- Aretha: Amazing Grace
- Aretha: Until the Real Thing Comes Along
- Aretha: Do Right Woman
- Aretha: Unforgettable
- Aretha: Chain of Fools