Juanita Moore
Juanita Moore | |
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Born | Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. | October 19, 1915
Died | December 31, 2013 (aged 98) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Inglewood Park Cemetery |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1942–2001 |
Notable work | Imitation of Life (1959) |
Juanita Moore (October 19, 1915 – December 31, 2013) was an American film, television, and stage actress.
She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), had won an Oscar.
Her most famous role was as Annie Johnson in the film Imitation of Life (1959).[1]
Early life and career
Juanita Moore was born in
Moore was the vice president of the Original Cambridge Players, who took a Los Angeles production of The Amen Corner to Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in April 1965. She was friends with Marlon Brando and James Baldwin. It was Moore who asked Brando to lend the funds ($75) to Baldwin to write the play.
After making her film debut in
Moore's performance in the remake of
Moore continued to act for film and TV, with a role in .
On April 23, 2010, a new print of Imitation of Life (1959) was screened at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Los Angeles. Both Moore and co-star Kohner attended. After the screening, the two women appeared on stage for a question-and-answer session hosted by TCM's Robert Osborne. Moore and Kohner received standing ovations.[5]
Personal life
Moore was married for 50 years to Charles Burris, who died in 2001. He was a Los Angeles bus driver and they met when she stepped out in front of his approaching bus. She and Burris married a few weeks later.[6]
Her godson is actor/producer Kirk E. Kelleykahn, who is CEO/President of "Cambridge Players – Next Generation", a theatre troupe whose founding members included Moore.[7]
Death
Moore died at her home in Los Angeles on December 31, 2013, at age 98 of
Partial filmography
- Double Deal (1939) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Belle Starr (1941) as Dressed Up Freed Slave (uncredited)
- Broken Strings (1942) as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) as Dancer (uncredited)
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)
- Pinky (1949) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Tarzan's Peril (1951) as Native Woman (uncredited)
- No Questions Asked (1951) as Maid in Lounge (uncredited)
- Skirts Ahoy! (1952) as Black Drill Team Member (uncredited)
- Lydia Bailey (1952) as Marie (uncredited)
- Affair in Trinidad (1952) as Dominique
- The Iron Mistress (1952) as Juanita – Judalon's Maid (uncredited)
- The Royal African Rifles (1953) as Elderly Woman
- Witness to Murder (1954) as Mental Patient
- The Gambler from Natchez (1954) as Yvette's Maid (uncredited)
- Women's Prison (1955) as Polyclinic 'Polly' Jones
- Lord of the Jungle (1955) as Molu's Wife (uncredited)
- Not as a Stranger (1955) as Mrs. Clara Bassett (uncredited)
- Ransom! (1956) as Shirley Lorraine
- The Opposite Sex (1956) as Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)
- The Girl Can't Help It (1956) as Hilda
- Something of Value (1957) as Tribal Woman (uncredited)
- Band of Angels (1957) as Budge (uncredited)
- The Helen Morgan Story (1957) as Lucey – Backstage Maid (uncredited)
- Bombers B-52 (1957) as Clarissa (uncredited)
- The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957) as Miss Randall (uncredited)
- Imitation of Life (1959) as Annie Johnson
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 7 Episode 2: "Bang! You're Dead") as Cleo
- Tammy Tell Me True (1961) as Della
- Walk on the Wild Side (1962) as Mama
- A Child Is Waiting (1963) as Julius' Mother (uncredited)
- Papa's Delicate Condition (1963) as Ellie
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1963) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The Lonely Hours") as Mrs. MacFarland
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1964) (Season 2 Episode 24: "The Gentleman Caller") as Mrs. Jones
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour(1965) (Season 3 Episode 13: "Where the Woodbine Twineth") as Suse
- The Singing Nun (1966) as Sister Mary
- Rosie! (1967) as Nurse
- Gentle Ben (1967) as Mama Jolie
- Uptight (1968) as Mama Wells
- Angelitos negros (1970) as Nana Mercé
- Skin Game (1971) as Viney (Calloway slave)
- The Mack (1973) as Mother – Mrs. Mickens
- Adam-12 (1973) (Season 5, Episodes 14 and 15, “Clear With a Civilian” parts I and II as Edna Dickson
- Fox Style (1973) as Hattie Fox
- Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) as Pecolia
- The Get-Man (1974)
- Abby (1974) as Miranda 'Momma' Potter
- Joey (1975)
- Fugitive Lovers (1975) as Assemblywoman Griffith
- Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) as Stage 8 (voice)
- Paternity (1981) as Celia
- O'Hara's Wife (1982) as Ethel
- And They're Off(1982) as Sadie Johnson
- Two Moon Junction (1988) as Delilah
- The Sterling Chase (1999) as Grandma Jones (voice)
- Disney's The Kid (2000) as Kenny's Grandmother – Voice
References
- ^ a b c Saperstein, Pat (January 2, 1024). "Juanita Moore Dead at 99; starred in Imitation of Life". Variety. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Vitello, Paul (January 3, 2014). "Juanita Moore, Oscar-Nominated Actress, Dies at 99". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Font, Amanda; Arzate, Héctor Alejandro (May 22, 2021). "'A Star Without a Star': An Oakland Man's Mission to Get his Aunt on the Hollywood Walk of Fame". KQED. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees: Juanita Moore". Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
- ^ Cozzalio, Dennis (May 10, 2010). "Four Days at the TCM Classic Film Festival". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ISBN 978-1429942089.
- ^ "Reunion In Bartersville Reviews". Plays411. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
- ^ Ng, Philiana (January 1, 2014). "'Imitation of Life' Actress Juanita Moore Dies". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press.
8. 'By Sandy Kenyon-WABC' Tuesday, December 27, 2022"A STAR WITHOUT A STAR": THE UNTOLD JUANITA MOORE STORY
https://abc7chicago.com/juanita-moore-documentary-a-star-without-village-cinema/12620005/
External links
- Juanita Moore at IMDb
- Juanita Moore at the Internet Broadway Database
- Juanita Moore at Find a Grave