Juanita Moore | |
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Born | Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S. | October 19, 1914
Died | January 1, 2014 (aged 99) 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, 1914 – January 1, 2014) 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]