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Juanita Moore

Acting

Born October 19, 1914 · Greenwood, Mississippi, USA

Died January 1, 2014

Biography

Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film and television actress. She is the fifth black American to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1960 · nominated

Filmography36 titles

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

2022as Self (archive footage)

Fox Style

1973as Cindy McDougal

ER

1994as Mrs. Barnwell

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Mrs. McFarland

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Cleo

Imitation of Life

1959as Annie Johnson

Ransom!

1956as Shirley Lorraine

Adam-12

1968as Edna Dixon

Pinky

1949as Nurse (uncredited)

Ironside

1967

The Kid

2000as Kenny's Grandmother

Uptight

1968as Mama Wells

Mannix

1967

A Child Is Waiting

1963as Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Lord of the Jungle

1955as Molu's Wife

Skin Game

1971as Viney

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Mrs. Hughes

Walk on the Wild Side

1962as Mama

Thomasine & Bushrod

1974as Pecolia

Cabin in the Sky

1943as Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Deliver Us From Evil

1975as Mrs Trindal

Band of Angels

1957as Budge

Witness to Murder

1954as Negress - Mental Patient

Affair in Trinidad

1952as Dominique

Cleopatra

1934as Dancer / Slave Girl (uncredited)

Two Moon Junction

1988as Delilah

The Singing Nun

1966as Sister Mary

Belle Starr

1941as Dressed-up Freed Slave (uncredited)

Bombers B-52

1957as Clarissa (uncredited)

Skirts Ahoy!

1952as Black Drill Team Member (uncredited)

Papa's Delicate Condition

1963as Ellie

Something of Value

1957as Tribal Woman

The Opposite Sex

1956as Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

1957as Backstage Maid

Paternity

1981as Celia

Broken Strings

1940as Nightclub Patron