Celebrity Biographies
Juanita Moore
Although she lived a long life –she was on the verge of being a hundred-year-old– Juanita Moore’s filmography is reduced to around thirty titles, and several television works. “Imitation of life” was the title that leaves her place of glory in the history of cinema.
Juanita Moore, Oscar-nominated for her Douglas Sirk -directed melodrama Imitation of Life , has died at the ripe age of 99. Her grandson Kirk Kelleykahn, also an actor, reported the news of Juanita’s death, which occurred on New Year’s Day 2014.
Juanita Moore became famous for her role as Lana Turner ‘s black friend in the aforementioned 1959 melodrama, based on a novel by Fannie Hurst , which had previously been brought to the screen in 1934 by John M. Stahl . With her nomination, Moore became the fifth African-American performer to be nominated for an Oscar.
The actress was born and died in Los Angeles. She was born in that city for the first time on October 19, 1922, and she was active as an actress until the beginning of the third millennium, when she played The Kid with a minor role alongside Bruce Willis .
In the cinema he had many supporting roles or with a phrase, sometimes without credit, in titles such as Pinky (1949), Revolt in Hahiti (1952), Skirts on Board (1952) or The Steel Bride (1952). The maiden role was a regular role for her. On television, she would also be a familiar face for anyone looking to watch the suspenseful wizard Alfred Hitchcock Presents .
Despite the prestige that the Oscar nomination entails, he did not have great roles afterwards, although he did not lack work on the small and big screen, which he made compatible with the theater.