Juanita Moore

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.

Known For

Kenny's Grandmother

The Kid

Delilah

Two Moon Junction

Viney

Skin Game

Polyclinic 'Polly' Jones

Women's Prison

Annie Johnson

Imitation of Life

Self

Hollywood Legenden

Mother

The Mack

Hilda

The Girl Can't Help It

Budge

Band of Angels

Mama

Walk on the Wild Side

Negress - Mental Patient

Witness to Murder

Dominique

Affair in Trinidad

Della

Tammy Tell Me True

Mrs. Harbeson

The Whole World Is Watching

Show Boat

Sadie Johnson

And They're Off

Ethel

O'Hara's Wife

Miranda 'Momma' Potter

Abby

Mama Wells

Uptight

Dancer (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Shirley Lorraine

Ransom!

Black Drill Team Member (uncredited)

Skirts Ahoy!

Nurse

Rosie!

Pecolia

Thomasine & Bushrod

Backstage Maid

The Helen Morgan Story

Mrs Trindal

Deliver Us From Evil

Stage 8 (voice)

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Cindy McDougal

Fox Style

Ellie

Papa's Delicate Condition

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Nightclub Patron

Double Deal

Celia

Paternity

Dancer (uncredited)

So This Is Africa

Nightclub Patron

Broken Strings

Nurse (uncredited)

Pinky

Powder Room Attendant (uncredited)

The Opposite Sex

Marie (uncredited)

Lydia Bailey

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

A Child Is Waiting

Murder at the Vanities

Tribal Woman

Something of Value

Dressed-up Freed Slave (uncredited)

Belle Starr

Fannie Mitchell

A Dream for Christmas

Clarissa (uncredited)

Bombers B-52

Self

Rita

Molu's Wife

Lord of the Jungle

Angelitos negros

Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Cabin in the Sky

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

Sister Mary

The Singing Nun

Miss Randall

The Green-Eyed Blonde

Self

Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

Assemblywoman Griffin

Fugitive Lovers

Self

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

53

Gender

Female

Birthday

1914-10-19

Place of Birth

Greenwood, Mississippi, USA

Also Known As