Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore ( * October 19, 1914 or 1922 in Los Angeles, California, † January 1, 2014 ibid ) was an American actress.

Life

The African-American grew up in her hometown of Los Angeles and attended Jefferson High School. On the advice of a teacher and inspired by the famous African-American acting troupe Lafayette player they went in a drama school. Moore visited together with the young Marlon Brando Hollywooder the Actor's Lab and later worked together with the Ebony Showcase Theater.

Her acting career began in Moore in the late 1940s with a minor role in Elia Kazan's Oscar -nominated drama Pinky (1949 ), in which Jeanne Crain starred in the title role of a light-skinned African-American. Other film roles followed, as the big studio productions of Hollywood showed also susceptible African-American actor in the early 1950s. Frequently Moore was set to extras parts or stereotypical roles such as maids. This, she starred in films such as river of vengeance (1954 ), Michael Curtiz ' A Life in noise (1957 ) or the romantic drama bombers B -52 (both 1957), in which Ann Blyth, Karl Malden, Paul Newman or Natalie Wood the lead roles played.

His breakthrough as an actress, film director Douglas Sirk paved Moore, among others, against Pearl Bailey preference for his melodrama gave her 1959 As long as there are people. In the re- adaptation of the famous Fannie Hurst 's novel Imitation of Life Moore and Lana Turner are seen as single mothers. While Turner mimes an aspiring actress who becomes alienated by her career from the daughter, Moore slipped into the role of a colored maid, whose daughter (played by Susan Kohner ) to prefer to spend than whites. Although long as there are people was a great financial success, the film was largely by the critics. Only the performances by the actors of Kohner and Moore found favor. The part of Annie Johnson brought the African-American actress nominations for a 1960 Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, where they but for best supporting actress opposite Shelley Winters ( The Diary of Anne Frank ) and her colleague Susan Kohner film had left behind. She was so after the victorious Hattie McDaniel, Ethel Waters and Dorothy Dandridge only the fourth African-American actress who was nominated for an Academy Award.

Despite the success of Moore were denied similar large-scale film roles. After the filming of Imitation of Life, the African American followed a theater engagement in London's West End, where she sang the role of Lena Younger in Lorraine matriarchal Hans Berry's A Raisin in the Sun. Until 1988, should follow over thirty other film and television roles. Parallel Moore gave acting lessons for low-income students at the Ebony Showcase Theater in her hometown.

In early 2000, Moore was canvas abstinence shortly rediscovered after more than twelve years for the film, when she accompanied her grandson to an audition. Then the actress took roles in Jon Turteltaubs comedy The Kid - Image is everything, and graduated one-time guest appearances in the television series ER - The ER and Judging Amy.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Oscar

Golden Globe Award

Laurel Award

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