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Juanita Moore is a Actor American born on 19 october 1914 at Los Angeles (USA)

Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1914 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 1 january 2014 (at 99 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was the fifth African American to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only a single African American had won an Oscar. Her most famous role was as Annie Johnson in the movie Imitation of Life (1959).

Biography

Jeunesse
Juanita Moore naît en 1914 à Greenwood, une ville de l'État du Mississippi, et grandit à Los Angeles. Elle est la cadette d'une famille de huit enfants. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme d'études secondaires, elle fréquente un collège communautaire (community college). L'adolescente interrompt ses études et part pour New York, où elle devient danseuse de revue dans des boîtes de nuit de Harlem.


Premières apparitions à l'écran
Lors du déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Moore retourne en Californie et prend des cours de comédie à l'Actor's Laboratory Theatre. Elle gagne sa vie en travaillant dans un restaurant et en faisant de la figuration dans les productions d'Hollywood. Au cours des années 1940, elle apparaît dans des films musicaux comme Au pays du rythme (Star Spangled Rhythm) et Un petit coin aux cieux (Cabin in the Sky). Elle obtient ensuite ses premiers rôles parlants, mais est cantonnée dans des personnages stéréotypés de domestique, voire de membre de tribu africaine. À la même époque, elle fait partie de l'Ebony Showcase Theatre, fondé par Nick Stewart et son épouse Edna, qui permet aux acteurs Afro-Américains de s'affranchir des stéréotypes raciaux en vigueur dans l'industrie cinématographique.


Imitation of Life
En 1949, Juanita Moore interprète une infirmière dans L'Héritage de la chair (Pinky), réalisé par Elia Kazan. En 1959, elle tient le rôle d'Annie Johnson dans Mirage de la vie (Imitation of Life), de Douglas Sirk. Ce rôle de domestique dont la fille, Sarah Jane (interprétée par Susan Kohner), parvient à se faire passer pour une jeune femme blanche, la révèle au public. L'année suivante, les deux comédiennes sont nommées pour l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle. Moore devient la 4e comédienne noire nommée aux Oscars après Hattie McDaniel et Ethel Waters, nommées dans la même catégorie respectivement en 1939 et 1949, et Dorothy Dandridge, nommée pour l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice en 1954.


Fin de carrière
Par la suite, Juanita Moore peine à trouver des rôles et n'apparaîtra plus jamais dans une production du même standing. Au cinéma, elle tourne dans des films de blaxploitation comme Abby de William Girdler. Elle joue dans des dramatiques télévisées et au théâtre dans des pièces montées à Broadway et à Londres. À Los Angeles, elle se produit avec la troupe des Cambridge Players et avec celle de l'Ebony Showcase Theatre, où elle donne des cours d'art dramatique à des étudiants défavorisés.

Usually with

Max Julien
Max Julien
(3 films)
Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse
(3 films)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(4 films)
John Hubley
John Hubley
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Juanita Moore (43 films)

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Actress

8 Mile
8 Mile (2002)
, 1h50
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Taryn Manning, King Gordy
Rating71% 3.599223.599223.599223.599223.59922
In Fall 1995 in Detroit, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. (Eminem), a young and unhappy blue-collar worker from a poor family, struggles with various aspects of his life. He has moved back north of 8 Mile Road to the rundown trailer home in Warren, Michigan of his alcoholic mother Stephanie (Kim Basinger), his little sister Lily (Chloe Greenfield), and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg (Michael Shannon). Although encouraged by his friends, who hail him as a talented rap music artist, Jimmy worries about his potential as a musician, particularly due to his lack of confidence. This caused him to panic during a rap battle one night at a club called The Shelter, and leave the stage humiliated.
The Kid
The Kid (2000)
, 1h44
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Time travel films, Children's films
Actors Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Perry, Lily Tomlin, Chi McBride
Roles Kenny's Grandmother
Rating61% 3.0550653.0550653.0550653.0550653.055065
Russ Duritz works as an image consultant, but he is impolite to people and has a strained relationship with his father. One of his clients is a stadium manager who is reneging on a previous promise to fund a baseball camp for disadvantaged children. When Russ makes a pie throwing video to fabricate an explanation, his coworker Amy urges him to reconsider.
Two Moon Junction, 1h44
Directed by Zalman King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, Kristy McNichol, Martin Hewitt
Roles Delilah
Rating50% 2.514572.514572.514572.514572.51457
April Delongpre (Sherilyn Fenn) is the well-born, 21-year-old, eldest daughter of a powerful Alabama senator and heiress to an old and respectable Southern family. After graduating from college, April returns home to her parents house for the summer to await her semi-arranged marriage to her fiancé Chad Douglas Fairchild (Martin Hewitt). When a carnival comes to the town, April and Chad accompany April's two younger sisters to the fairgrounds where April sees from a distance a rugged carnival roustabout and drifter named Perry (Richard Tyson). When April accidentally leaves her purse behind in one of the rides, Perry returns it for her and introduces himself (after having looked inside and gotten April's name and home address). Intrigued by the mysterious drifter, April returns to the carnival that evening to talk with Perry, but she refuses his advances.
Paternity
Paternity (1981)
, 1h34
Directed by David Steinberg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Burt Reynolds, Beverly D'Angelo, Paul Dooley, Elizabeth Ashley, Lauren Hutton, Norman Fell
Roles Celia
Rating49% 2.4590852.4590852.4590852.4590852.459085
Buddy Evans (Reynolds) manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia (Moore). After coming into contact with several children, Buddy decides that he is ready to be a father. Buddy decides to hire a surrogate mother in the hope of having a son.
Deliver Us From Evil
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Actors Juanita Moore
Roles Mrs Trindal
Rating56% 2.822982.822982.822982.822982.82298
Abby
Abby (1974)
, 1h29
Directed by William Girdler
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors William Horace Marshall, Juanita Moore, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker, Carol Speed, Don Henderson
Roles Miranda 'Momma' Potter
Rating55% 2.754832.754832.754832.754832.75483
Thomasine & Bushrod
Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., Gordon Parks Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Max Julien, Glynn Turman, Juanita Moore, George Murdock, Vonetta McGee, Jason Bernard
Roles Pecolia
Rating59% 2.9520452.9520452.9520452.9520452.952045
Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine and Max Julien plays Bushrod in a film intended as a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
The Mack
The Mack (1973)
, 1h50
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Max Julien, Don Gordon, Richard Pryor, Carol Speed, Roger E. Mosley, George Murdock
Roles Mother
Rating65% 3.2981553.2981553.2981553.2981553.298155
Oakland, California 1967: John "Goldie" Mickens, (Max Julien) a small-time black drug dealer and his best friend Slim (Richard Pryor) are in the middle of a shootout in a salvage yard after being set up during a botched drug deal. Realizing that they're outgunned, Goldie orders Slim to flee the salvage yard. Goldie crashes his car as he attempts to escape and is apprehended by Hank (Don Gordon) and Jed (William Watson), two corrupt, racist white police detectives. Goldie is tried in court and sentenced to five years in the California State Penitentiary. In prison Goldie almost becomes stir crazy and struggles to maintain his sanity.
Skin Game
Skin Game (1971)
, 1h42
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Edward Asnere, Brenda Sykes, Andrew Duggan
Roles Viney
Rating69% 3.493493.493493.493493.493493.49349
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Both men first meet when O'Rourke sells Drew a stolen horse belonging to the local Sheriff. They meet again by chance in jail after pulling various con jobs. (In comic relief they both pull out an Ace of Spades as they play cards.) They develop a con together in which Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Drew gets the bidding rolling, sells O'Rourke, and the two later meet up to split the profit. O'Rourke was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when O'Rourke is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.
Uptight
Uptight (1968)
, 1h44
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jason Bernard, Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Juanita Moore
Roles Mama Wells
Rating72% 3.6361253.6361253.6361253.6361253.636125
In Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., protesters riot in the streets. Johnny Wells (Max Julien), a charismatic black revolutionary, leads a group of black men on a mission to steal guns from a warehouse as preparation for violent racial conflict. Johnny's best friend Tank (Julian Mayfield), who formerly worked at the steel mill with several of the men, is supposed to help with the robbery, but when the group goes to his house, they find him drunk and watching the television coverage of King's funeral. Tank is a middle-aged, unemployed alcoholic who supported King's non-violent approach, which the others have rejected in favor of violent revolution. It is later revealed that Tank lost his longtime job at the steel mill when he attacked a white co-worker who harassed the black mill workers. As a result, Tank was sent to prison and since being released, has been unable to find work. The black revolutionary group is going through a deeper radicalization, and they see Tank's inconsistent behavior as threatening to their cause.
Rosie!
Rosie! (1967)
, 1h38
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Rosalind Russell, Sandra Dee, Brian Aherne, Audrey Meadows, James Farentino, Vanessa Brown
Roles Nurse
Rating66% 3.3396853.3396853.3396853.3396853.339685
Rosie Lord (Russell) is a widowed millionaire who, much to the dismay of her daughters Mildred (Meadows) and Edith (Brown), spends her money generously. When she announces to buy a $2.5 million closed theater in a run-down part of Los Angeles, because it's the location where her late husband proposed to her and it's now threatened to be turned into a parking lot, her daughters decide that they have had enough. Edith and her husband Cabot (Nielsen) complain that they are only granted $100.000 a year, and work together with cold-hearted and recently divorced Mildred to discourage Rosie from making the buy. They are unable to convince her and her legal advisor Oliver (Aherne) to let them take care of their money, and thus decide to try to declare her incompetent, thereby hoping to put her in an insane asylum. Edith and Cabot's young daughter Daphne (Dee) is appalled to overhear the scheme, and vows to help her grandmother.
The Singing Nun, 1h38
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalbán, Greer Garson, Agnes Moorehead, Chad Everett, Katharine Ross
Roles Sister Mary
Rating59% 2.998662.998662.998662.998662.99866
Sister Ann (Debbie Reynolds) leaves the Dominican convent near Antwerp for her assignment at Samaritan House in a depressed area of Brussels. Sister Ann loves to play the guitar and sing, and when she joins in the traditional evensong at Samaritan House, she impresses the other nuns and Father Clementi (Ricardo Montalbán). She becomes fond of Dominic Arlien (Ricky Cordell), a motherless child whose father is an unemployed drunkard and who is loved only by his 17-year-old sister, Nicole (Katharine Ross). Sister Ann composes the song Dominique for the boy. Father Clementi persuades Robert Gerarde (Chad Everett), a partner in a recording firm, to listen to Sister Ann's music in the hope of having it recorded. When Robert meets Sister Ann, he discovers that she was his classmate at the Paris Conservatory of Music 5 years ago. Later, while visiting the Arlien house, Sister Ann discovers pictures of Nicole in provocative poses; the girl defiantly tells the nun that she posed to get food and rent money for her family. Her father overhears them, strikes Nicole, and orders the nun out of the house. The Mother Prioress (Greer Garson) later admonishes Sister Ann for allowing the young girl's secret to be made known to the father. Robert, whose attraction to Sister Ann has been rekindled, obtains permission from church authorities to have her record an album; "Dominique" becomes a worldwide hit, and Ed Sullivan brings a television crew to Brussels to film Sister Ann for his show.
A Child Is Waiting, 1h42
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Barbara Pepper, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill, Paul Stewart
Roles Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5945153.5945153.5945153.5945153.594515
Jean Hansen, a Juilliard graduate, joins the staff of the Crawthorne State Mental Hospital and immediately clashes with the director, Dr. Matthew Clark, about his strict training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe (Bruce Ritchey), and is certain his attitude will improve if he is reunited with the divorced parents who abandoned him. She sends for Mrs. Widdicombe, who agrees with the doctor's opinion that it would be best if Reuben doesn't see her, but as she leaves the grounds, her son sees her and chases her car. Distraught, he runs away from the school.
Papa's Delicate Condition, 1h38
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charles Ruggles, Laurel Goodwin, Charles Lane, Don Beddoe
Roles Ellie
Rating64% 3.2395153.2395153.2395153.2395153.239515
Jack Griffith, known as "Papa" to all, is a family man in a Texas town, but an irresponsible one. To impress his 6-year-old daughter Corinne, he spends the family's savings to buy his own circus, simply so the little girl can have her own pony.