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Juanita Moore

Juanita Moore

Actor · 1914–2014 · Greenwood, Mississippi, USA

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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.

Acted in 66

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. 1982

    And They're Off

    Sadie Johnson

  3. O'Hara's Wife

    Ethel

  4. 1981

    Paternity

    Celia

1970s

  1. 1977
  2. 1976

    Everybody Rides the Carousel

    Stage 8 (voice)

  3. 1975

    Fugitive Lovers

    Assemblywoman Griffin

  4. Deliver Us From Evil

    Mrs Trindal

  5. 1974

    Abby

    Miranda 'Momma' Potter

  6. Thomasine & Bushrod

    Pecolia

  7. 1973

    A Dream for Christmas

    Fannie Mitchell

  8. Fox Style

    Cindy McDougal

  9. The Mack

    Mother

  10. 1971
  11. 1970

    Little Black Angels

    Nana Mercé

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958
  3. 1957

    The Green-Eyed Blonde

    Miss Randall

  4. Bombers B-52

    Clarissa (uncredited)

  5. The Helen Morgan Story

    Backstage Maid

  6. Band of Angels

    Budge

  7. 1956
  8. Ransom!

    Shirley Lorraine

  9. 1955
  10. Lord of the Jungle

    Molu's Wife

  11. Women's Prison

    Polyclinic 'Polly' Jones

  12. 1954
  13. 1952

    Affair in Trinidad

    Dominique

  14. Skirts Ahoy!

    Black Drill Team Member (uncredited)

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. 1943
  3. 1942

    Star Spangled Rhythm

    Dancer (uncredited)

  4. 1941
  5. 1940

    Broken Strings

    Nightclub Patron

1930s

  1. 1939

    Double Deal

    Nightclub Patron

  2. 1936

    Show Boat

    Movie

  3. 1934

    Cleopatra

    Dancer / Slave Girl (uncredited)

  4. Murder at the Vanities

    Black Dancer in Ebony Rhapsody (uncredited)

  5. 1933

    So This Is Africa

    Dancer (uncredited)

Appearances4

2020s

  1. 2025

    A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2003

    Rita

    Self

  2. 2001

    Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir

    Self