Juanita Moore

Acting

Juanita Moore

Born October 19, 1914 · Greenwood, Mississippi, USA

Died January 1, 2014 · aged 99

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

Two Moon JunctionTwo Moon Junction · 1988
Two Moon Junction
★ 6.11988
MovieDramaRomance
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
The KidThe Kid · 2000
The Kid
★ 6.82000
MovieFantasyComedy
An unhappy, disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when he is mysteriously confronted by an eight-year-old version of himself.
The Girl Can't Help ItThe Girl Can't Help It · 1956
The Girl Can't Help It
★ 6.31956
MovieComedyMusic
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
Witness to MurderWitness to Murder · 1954
Witness to Murder
★ 6.31954
MovieCrimeDrama
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
PinkyPinky · 1949
Pinky
★ 7.11949
MovieDrama
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
A Child Is WaitingA Child Is Waiting · 1963
A Child Is Waiting
★ 6.81963
MovieDrama
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.
Band of AngelsBand of Angels · 1957
Band of Angels
★ 6.31957
MovieRomanceDrama
Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widowed father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress.
Imitation of LifeImitation of Life · 1959
Imitation of Life
★ 7.41959
MovieDramaRomance
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.

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ABC Weekend SpecialsABC Weekend Specials · 1977
ABC Weekend Specials
★ 7.51977
Series
The ABC Weekend Specials is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both the ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie that had started five years previous, the ABC Weekend Specials differed in that it was primarily aimed at younger viewers following ABC's Saturday Morning cartoon lineup, whereas the ABC Afterschool Special was known for its somewhat more serious, and often dramatic storylines dealing with issues concerning a slightly older teen and pre-teen audience. With the debut of the ABC Weekend Specials, some of the early ABC Afterschool Specials that had been targeted towards younger viewers were subsequently repackaged and re-run instead as ABC Weekend Specials.