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African American actress Juanita Moore entered films in the early 1950s, a time in which few black people were given an opportunity to act in major studio films. Fortunately Moore's roles began improving as Hollywood developed a social consciousness toward the end of the decade. In 1959 she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Imitation of Life (1959), a glossy updating of a once controversial Fannie Hurst novel about racism. Within the next decade Hollywood underwent several sociological upheavals, and Juanita was one of the beneficiaries. She became a fixture in black-oriented films of the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in such films as Uptight (1968), Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) and Abby (1974). She also appeared in Walt Disney Pictures' The Kid (2000), and was in a total of more than 50 films. Moore retired in 2001 and passed away New Year's Day 2014 . She was 99.

Former chorus girl at Harlem&#39;s famous Cotton Club.

She collapsed and passed away from natural causes at her home in Los Angeles on January 1, 2014 at age 99. Following her death, she was interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California.

She was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on October 18, 2024. <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001923/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Margaret Avery</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000739/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Debbie Allen</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0448092/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Jayne Kennedy</a>, and film critic <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0540795/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Leonard Maltin</a> were guest speakers at the ceremony. Her Walk of Fame star was accepted by Juanita&#39;s nephew Arnett Moore for the family.

Grandmother of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0446018/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Kirk E. Kelleykahn</a>.

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