Greenwood, Mississippi (October 19,1914 -January 1, 2014) 99 yrs

African American actress Juanita Moore entered films in the early 1950s. At that time, few black people were given an opportunity to act in major studio films. 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. This was for her performance in Imitation of Life (1959). It was 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. She appeared 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. Actress Juanita Moore was honored posthumously. She received the 2,793rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, October 18, 2024.