de bene esse: Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

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NEW YORK (AP) — Juanita Moore, a groundbreaking actress and an Academy Award nominee for her role as Lana Turner's black friend in the classic weeper "Imitation ...

The terrific African American actress, Juanita Moore, who earned a supporting actress Oscar nomination for 1959's "Imitation of Life," has died. She died at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Her step-grandson said she was 99, though IMDB lists her as 91. In 2009, Susan King chatted with Moore for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 50th anniversary screening of "Imitation of Life";