Recent Obituaries, Classic Films Only

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71. Actress Juanita Moore, 99.

Her credits included Cabin in the Sky, Pinky, Imitation of Life, The Helen Morgan Story, and even Judging Amy!

[url]http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-juanita-moore-20140103,0,6850260.story#axzz2pmKiJHY9[/url]

Moore, who danced in chorus lines at swanky clubs in New York and Paris before throwing herself into her film career, died Wednesday after collapsing in her Los Angeles home. She was 99, according to her grandson Kirk Kelleykahn.

Whatever the case, she was an imposing presence — "a large, handsome woman who in her later years might have played Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey," wrote author Sam Staggs in "Born to Be Hurt," a 2009 book about "Imitation of Life."

In the film, Moore moves in with a character played by Lana Turner as the women, both single, raise teenage daughters.

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-juanita-moore-20140103,0,6850260.story#ixzz2pmLCCtNl

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