Claudette Colbert holding Fannie Hurst’s novel, “Imitation of Life,” to promote John Stahl’s 1934 film in which she stars.
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Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress.She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), had won an Oscar.
Her most famous role was as Annie Johnson in the film Imitation of Life (1959).
She's beautiful ❤️❤️
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John Gavin and Lana Turner for 'Imitation of Life' (1959).
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who you are, the way you feel, the whole situation's just a little unreal
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Anthrax - Imitation of Life
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Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)
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A Young Juanita Moore: Star of the 1959 Movie Imitation of Life
Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), had won an Oscar. Her most famous role was ascthe mother, Annie Johnson, in the film Imitation of Life (1959).
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Claudette Colbert for IMITATION OF LIFE (1934)
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Fredericka Carolyn "Fredi" Washington (December 23, 1903 – June 28, 1994) was an American stage and film actress, civil rights activist, performer, and writer. Washington was of African-American descent. She was one of the first black Americans to gain recognition for film and stage work in the 1920s and 1930s. Washington was active in the Harlem Renaissance (1920s–1930s), her best known role being Peola in the 1934 film version of Imitation of Life, where she plays a young light-skinned woman who decides to pass as white. Her last film role was in One Mile from Heaven (1937), after which she left Hollywood and returned to New York to work in theatre and civil rights activism.
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No, you'll never really know anything about me!
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