64K views · 2.9K reactions | In this interview from the TCM Archives, actress Juanita Moore talks about how she found out she was nominated for an Oscar for IMITATION OF LIFE ('59). | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook

181K views · 6.1K reactions | In this interview from the TCM Archives, Juanita Moore discusses working with Lana Turner on IMITATION OF LIFE ('59). The production of the film was during a very tumultous time in Turner's life. See the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/eZ1BQVugZvo | Turner Classic Movies: TCM | Facebook

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 seve