Kaycee Moore

Moore was born Kaycee Collier in Kansas City, Missouri in 1944. She moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s, where she worked at Max Factor. After joining a theater workshop, she began to perform in plays put on by UCLA students. She met Charles Burnett, then a MFA student at UCLA, and starred in his thesis film Killer of Sheep (1978). Manohla Dargis of the New York Times referred to the film as "an American masterpiece." Moore later starred in Bless Their Little Hearts (1983) and Daughters of the Dust (1991). Moore's final film role was in Ninth Street (1999), which was filmed in Kansas City. == Personal life and death ==

Moore was married twice, first to John Moore, Jr., and then to Stephen Jones, who preceded her in death. She had two children, John Moore III and Michelle Swinton. Moore died on August 13, 2021, at the age of 77. ==Filmography==