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name: "Kaycee Moore"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1944"
died: "13 August 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:21:16.162223+00:00"
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# Kaycee Moore

Actor. Born 1 January 1944 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.. Died 13 August 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
- **Died:** 13 August 2021

## Fi1m on Kaycee Moore

> Kaycee Moore makes a wife's need for affection impossible to dismiss, without turning her husband into the enemy. We value the patience and firmness of her acting, especially in the strained marriage of *Killer of Sheep*.

Kaycee Moore can make a quiet exchange between husband and wife uncomfortable without forcing either of them into a confrontation. In *Killer of Sheep* (1978), she plays Stan's wife opposite Henry G. Sanders, whose exhaustion makes affection look like another task he cannot face. Moore keeps her own need for it clear, and does not suggest that wanting it makes her selfish. We found their scenes painful because both performances let us understand how these people can hurt each other without either having much left to give.

Much of that depends on Charles Burnett, who gives us little encouragement to choose between them. Moore's use of body language and searching looks suits a film willing to leave so much unsaid. There is a risk that such restraint will make a character seem merely passive, but she keeps the wife's frustration present even when the scene stays quiet. Some supporting performances in *Killer of Sheep* are hesitant enough to make us notice the acting; Moore and Sanders keep their marriage convincing. The film's roughness is worth accepting for that.

Her screen debut came in that film, and Burnett later wrote *Bless Their Little Hearts* (1983) for her. As Andais Banks, she has an extended improvised marital argument: an opportunity to sustain the feelings that the earlier performance often keeps quiet. The move from minimal dialogue to a long confrontation is worth noticing in an actor so readily associated with restraint. Her skill at improvising gave those feelings room to develop without every line being fixed in advance.

*Daughters of the Dust* (1991) places her in Julie Dash's ensemble as the determined matriarch Haagar Peazant. These are a small number of parts, but they ask more of her than quiet endurance: she can insist, argue and hold her ground. Start with *Killer of Sheep*, and resist the temptation to decide which spouse deserves more sympathy.

## Biography

Kaycee Moore was an American actress. She played Stan's wife in Charles Burnett's *Killer of Sheep* (1978).

Born in Kansas City in 1944, Moore moved to Los Angeles in the 1970s. She worked at Max Factor before joining a theatre workshop and appearing in plays by UCLA students. She later appeared in *Bless Their Little Hearts* (1983) as Andais Banks and as Haagar Peazant in Julie Dash's *Daughters of the Dust* (1991). *Killer of Sheep*, *Bless Their Little Hearts* and *Daughters of the Dust* were all inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Her final film role was in *Ninth Street* (1999). Moore died in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Killer of Sheep* (1978), Fi1m 90, as Stan's Wife — [page](https://film.one/film/killer-of-sheep.md)

## Also known for

- *Daughters of the Dust* (1991), Haagar Peazant

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