"Ms. Moore fell into acting after moving from Kansas City to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, where she worked for the cosmetics line Max Factor and then joined a theater workshop. 'She was having a really difficult time while living in Los Angeles, some mental health difficulties,' said Samantha N. Sheppard, a Cornell University film scholar who interviewed her in 2018. 'She felt that acting had saved her life.'”
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