Missy Anne Reynolds was the daughter of plantation owner Master Reynolds, and former best friend of Kizzy Kinte. It has been some talk that Missy Anne Reynolds may actually be the daughter of Master Reynold's brother because Dr. Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds some dealings before the conception. Kizzy is sold off to a gamecock fighter named Tom Lea of Caswell County, North Carolina. Kizzy begins.. For her performance as Missy Anne Reynolds in the miniseries Roots, she earned another Emmy nomination. [citation needed] Duncan then returned to the Broadway stage for many years. In 1979, her run as the title role in Peter Pan won her many accolades. She also had replacement roles in My One and Only and Chicago.
Missy Anne, who had offered Kizzy a place as her companion and maid, watches dispassionately as Kizzy is dragged away. Tom Moore, a planter in Caswell County, North Carolina, with a sexual appetite for young female slaves, becomes Kizzy's new owner, and rapes her the night of her arrival and for many years thereafter.. Missy Anne, hearing the commotion, looks out through her window at the scene below. After watching for a moment, she turns away and closes the shutters and does nothing to help Kizzy, thus breaking her promise to save Kizzy and betraying her trust.