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Bookmark or Share- The Icon and the Outcast: Hattie McDaniel’s Epic Double LifeOn February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel made history when she became the first Black person to win an Academy Award, for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind. As she stood in front of her...
- Hattie McDaniel - IMDbHattie McDaniel. Actress: Gone with the Wind. After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935).
- The complicated legacy of Hattie McDaniel, first Black Oscar winnerIn 2018, EW profiled Gone With the Wind star Hattie McDaniel, who made history as the first Black actor to win an Oscar. McDaniel's award has been lost for decades, but in September 2023, the...
- Hattie McDaniel | Biography, Movies, Oscar, & Facts | BritannicaHattie McDaniel (born June 10, 1895, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.—died October 26, 1952, Hollywood, California) was an American actress and singer who was the first African American to win an Academy Award. She received the honour for her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
- Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952) - BlackpastHattie McDaniel is best known as the first black Oscar winner. She won the award on February 29, 1940, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind. McDaniel’s career began three decades earlier. She gave her first public performances as a grade school student in Denver, Colorado.
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