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Hattie McDaniel

American actress (1893-1952)

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Hattie McDaniel was an American actress who lived from 1893 to 1952 and became a pioneering figure in Hollywood during an era of significant racial discrimination. She is historically important because she broke barriers for Black performers in film during a time when opportunities for Black actors were extremely limited.

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Acting · Wichita, Kansas, USA

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award. 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…

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Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 52022
Becoming Marilyn2022
Explained — Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)2018
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)2009
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry — Self (archive footage)2004
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)1988
Musical Comedy Tonight III1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
The Beulah Show — Beulah1950

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United States
Active from: 1893
Active to: 1952

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Listeners: 488
Total plays: 1,155

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Quotes

“I desire a white casket and a white shroud; white gardenias in my hair and in my hands, together with a white gardenia blanket and a pillow of red roses.”
“I’d rather play a maid than be one.”
“It has made me feel very, very humble, and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything I may be able to do in the future, I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry.”
“I knew that I could sing and dance...my mother would give me a nickel sometimes to stop.”

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Commons category: Hattie McDaniel
date of birth: 1893-06-10
date of death: 1952-10-26
start of work period: 1932-00-00
name in native language: Hattie McDaniel
end of work period: 1949-00-00

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Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975, and in 2006, became the first black Oscar winner honored with a U.S. postage stamp. In 2010, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.

In addition to acting, McDaniel recorded 16 blues sides between 1926 and 1929 and was a radio performer and television personality; she was the first black woman to sing on radio in the United States. Although she appeared in more than 300 films, she received on-screen credits for only 83. Her best known other major films are Alice Adams, In This Our Life, Since You Went Away, and Song of the South.