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Hattie McDaniel
Acting
10 Jun 1893
† 26 Oct 1952
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Biography
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 assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In...
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Hattie McDaniels
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Hattie McDaniel's Movies
79%
Gone with the Wind
15 Dec 1939
65%
Song of the South
12 Nov 1946
68%
Blonde Venus
23 Sept 1932
73%
Libeled Lady
09 Oct 1936
66%
They Died with Their Boots On
20 Nov 1941
63%
Nothing Sacred
25 Nov 1937
70%
Imitation of Life
23 Nov 1934
66%
Carefree
02 Sept 1938
70%
Vivacious Lady
13 May 1938
66%
Alice Adams
23 Aug 1935
63%
I'm No Angel
06 Oct 1933
68%
In This Our Life
08 May 1942
65%
Since You Went Away
30 Jun 1944
70%
The Great Lie
05 Apr 1941
68%
Show Boat
17 May 1936
64%
The Mad Miss Manton
21 Oct 1938
61%
Thank Your Lucky Stars
25 Sept 1943
62%
China Seas
09 Aug 1935
65%
The Little Colonel
22 Feb 1935
64%
Judge Priest
15 Sept 1934
