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Actress Hattie McDaniel, best known for her role as Mammy in the epic movie Gone with the Wind (for which she became the first African American to win an Academy Award) had expressed a desire to be interred at Hollywood Memorial Park. At the time of McDaniel's death in 1952, Hollywood Memorial, like other cemeteries, was segregated. [6]
Hattie McDaniel cenotaph. Robert S. MacAlister (1897–1957), Los Angeles City Council member, (1934–39) (aged 60) ... Hollywood Forever at Find a Grave
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an African-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.
In its 94-year-long history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has bestowed an Oscar, one the industry's most coveted acting awards, to just 10 Black women. This year, actor Angela ...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will bestow a replacement Oscar for supporting actress winner Hattie McDaniel to Howard University’s ...
Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), actress, first African American female to win an Academy Award [20] Spencer G. Millard (1856–1895), politician, 20th lieutenant governor of California [ 21 ] Mable Monohan (1888–1953), murder victim; her death sent Barbara Graham, Emmet Perkins and Jack Santo to the gas chamber
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was the first Oscar ever awarded to a Black actor: The plaque presented to actress Hattie McDaniel in 1940 for her iconic supporting role in the landmark 1939 film “Gone ...
Find a Grave: Calvary Cemetery: ... Etta McDaniel (1890–1946), actress and sister of performers Hattie McDaniel & Sam McDaniel; Eugenie Besserer (1868–1934), ...