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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.
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 (1895–1952), actress [2] (Cenotaph; [3] she is buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery) (aged 57) Darren McGavin (1922–2006), actor (aged 83) [2] Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), actor (aged 73) [2] Lou Merrill (1912–1963), actor (aged 51) Charles B. Middleton (1874–1949), actor (aged 74) Laura Spellman-Middleton (1890–1945 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It has been decades since anyone has seen Hattie McDaniel’s historic Oscar for best supporting actress. Now, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will replace it.
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
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – organization behind the Oscars – will posthumously honor Hattie McDaniel by reinstating her missing best supporting actress Academy ...