Biography
Hattie McDaniel 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Colorado Women's Hall of Fame · 2010
- Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1975
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1940
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1940 · nominated
Filmography33 titles
Gone with the Wind
Explained
The Beulah Show
Libeled Lady
Mickey
The Great Lie
Vivacious Lady
Postal Inspector
Imitation of Life
In This Our Life
The Shopworn Angel
Blonde Venus
They Died with Their Boots On
Alice Adams
The Little Colonel
Saratoga
George Washington Slept Here
The Mad Miss Manton
Judge Priest
I'm No Angel
Never Say Goodbye
Nothing Sacred
Thank Your Lucky Stars
China Seas
Hello, Sister!
The Flame
The Big Wheel
The Bride Walks Out
Lost in the Stratosphere
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Murder by Television
Sky Racket
Hollywood Black