Hattie McDaniel

Birthday
Jun 10, 1895
Birthplace
Wichita, Kansas, USA

Bio: Although her movie career consisted almost entirely of playing stereotypic maids and other servants, Hattie McDaniel was in fact the first black woman to sing on the radio and the first black performer to win an Academy Award, for her portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Before coming to Hollywood, she had been a blues singer and had toured as Queenie… More

Filmography

Hattie McDaniel Videos

Gone With The Wind
2 minutes 18 seconds
The Shining Hour
30 seconds
The Little Colonel
2 minutes 59 seconds
The Big Wheel
2 minutes 58 seconds
The Male Animal
30 seconds

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