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Mar 27, 2022 · Hattie McDaniel was the first Black Oscar winner. It didn’t help her career. Hattie McDaniel, left, won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her work as Mammy in the 1939 film ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Halle Berry became the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for best actress following her performance in 'Monster's Ball.' She has also starred in 'Swordfish,' 'Die Another Day ...
Jun 10, 2020 · The 2008 book "African Americans and the Oscar: Decades of Struggle and Achievement" noted that McDaniel was the first Black actor to attend an Academy Awards banquet, but also noted that the ...
Mar 24, 2022 · At one point, she looked up to the balcony and spotted Sidney Poitier, who in 1964 became the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” and was there ...
Jan 7, 2022 · He was the first Black actor to win the award. ... That night in 2002 also saw Halle Berry become the first Black actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for 2001's Monster's Ball.
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Today in History: February 29, Hattie McDaniel becomes first Black actor to win an Oscar. Hattie McDaniel, left, was given the Motion Picture Academy award for the best performance of an actress in a supporting role in 1939 for her work as “Mammy” in the film version of “Gone With the Wind” on Feb. 29, 1940 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Sep 27, 2023 · 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 ...
