Gone With the Wind
1940
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Apr 2, 2014 · Actress and radio performer Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940, for her supporting role as Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind.'
Actress: Gone with the Wind. After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935).
Sep 27, 2023 · CNN — 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...
Feb 22, 2018 · Inside the complicated legacy of Hattie McDaniel, the first Black Oscar winner. Hattie McDaniel changed history with her Oscar for Gone With the Wind.
Apr 23, 2024 · Hattie McDaniel (born June 10, 1895, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.—died October 26, 1952, Hollywood, California) was an American actress and singer who was the first African American to win an Academy Award. She received the honour for her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Jan 19, 2007 · Hattie McDaniel is best known as the first black Oscar winner. She won the award on February 29, 1940, for Best Supporting Actress for her role as “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind. McDaniel’s career began three decades earlier. She gave her first public performances as a grade school student in Denver, Colorado.
Actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to ever win an Oscar for her role in 1939’s Gone with the Wind. A trailblazer in every sense, she left an undeniable legacy for her work; including receiving two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and credited as the first black artist to sing on radio.
