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23 de abr. de 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).
Hace 4 días · They discuss the reissue of Hattie’s Oscar at Howard University on the Turner Classic Movies YouTube channel. They also recall the fantastic event at Howard celebrating the return of her award.
Hace 22 horas · By 1941, the image had peaked: Hattie McDaniel won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Ruth “Mammy,” a formerly enslaved woman on the Tara plantation and house servant to ...
Hace 1 día · Hattie McDaniel. Image via Wikipedia. Hillary M. May 7, 2024. From her impoverished background to her trailblazing film career, Hattie McDaniel had a rags-to-riches story unlike any other. While the actress navigated a series of tragedies throughout her life, she showed the perseverance needed to rise to the very top of the film industry.
1 de may. de 2024 · McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind, beating out her co-star Olivia de Havilland, who played good-hearted Melanie. That award meant a lot of different things symbolically at the time, but it was earned purely on an acting level, too.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Courtesy of ReShonda Tate. Tate, a University of Texas Austin alumna, was inducted into the Texas Authors Hall of Fame in 2021. When Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar in 1939, she thought it was going to launch her career. She was the first Black person ever to win an Academy Award, winning Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in ...
Hace 5 días · Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Academy Award—beating out her co-star Olivia de Havilland, who was also nominated in the same category—but was racially segregated from her co-stars at the awards ceremony at the Coconut Grove; she and her escort were made to sit at a separate table at the back of the room.
