Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Mammy” in Gone with the Wind (1939), becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
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| Full name at birth | Hattie McDaniel
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| Claim to fame | Mammy on Gone with the Wind
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| Date of birth | 10 June 1893
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| Place of birth | Wichita, Kansas, USA
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| Date of death | 26 October 1952
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| Age | 59 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Woodland Hills, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Breast Cancer
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| Resting place | Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
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| Occupation | Actress, singer-songwriter and comedian
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| Height | 5' 2" (157 cm)
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| High school | East Denver High School, Denver, CO (dropped out 1910)
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- Arguably the first African-American woman to sing on radio (1915, with Professor George Morrison's Negro Orchestra, Denver, CO); first African-American to be buried in Los Angeles' Rosedale Cemetery
- The human "Mammy" character in the Tom+Jerry Cartoons was based on her. This human supporting character was best remembered for shouting "THOMAS" very loudly.
- Was the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She won as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). She became the first African-American to attend the Academy Awards as a guest, not a servant.
- 47 years after her death, has been memorialized by a pink-and-gray granite monument at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Her wish to be buried in Hollywood at her death in 1952 was denied amid the racism of the era. (1999)
- Sister of Sam McDaniel.
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