Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian.
For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
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Hattie as a child
She started her career very young
Hattie was a great musician and singer. She used to sing with her brothers and her sister at the beggining of her career
McDaniel experienced racism and racial segregation throughout her career, and notably was unable to attend the premiere of Gone with the Wind because it was held at a whites-only theater. At the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles, she sat at a segregated table at the side of the room. Although she appeared in over 300 films, she received screen credits for only 83.
