Hattie McDaniel: Summary
- Recent Role:
- Beulah (1952) on Beulah
- Birthday:
- 6-10-1895
- Birthplace:
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
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After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted in film 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). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katherine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has...
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- Hattie was 57 years old at the time of her death.(edit)
- Before presenting the Oscar for Supporting Actress which Hattie would eventually win, Fay Bainter paid tribute to her nomination by saying "It is a tribute to a country where people are free to honor noteworthy achievements regardless of creed, race or color".(edit)
- Hattie is one of only 22 African American to win an Oscar.(edit)
- The only other African-American winners of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar are Whoopi Goldberg in 1991 (51 years after Hattie's win) and Jennifer Hudson in 2007 (67 years after Hattie's win.(edit)
- Hattie was nominated for her Best Supporting Actress Oscar alongside her co-star Olivia de Havilland.(edit)
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