Hattie McDaniel

Acting

Hattie McDaniel

Born 1893-06-10 Wichita, Kansas, USA 100 films

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award. 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 becom…

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Filmography

100 films
The Big Wheel poster

The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achiev…

The Big Wheel

★ 5.7 1949