LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Hattie Mcdaniel
built 637 days ago
Hattie was born in Wichita on June 10, 1898, and Hattie McDaniel is her real name. She is the daughter of Susan Holbert and Henry McDaniel, and she was the thirteenth child in the family. Her father was a Baptist preacher whose services were enlivened by the songs offered by Hattie's mother.
Source:
In 1910 Hattie left school in her sophomore year at East Denver High School and became a full-time minstrel performer, traveling the western states with her father's show and several other troupes. The minstrel shows were usually performed by black actors, but were ... sometimes performed
Source:
Hattie McDaniel (center), Chairman of the Negro Division of the Hollywood Victory Committee, takes time off from rehearsals...to lead a caravan of entertainers and hostesses to Minter Field,...for a vaudeville performance and dance for soldiers stationed there. The young lady to the right of Miss McDaniel is Miss Virginia Paris, noted concert singer. Photograph from the National Archives.
Source:
Hattie McDaniel has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood: one for her contributions to radio, and one for motion pictures. McDaniel was featured as the 29th inductee on the Black Heritage Series by the United States Postal Service. The 39-cent stamp was released on January 29, 2006
Source:
As Hattie McDaniel ascended the stairway, decorated by ropes of gardenias, the 1170 top flight actors, actresses, directors, executives and technicians broke into a thunderous applause. Metropolitan paper reviewers who covered the event say that her entrance was the big moment of the evening. Becomingly gowned in aqua blue, her wrap was ermine. She carried a rhinestone bag and wore a gardenia corsage and gardenias in her hair. She and her escort F. P. Yober, were guests of the David O. Selznicks.
Source:
Hattie McDaniel, immortalized on the silver screen in the classic Gone With the Wind, won best supporting actress in 1939 for her portrayal of a servant. Ms. McDaniel was the first Black actress to win the prestigious film honor and the first Black ever nominated.
Source:
MORE ABOUT
Hattie Mcdaniel