1-16 of 90 results for "Hattie McDaniel" Skip to main search results Eligible for Free Shipping. [21] When she could not get film work, she took jobs as a maid or cook. Hattie McDaniel knew she wanted to be an actress at 6 years old. When Hattie McDaniel took the stage at the 12th Academy Awards in 1940, she was the only black woman in the room. Movie Reviews Great Movies Collections TV/Streaming Features Chaz's Journal Interviews Cast and Crew Hattie McDaniel Find on IMDB. McDaniel has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood: one at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to radio; and one at 1719 Vine Street for acting in motion pictures. pp. Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer, songwriter, and comedian, best known for her performance as ‘Mammy’ in the hugely successful film ‘Gone with the Wind’ (1939). She made her first film appearance in The Golden West (1932), in which she played a maid. [10] After the death of her brother Otis in 1916, the troupe began to lose money, and Hattie did not get her next big break until 1920. She began to attract attention and landed larger film roles, which began to win her screen credits. [32] Later, when McDaniel tried to take her "Mammy" character on a road show, black audiences did not prove receptive. [85] The reason for its removal, she argued, was not civil rights unrest but rather efforts to make room for a new generation of black performers. [80] In 1992, Jet magazine reported that Howard University could not find it and alleged that it had disappeared during protests in the 1960s. The 13th child of two former slaves, McDaniel was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1895, but raised in Denver, where she discovered her love of the stage and decided she wanted to be an actress at age six. (The military was segregated, and black entertainers were not allowed to serve on white entertainment committees.) Smith, Milton A. McDaniel died of breast cancer at age 59 on October 26, 1952, in the hospital on the grounds of the Motion Picture House in Woodland Hills, California. W. Burlette Carter, "Finding the Oscar", p. 117, n. 67, citing "No Hope for the Negro in Films, Says Writer, As Long As Hattie McDaniel 'Toms'". The 46-year-old actress from … [23], Upon hearing of the planned film adaptation, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) fought hard to require the film's producer and director to delete racial epithets from the movie (in particular the offensive slur "nigger") and to alter scenes that might be incendiary and that, in their view, were historically inaccurate. The other rival was Hattie McDaniel, who costarred opposite de Havilland’s fragile Melanie as the house slave Mammy. They improved their holdings, kept their well-defined ways, quickly won more than tolerance from most of their white neighbors. Birth Name: Birth Place: Wichita, Kansas, United States. Directed by Madison D. Lacy. One source claimed that Clark Gable recommended that the role be given to McDaniel; in any case, she went to her audition dressed in an authentic maid's uniform and won the part. [58][59] Bette Davis was the only white member of McDaniel's acting troupe to perform for black regiments; Lena Horne and Ethel Waters also participated. [40] Weeks prior to McDaniel winning her Oscar, there was even more controversy. She and Robeson sang "I Still Suits Me", written for the film by Kern and Hammerstein. ... Hattie's Lost Legacy. According to Donald Bogle, in his book Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, McDaniel happily confided to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in 1945 that she was pregnant. Mcdaniel paid a price to cross Hollywood 's most popular tourist attractions win an Award. Black history the year so far, and earned McDaniel $ 2,000 per week ;,! 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