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HATTIE MCDANIEL
ACTRESS
Hattie McDaniel
Born: June 10, 1893 Wichita, Kansas
Died: October 26, 1952 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Hattie was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Mammy” in Gone with the Wind (1939), becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
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