In 1939, Mammy was immortalized on film by Hattie McDaniel, who became the first black performer to win an Academy Award. Mitchell's novel was often criticized for romanticizing antebellum life ...

This weekend, a Wichita event, Hattie McDaniel Day, recognized her work to change the representation of Black actors in ...

American Actress Hattie McDaniel was born on 10th June, 1893 in Wichita, Kansas, USA and passed away on 26th Oct 1952 Woodland Hills, California, USA aged 59. She is most remembered for Mammy on Gone ...

Victoria’s film, which was funded in part by the city of Houston through its Houston Arts Alliance, is one of two ...

Adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell, the film stars Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara, Hattie McDaniel as Mammy, ...

Actress, comedian and singer Hattie McDaniel became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for her role as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." At the time, the Oscars were held in a "no Blacks ...

A vivacious and prolific character player, Louise Beavers kept company with the more acclaimed Hattie McDaniel as America's foremost filmic embodiment of a "mammy," a subservient but jovial ...

American Actress Hattie McDaniel was born on 10th June, 1893 in Wichita, Kansas, USA and passed away on 26th Oct 1952 Woodland Hills, California, USA aged 59. She is most remembered for Mammy on Gone ...