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Hattie McDaniel

1893 - 1952

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Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar. She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975, and in 2006 became the first black Oscar winner honored with a U.S. postage stamp. In 2010, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hattie McDaniel is the 651st most popular actor (down from 390th in 2019), the 1,362nd most popular biography from United States (down from 701st in 2019) and the 335th most popular American Actor.

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award. She was most famous for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.

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Among actors, Hattie McDaniel ranks 651 out of 13,578. Before her are Peter Finch, James Cagney, Harry Dean Stanton, Jane Wyman, Alberto Sordi, and Mildred Harris. After her are Sarah Jessica Parker, Ron Howard, John Gielgud, Katharina Schratt, Margaret Rutherford, and Wesley Snipes.

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Among people born in 1893, Hattie McDaniel ranks 46. Before her are Emmy Göring, Fritz Perls, Hans Fallada, James B. Conant, Hermann Balck, and Viktor Shklovsky. After her are Ana Pauker, Mae West, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Ernst Toller, Clemens Krauss, and Edward G. Robinson. Among people deceased in 1952, Hattie McDaniel ranks 27. Before her are Charles Maurras, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and Charles Scott Sherrington. After her are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Sveinn Björnsson, Rudolf Slánský, Charles Lightoller, Bedřich Hrozný, and Heinrich von Vietinghoff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hattie McDaniel ranks 1,362 out of 20,380. Before her are Kendrick Lamar (1987), Raymond Carver (1938), Jane Wyman (1917), Martin Chalfie (1947), James Horner (1953), and Mildred Harris (1901). After her are Rodney King (1965), Stephen Curry (1988), Michael Flynn (1958), Dred Scott (1795), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), and Ron Howard (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Hattie McDaniel ranks 335. Before her are Mark Wahlberg (1971), Carl Weathers (1948), James Cagney (1899), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Jane Wyman (1917), and Mildred Harris (1901). After her are Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ron Howard (1954), Wesley Snipes (1962), Richard S. Castellano (1933), Edward Norton (1969), and Cybill Shepherd (1950).

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