Hattie McDaniel

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Hattie McDaniel

• By Jenna Charest

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Hattie McDaniel
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Born in Wichita, Kansas on June 10, 1895.

• And died of breast cancer at the age 57 on
  October 26, 1952.

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At the age of 15 she won a medal in dramatic art,
but later started her career as a band vocalist.
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• Hattie dropped out of school in 1910 Taking a job
  as a bathroom attendant in a night club in
  Milwaukee, her vocal talents were soon discovered
  and she spent about a year singing in the club
  then moved to L.A.

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• In 1939, Hattie won the Best Supporting Actress
  Academy Award for her performance as Mammy in
  Gone with the Wind.
• She was the first African-American Actor to Win
  an Academy Award

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Gone with the Wind, 1939
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She once said, "It's better to get 7,000 a
week for playing a servant than 7 a week for
being one."
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In the Matt Justice Black Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Star Collection
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Works Cited

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/
  timeline
• http//members.aol.com/ttelracs/Hattie.htm

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