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Daniel Montgomery Feb 04 2012 | 16:42 pm

Hattie McDaniel, 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)
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Hattie McDaniel, 'Gone with the Wind' (1939)

McDaniel was the first black actor to win an Oscar. She won Best Supporting Actress in 1939 for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara's housemaid Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind.'

 

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