Hattie McDaniel

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1893 age 0

   Born

2. 1939 age 46

   CreditGone with the Wind

3. 1946 age 53

   CreditSong of the South

4. 1952 age 59

   Died

• WJWilfred Jackson1 title
• PPPercival C. Pearce1 title
• PSPaul Smith1 title
• WDWalt Disney1 title
• MSMax Steiner1 title
• AMAlberto Morin1 title
• GMGeorge Meeker1 title
• BPBill Peet1 title
• RWRalph Wright1 title
• VFVictor Fleming1 title

• Siblings

  • EMEtta McDaniel
  • SMSam McDaniel

Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Children, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.

• I desire a white casket and a white shroud; white gardenias in my hair and in my hands, together with a white gard­enia blanket and a pillow of red roses.

  Hattie McDaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I’d rather play a maid than be one.

  Hattie McDaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0

• It has made me feel very, very humble, and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything I may be able to do in the future, I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry.

  Hattie McDaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I knew that I could sing and dance...my mother would give me a nickel sometimes to stop.

  Hattie McDaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0