Monday, October 26, 2009

HATTIE MCDANIEL


The first black performer to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, Gone With The Wind, 1939), Hattie McDaniel passed away on this day in 1962 at the age of 57 from breast cancer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel

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  1. EffieOctober 26, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    I don't think she deserved the Oscar but she did swing both ways.

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  2. Leggy O'brienOctober 31, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Now that is some HAT~

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