Hattie mcdaniel death

1895-1952

Who Was Hattie McDaniel?

By the mid-1920s, Hattie McDaniel became one of the first Black women to perform on radio. In 1934, she landed her onscreen break in the movie Judge Priest. She then became the first Black person to win an Oscar in 1940, for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind. In 1947, after her career took a downturn, she began starring on CBS radio’s The Beulah Show. She was diagnosed with breast cancer toward the end of her life and died in 1952 at age 57.

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Hattie McDaniel
BORN: June 10, 1895
DIED: October 26, 1952
BIRTHPLACE: Wichita, Kansas
SPOUSES: Howard Hickman (1911-1915), George Langford (1922), James Lloyd Crawford (1941-1945), and Larry C. Williams (1949-1950)
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Gemini

Early Years

Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895, in Wichita, Kansas, with some sources listing her year of birth as 1893. She was her parents’ 13^th child. Her father, Henry, was a Civil War veteran w Life story magazine ashley tisdale.