At 16, McDaniel said goodbye to school and spent the next decade performing across the Midwest. CBS via Getty She landed her first major role in 1935, appearing alongside Shirley Temple in The ...

Hattie McDaniel made history by being the first Black actor to win an Academy ... where she launched her film career as Mom Beck in "The Little Colonel," starring the child actress Shirley Temple.

Hattie McDaniel made history by being the first Black actor to win an Academy ... where she launched her film career as Mom Beck in "The Little Colonel," starring the child actress Shirley Temple.

Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson dancing together "The Little Colonel" in 1935 was a landmark moment for racial integration in cinema. ... Actress Hattie McDaniel is shown with the statuette ...

When Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1940 for her role as “Mammy” in the epic movie "Gone with the ... Reports say she was good friends with Shirley Temple.

Hattie McDaniel was born in 1893 to formerly-enslaved parents in Wichita, ... Shirley Temple, Evelyn Venable, and Hattie McDaniel in a scene from the movie "The Little Colonel." ...

Shirley Temple, Evelyn Venable, and Hattie McDaniel in a scene from the movie "The Little Colonel." Donaldson Collection/Getty Images McDaniel nabbed her first speaking part in the 1932 movie "The ...

Her first big break was playing a servant in the 1935 Shirley Temple movie "The Little Colonel," and, soon, McDaniel became one of the most familiar African-American actors in the country.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) – organization behind the Oscars – will posthumously honor Hattie McDaniel by reinstating her missing best supporting actress Academy ...

Hattie McDaniel was truly an icon. ... McDaniel appeared in over 300 films, ... McDaniel is shown with actresses Evelyn Venable and Shirley Temple.

When Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for best supporting actress on Feb. 29, 1940, for her role as “Mammy” in the epic Civil War movie “Gone with the Wind,” she was already one of ...