Hattie Mcdaniel Family On Gone With The Wind

She and her siblings produced shows for denvers black community.

Hattie mcdaniel family on gone with the wind. Hattie mcdaniel played scarlett oharas enslaved maid in the film gone with the wind the film has bene heavily criticized for its romantic depiction of slavery and the civil war. Perhaps the biggest thing that sticks out and what people and hbo seem to be missing is all the good that the film did for african americans when it was released. Like hattie mcdaniel not only being nominated for an oscar but winning that oscar for best supporting actress. She was the youngest of 13 children.

She was the first black woman to win an academy award for her portrayal of mammy in the movie. Was gone with the wind actress hattie mcdaniel forced to sit in the back at the oscars. Her mother susan holbert 18501920 was a singer of gospel music and her father henry mcdaniel 18451922 fought in the civil war with the 122nd united states colored troops. Hattie mcdaniel won best supporting actress for her role as mammy.

Her father henry mcdaniel was a baptist minister carpenter banjo player and minstrel showman eventually organizing his own family into a minstrel. But her family was poor and struggled to get by. Born of parents who had both been slaves her father a union soldier in the civil war mcdaniel cut her teeth and earned her chops originally in early 20 th century minstrel shows. Olivia de havilland the last surviving star of gone with the wind died july 26 2020 at the age of 104.

Her father traveled with her brothers in an act called henry mcdaniel and sons. Walter de havilland left the family and married the familys. Gone with the wind produced the first black oscar winner. In the film she played melanie hamilton the prototypical southern.

Hattie mcdaniel was born on june 10 1895 in wichita kansas the youngest of thirteen children in a family of performers.