Yes. Hattie McDaniel was the first black person to be nominated for and receive an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind" (1939).
Hattie McDaniels Best Supporting actress in Gone with The Wind
She never won a second Academy Award.
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie McDaniel.
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win the Academy Award for best-supporting actress in Gone With The Wind (1939)
Yes, she did.
Hattie McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind "(1939).
It was Hattie McDaniel, who won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
Actually, there have been five black winners of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress:
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Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
She received the 1939 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."