Sidney Poitier.
Sidney Poitier.
Hattie Mcdaniel
1963 (Sidney Poitier, for Lilies of the Field)
Hattie Mcdaniel was the first black woman to sing on the radio. She was also the first black woman to win an Oscar(she played the role of "mammy" in Gone With The Wind).
Hattie McDaniel
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 McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
Hattie McDaniel
Yes, she was.
Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." She was the only black woman to win an Oscar for acting until Whoopi Goldberg won the supporting actress award for "Ghost" (1990).
Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind." She was the only African-American to win a competitive Oscar until Sidney Poitier won the 1963 Best Actor award for "Lilies of the Field."
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for acting, which she won as Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With The Wind" in 1939. It would be 24 years before another black actor won an Oscar, when Sidney Poitier won Best Actor for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963.