Ten years after Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Gone with the Wind," Ethel Waters was nominated in the same category for her performance in "Pinky" (1949).
Sidney Poitier was nominated for his role as Noah Cullen in The Defiant Ones (1958)
No, Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to be nominated for any acting award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role 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).
Just one, a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Gone with the Wind. It was groundbreaking, however, as McDaniel was the first African-American to be nominated for an Oscar, and therefore the first to win an Oscar.
No, Halle Berry was the first African-American to win the Best Actress award. She won for her role as Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball (2001).However, Whoopi Goldberg won Best Supporting Actress for playing Oda Mae Brown in Ghost (1990). She had previously been nominated for Best Actress in 1985 for her role as Celie in The Color Purple.And, Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).Dorothy Dandridgewas the first African-American woman to be nominated for Best Actress for her role in Carmen Jones (1954)
Best Supporting Actress - Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
Geoffrey Fletcher is the African American who won an Oscar in 2010.
1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
1940 - Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
No, he has never been nominated for Oscar.
Quvenzhané Wallis, the 9-year-old star of the 2012 drama "Beasts of the Southern Wild," is the youngest person to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. She is the third-youngest person be nominated for an acting Oscar of any kind.