Best remembered for the role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), opposite Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on February 29, 1940, making her the first African American performer to win an Oscar. Also notably, she was the first African American to attend the Oscars as a guest. From 1950-1953 she starred in Beulah, as Beulah, a comedy series about a family whose Negro domestic resolves the inherent “situation” with more common sense than the rest of the family combined. Vintage sepia glossy 8 x 10 photo of McDaniel wearing a look of suspicion in her eyes, a scowl on her lips, a white blouse and bandana, and a large brooch at her throat, signed and inscribed in fountain pen “Best wishes to Jimmie from Hattie McDaniel, 5/7/40.” In fine condition, with corner creases, scattered surface impressions, areas of trivial soiling in the corners. PSA/DNA COA and R&R COA.
