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, 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 fountain pen signature, “Hattie McDaniel,” on an off-white 6 x 3.5 vertically lined sheet. In fine condition, with a small collector’s notation to top right and a nice, small clipped photo to lower right. R&R COA. Featured collection item.
