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McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952

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Personal name headingMcDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952
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Birth date1895-06-10
Death date1952-10-26
Place of birthWichita (Kan.)
Place of deathWoodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activityActing Blues (Music) Singing
AffiliationKNX (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Profession or occupationActors Actresses Blues musicians Singers
Found inGone with the wind [MP] 1939: credits (cast, Hattie McDaniel)
International film necrology, 1981 (Hattie McDaniel; b. 6/10/1895, Wichita, Kans., d. 10/26/1952; actress)
Internet Movie Database, May 30, 2014 (Hattie McDaniel; b. June 10, 1892 in Wichita, Kan., USA; d. Oct. 26, 1952 (age 60) in Woodland Hills, Calif., USA; actress; Soundtrack)
African American National Biography, accessed March 03, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (McDaniel, Hattie; stage/screen actor, blues musician/singer, radio actor; born 10 June 1895 in Wichita, Kansas, United States; joined Professor George Morrison and his Melody Hounds on a tour throughout the West and Mexico; quickly became one of the hottest acts in Milwaukee, and the regulars at Club Madrid, left for Los Angeles and took her chances in the movies; became the star of the KNX radio show The Optimistic Do-Nut Hour; most notable performances came in John Ford's Judge Priest (1934); her most acclaimed role was Mammy in David O. Selznick's Gone with the Wind (1939); died 26 October 1952 in Woodland Hills, California, United States, at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital)
Associated languageeng
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