Biography of hattie mcdaniel
McDaniel, Hattie (1895–1952)First African-American actress to win an Academy Award. Born on J (some sources cite 1898), in Wichita, Kansas; died on Octo, in Los Angeles, California; daughter of Henry McDaniel(a Baptist minister) and Susan (Holbert) Mc-Daniel; sister of Etta McDaniel (an actress); married James Lloyd Crawford (a real-estate agent), in 1941 (divorced.