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Hattie McDaniel Quotes

1893–1952 United States

Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.

United States
Actresses
Comedians
Singer-songwriters

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I desire a white casket and a white shroud; white gardenias in my hair and in my hands, together with a white gardenia blanket and a pillow of red roses.

I knew that I could sing and dance...my mother would give me a nickel sometimes to stop.

I’d rather play a maid than be one.

It has made me feel very, very humble, and I shall always hold it as a beacon for anything I may be able to do in the future, I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hattie McDaniel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.