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Hattie McDaniel won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Mammy in "Gone with the Wind." She was the only black woman to win an Oscar for acting until Whoopi Goldberg won the supporting actress award for "Ghost" (1990).
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∙ 13y agoHalle Berry is the first and only Black woman to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won it in 2001 for her role in Monster's Ball
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∙ 13y agoHattie McDaniel, who won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
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∙ 13y agoHattie McDaniel, who won the 1939 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
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∙ 13y agoHattie McDaniel won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar of 1939 for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."
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∙ 10y agoAs of 2014, Halle Berry remains the first and only African-American to win Best Actress. She won in 2001 for "Monster's Ball."
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The first black person to win an acting Oscar since Hattie McDaniel?
Sidney Poitier.
Who was the first person to win an Emmy and an Oscar?
Helen Hayes.
Who is the first black to win an Oscar or Grammy?
Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939). The first Grammy awards were presented in 1959.
Did Halle Berry deserve the Oscar for Monster's Ball?
Yes, it was a really wonderful performance.
Why is Sidney Poitier a hero to Black history?
he was the first afro-African American to win a Oscar and one of the best actors of all times
Who was the first black person to win an acting oscar since hattie mcdaniel?
Sidney Poitier.
The first black person to win an acting Oscar since Hattie McDaniel?
Sidney Poitier.
In the movie 'Born in Miami' who was the first black person to win an Oscar for 'Best Actor'?
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a competitive Academy Award. He received the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
First black male to win an Oscar?
Sidney Poitier was the first black man to win a competitive Academy Award. He received the 1963 Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field."
Who was the first person to win an Emmy and an Oscar?
Helen Hayes.
Who was the first person to win the Oscar award?
Nosmo king
Who is the first black to win Oscar for best performance?
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for her work as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939). She was presented the Best Supporting Actress award.
Who was the first black person to win an Oscar for best supporting role in a classic movie?
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to win an Oscar for acting, which she won as Best Supporting Actress for "Gone With The Wind" in 1939. It would be 24 years before another black actor won an Oscar, when Sidney Poitier won Best Actor for "Lilies of the Field" in 1963.
She was the first black person to win an Oscar but Georgia segregation laws kept her from attending the Atlanta premiere of the movie she won it for Who?
Hattie McDaniel
Was Jannings the first actor to win an Oscar?
Yes, Emil Jannings was the first person to with the Oscar for Best Actor. Since this was the first Oscar presented at the first Academy Awards ceremony, he is also the firs man ever to win an Academy Award (Oscar).
Who was the first person under 18 to win an Oscar?
Patty Duke
Who was the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940?
Irene Cara is the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940. She won the Oscar for Best Original Song for "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" from Flashdance (1983). She shares the award with composer Giorgio Moroder and co-lyricist Keith Forsey. She is also the first (and only) black woman to win an Oscar outside of the acting categories.Whoopi Goldberg was the first black woman to win an Oscar since 1940 for acting. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Ghost (1990). She is also the first black actress to receive two acting nominations, having previously been nominated for Best Actress for The Color Purple (1985)
