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The answer to your question depends on the Oscar categories you are interested in knowing about. For instance, if you are interested in knowing about the winners in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category, then there has only been one African American woman to win: Halle Berry in 2001 for her role in Monster's Ball. However, if you include other categories, such as Best Actress in a Supporting Role, the list expands. For instance, the first African American woman to win in this category was Hattie McDaniel in 1939 for her role in Gone with the Wind. The second African American woman to win in this category was Whoopi Goldberg in 1990 for her role in Ghost. So, if one includes this other category, it appears that Whoopi Goldberg is the second African American woman to win an Oscar.
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What were hattie mcdaniel major accomplishments?
Hattie Mcdaniel was the first black woman to sing on the radio. She was also the first black woman to win an Oscar(she played the role of "mammy" in Gone With The Wind).
What movie did halie berry win an Oscar for?
In 2001, Halle Berry made Oscar history when she won the Best Actress award for Monster's Ball. As of 2015, she remains the only African-American woman to win in the lead acting category.
What member of seals and crofts married a black woman?
Jimmy Seals married a black woman and is still happily married
What is the name of the landlord in the woman in black?
He has no name.......
When was Oscar Zeta Acosta born?
Oscar Zeta Acosta was born on April 8, 1935.
Who was the second black woman to win an acting Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind" (1939).
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)
Is there a black woman who has a Grammy and an Oscar?
Whoopi Goldberg won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 1985 and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Ghost (1990).
Who is the second richest black woman in America?
Beyonce
What were hattie mcdaniel major accomplishments?
Hattie Mcdaniel was the first black woman to sing on the radio. She was also the first black woman to win an Oscar(she played the role of "mammy" in Gone With The Wind).
Who was the first black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Actress category?
Dorothy Dandridge for Carmen Jones (1954).
Did Halle Berry deserve the Oscar for Monster's Ball?
Yes, it was a really wonderful performance.
She was nominated for a best actress Oscar for sounder and was also in fried green tomatoes and diary of a mad black woman?
Cicley Tyson.
Who was the second black miss universe?
Wendy Marcelle Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago was the second black woman to win the Miss Universe title in 1998
Who won the Oscar for Sound in 1941?
That Hamilton Woman won the Oscar for Sound in 1941.
What will Halle Berry be remembered for?
Halle Berry won her first Oscar for her role as Leticia Musgrove. Not only was this Berry's first oscar but it was also the first oscar won by an African American Women.
Who won the Oscar for Writing in 1958?
A Man and a Woman won the Oscar for Writing in 1966.
