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Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an African-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.
Gone with the Wind is the book that S. E. Hinton's runaway teenage characters, Ponyboy and Johnny, read while hiding from the law in the young adult novel The Outsiders (1967). [145] A film parody titled "Went with the Wind!" aired in a 1976 episode of The Carol Burnett Show. [146]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. 1939 film by Victor Fleming Gone with the Wind Theatrical release poster Directed by Victor Fleming Screenplay by Sidney Howard Based on Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Produced by David O. Selznick Starring Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland ...
Tara is a fictional plantation in the state of Georgia, in the historical novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.In the story, Tara is located 5 miles (8 km) from Jonesboro (originally spelled Jonesborough), in Clayton County, on the east side of the Flint River about 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta.
The hostess and homeowner was Hattie McDaniel, who, in 1939, became the first African American to win the Oscar, for her role as Mammy in “Gone With the Wind.”
Though King's acting career only spanned a few years, she appeared in two of the biggest films of the era, Gone with the Wind and Bambi.She landed the part of Bonnie Blue Butler in Gone With the Wind at the age of four, after casting directors had tested 250 applicants for the role, including her seven-year-old sister Diane.
Olivia de Havilland, an iconic actress during Hollywood's Golden Age, is photographed at the Daily News' studio on May 10, 1945. De Havilland began her storied life with her birth to British ...
Vivien Leigh, who played Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind," died in 1967 at age 53 from tuberculosis. She also starred in "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Marlon Brando.