THere was an AMC biography on this morning on Hattie McDaniel. Unfortunately I missed the first part, but the part I saw was very good. I did not know that she gave her oscar to Howard and during some demonstrations during the 60s the statue got "lost" There is, of course, some speculation that some student(s) stole in because of the kinds of roles she played.
I also did not know she had a TV show for a short time. It was called "The Buelah (sp) show and she played....yep, you guessed it...a maid.
The thing I found most facinating was that after she had won her oscar her neighbors tried to have her removed from the home that she bought with her money because of restrictive covenants! The case went to the Supreme Court and she won.
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