Photo of the Week: Hattie McDaniel Receives Oscar
"I sincerely hope I shall always be a credit to my race and to the motion picture industry. My heart is too full to tell you just how I feel, and may I say thank you and God bless you."
Geraldine Fitzgerald who played Isabella Linton in "Wuthering Heights",
Edna May Oliver wno played Mrs McKlennar in "Drums Along the Mohawk" and Maria Ouspenskaya who played Grandma Janou in "Love Affair".
McDaniel received both praise and backlash for her frequent roles of playing maids, her answer... "I’d rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid."
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