Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel has two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood; one for radio at 6933 Hollywood Boulevard and one for motion pictures at 1719 Vine Street.
. It is one of the most popular sites for visitors to the cemetery. What little things we are to have caused all that trouble". McDaniel's family did not want to disturb her remains after all that time, so the cemetery did the next best thing and built a memorial to Hattie McDaniel on the lawn overlooking the lake. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of her: "I was the spark that lit up Flaming Youth, Colleen Moore was the torch. In 1999, the new owner of the Hollywood Cemetery who changed its name to Hollywood Forever Cemetery wanted to right that wrong. Ms. F.

Thus, she was interred in Rosedale Cemetery. Her contributions to Motion Pictures have been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1551 Vine St. Hattie McDaniel died on October 26, 1952 and was interred in the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. It had been her wish to be buried with her fellow movie stars in the Hollywood Cemetery in Hollywood; however Jack Roth, the cemetery's owner at the time, refused to allow her to be buried there because she was a "Negro" and could not be in the same cemetery as "White" people. Colleen Moore died from cancer in Paso Robles,California. It was one such role, the part of Mammy in Gone With the Wind (1939), opposite Vivien Leigh, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on February 29, 1940, the first Black performer to win an Oscar. Moore continued working on it, and contributing artifacts to it, until her death. Making her first appearance in motion pictures in 1932, she spent much of her twenty year career playing maids, due mainly to the paucity of roles available to African American actresses. Moore's dollhouse has been housed as an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois since the early 1950s, where, according to the museum it is seen by 1.5 million people each year.

She was born in Wichita, Kansas. The interior of the The Colleen Moore Dollhouse is a classic example of the Art Deco Style, complete with miniature bear skin rugs and streamlined furniture and art. Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 - October 26, 1952) was an American singer and actress. In 1928, Moore, with the help of her father, constructed an 8-foot tall miniature "fairy castle" which toured the United States. She was recognized as an astute investor, and through her investments remained wealthy for the rest of her life. At the height of her fame, Moore was earning $12,500 per week.

She was the author of two books, the autobiography Silent Star and How Women Can Make Money in the Stock Market, a subject she had proved herself well qualified to discuss. She was a participant in the 1980 documentary series Hollywood providing her recollections of Hollywood's silent film era. In her later years she would frequently attend film festivals, and was a popular interview subject, always willing to discuss her Hollywood career. In the 1960s she formed a television production company with King Vidor with whom she had worked in the 1920s.

None of these were successful, and Moore retired. She appeared in three films. In 1933, Moore, by then divorced, returned to work in Hollywood. Olympic Team, especially the Yachting team, during the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games.

She and her then-husband lived at that time in a lavish home in Bel Air, where they hosted parties for and were supporters of the U.S. During this interim, Moore was briefly married to a prominent Los Angeles-based stockbroker, one of her four husbands. With the advent of talking pictures in 1929, Moore took a hiatus from acting. By the late 1920s she had progressed to more important roles in films such as So Big (1925) and was also well received in light comedies.

As she continued to play similar characters in successful films such as Flirting With Love and The Perfect Flapper, Moore's bobbed hairstyle was widely copied throughout the world. Moore and Louise Brooks were seen as the people who epitomized the young adult society of their day, and Moore's career grew over the next few years. Moore's vivacious flapper caused a sensation and made her one of the most talked about actresses of her day. Her first major success was the 1923 film Flaming Youth.

She was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922 in recognition of her growing popularity. Born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan, Moore made her first film appearance in 1918 and for the next few years appeared in small, supporting roles gradually attracting the attention of the public. Colleen Moore (August 19, 1900 - January 25, 1988) was a film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent movie era.