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. More recently, O'Neill started to write, and has published From Fallen To Forgiven, a book of biographical notes and philosophical thoughts about life and existence. It is one of the most popular sites for visitors to the cemetery. O'Neill had more success in TV movies, including notable performances in Love's Savage Fury and in Bare Essence. 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. After her success in Summer of '42 in 1971, in which she plays the young widow of a soldier killed in war, O'Neill became a well-known Hollywood actress, and continued acting for the next two decades, but was seldom offered roles which challenged her abilities. In 1999, the new owner of the Hollywood Cemetery who changed its name to Hollywood Forever Cemetery wanted to right that wrong. Ms. In 1970 she played a minor role in Rio Lobo, starring John Wayne.

Thus, she was interred in Rosedale Cemetery. In 1968 she landed a small role in For the Love of Ivy. 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. As a teenager, O'Neill started to work as a model and appeared in TV commercials and on magazine covers. 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. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the daughter of a Spanish-Irish businessman and his English wife. 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. Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress.

She was born in Wichita, Kansas. For the Love of Ivy (1968). Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 - October 26, 1952) was an American singer and actress. Futz! (1969). Rio Lobo (1970). Summer of '42 (1971).

Such Good Friends (1971). Glass Houses (1972). The Carey Treatment (1972). Lady Ice (1973).

Whiffs (1975). The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975). Gente di rispetto (1975). L'innocente (1976).

Call Girl (1976). 7 Note in Nero (1977). Caravans (1978). A Force of One (1979).

Steel (1980). Cloud Dancer (1980). Scanners (1981). I love NY (1988).

Committed (1988). Discretion assured (1993). Love is Like That (1996). The Corporate Ladder (1997).

The Ride (1997). The Prince and the Surfer (1999). Time Changer (2002).