performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" (1853), "Aunt Dilsey's Improvisation" (1934), "Massa Jesus Wrote Me a Note" (1934), "The Little Brown Jug" (1869), "Aunt Dilsey's Song" (1934)
Radio: A regular performer on the weekly Eddie Cantor radio show "It's Time to Smile" on NBC. She had previously been a guest on four episodes in 1941 and 1942.
Was the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She won as Best
Actress in a Supporting Role for her role of Mammy in गॉन विथ द विंड (1939). She
became the first African-American to attend the Academy Awards as a
guest, not a servant.
