Celebrating Etta McDaniel
Some brief words of tribute for African American character actress Etta McDaniel (1890-1946), younger sister of Sam McDaniel, and older sister of Oscar winning Hattie McDaniel. Etta started out performing with her siblings in minstrel shows and black vaudeville, with an act called H. M. Johnson's Mighty Modern Minstrels. Like Hattie, she followed Sam to […]