Hattie McDaniel
As Mammy in Gone with the Wind
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Poll: Most memorable Oscar-winning performance by a black actor
Which of these Oscar-winning performances by a black actor or actress was the most memorable/best?
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Sidney Poitier
As Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field -
Louis Gossett Jr.
As Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman -
Denzel Washington
As Pvt. Trip in Glory -
Whoopi Goldberg
As Oda Mae Brown in Ghost -
Cuba Gooding Jr.
As Rod Tidwell in Jerry Maguire -
Denzel Washington
As Alonzo Harris in Training Day -
Halle Berry
As Leticia Musgrove in Monster's Ball -
Jamie Foxx
As Ray Charles in Ray -
Morgan Freeman
As Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris in Million Dollar Baby -
Forest Whitaker
As Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland -
Jennifer Hudson
As Effie White in Dreamgirls -
Mo'Nique
As Mary Lee Johnston in Precious -
Octavia Spencer
As Minny Jackson in The Help -
Lupita Nyong'o
As Patsey in 12 Years a Slave
