Hannah Washington was a former child actor who was active in Hollywood during the 1920s and 1930s. A fixture in short comedies — often as a character named Oatmeal — she was one of the few Black child actors in movies at the time. She also had roles in 1933's ''

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'' and 1935's ''

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'', where she appeared alongside

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Biography

Hannah was born in Los Angeles, California, to Robert Washington and Fannie Ford; her aunt was actress and dancer

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. Her first known on-screen appearance was in 1926's ''

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''; her parents were also extras on several of her older films. She was signed as a toddler by Sunset Studios in 1927 to a contract to appear in comedies. She appears to have returned from acting around 1935; she later married and had a son.

Select filmography

* ''

'' (1926) * '' Luke Warm Daze'' (1926) * '' The Notorious Lady'' (1927) * '' Big Pie Raid'' (1927) * '' The Deuce'' (1927) * '' Animal Catchers'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Spooks'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Fowl Play'' (1928) * '' Bathing Beauty Babies'' (1928) * '' Kids, Cats and Cops'' (1928) * '' A Gallant Gob'' (1928) * '' Busting Buster'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Buster Trims Up'' (1928) * '' Knockout Buster'' (1929) * ''

'' (1933) * ''

'' (1935)

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* American child actresses 1923 births 1990 deaths {{US-actor-stub