Hattie McDaniel
female
Born on June 10, 1893 (132 years old)
Passed Away on October 26, 1952
From Wichita, Kansas, USA
Known for Acting
Biography
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 - October 26, 1952) was an American actress whose portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, making her the first black person to win an Academy Award. After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George Stevens and aided and abetted by star Katharine Hepburn, she makes it clear she has little use for her employers' pretentious status seeking. By The Mad Miss Manton (1938) the character she portrays actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of McDaniel's career, Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Mammy is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point, McDaniel's roles unfortunately descended, with the characters becoming more and more menial. McDaniel played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s, the title character in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah, 1950).
Cast Credits
- 2022
- 2018
- 2009
- 2004
- 1988
- 1985
- 1983
- 1950
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1944
- 1943
- 1942
- 1941
- 1940
- 1939
- 1938
- 1937
Saratoga
as
Rosetta
1937
True Confession
as
Ella
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
as
Ambrosia
1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
as
Maid
1937
Sky Racket
as
Jenny
1937
Over the Goal
as
Hannah
1937
The Wildcatter
as
Pearl (uncredited)
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
as
Mamie (uncredited)
1937
Quick Money
as
Hattie (uncredited)
1937
Racing Lady
as
Abby
1937
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Mississippi Moods
1937
45 Fathers
as
Beulah
1937
Nothing Sacred
as
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
1937
- 1936
Show Boat
as
Queenie
1936
Arbor Day
as
Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as
Ellen Belle
1936
The Bride Walks Out
as
Mamie
1936
Postal Inspector
as
Deborah
1936
High Tension
as
Hattie
1936
Reunion
as
Sadie
1936
Libeled Lady
as
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
1936
The Singing Kid
as
Maid (uncredited)
1936
Star for a Night
as
Hattie
1936
The First Baby
as
Dora
1936
Gentle Julia
as
Kitty Silvers
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as
Lizzie
1936
- 1935
Murder by Television
as
Isabella
1935
Alice Adams
as
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
1935
We're Only Human
as
Molly
1935
Music Is Magic
as
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
1935
China Seas
as
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
1935
Traveling Saleslady
as
Martha Smith (uncredited)
1935
The Little Colonel
as
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
1935
Wig-Wag
as
Cook
1935
Another Face
as
Nellie (uncredited)
1935
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Okay Toots!
as
Maid (uncredited)
1935
Anniversary Trouble
as
Maid
1935
- 1934
Judge Priest
as
Aunt Dilsey
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as
Mop Buyer
1934
Mickey's Rescue
as
Maid
1934
Fate's Fathead
as
Mandy - the Maid
1934
City Park
as
Tessie
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
as
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
1934
Flirtation
as
Abigail (uncredited)
1934
Babbitt
as
Rosalie (uncredited)
1934
Operator 13
as
Annie (uncredited)
1934
Imitation of Life
as
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
as
Ida Johnson
1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
as
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
1934
- 1933
- 1932
Blonde Venus
as
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
1932
The Boiling Point
as
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
1932
Are You Listening?
as
Performer entering radio station
1932
Hypnotized
as
Powder Room Attendant
1932
The Washington Masquerade
as
Maid (uncredited)
1932
The Impatient Maiden
as
Injured Patient (uncredited)
1932
