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Hattie McDaniel
Born · June 10, 1893
Died · October 26, 1952 (59 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Bio
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).
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
0.0
2022
Explained
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.5
2018
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2009
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2004
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
8.0
1988
Musical Comedy Tonight III
0.0
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.6
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
1983
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.3
1961
The Beulah Show
Beulah · (6 episodes)
7.0
1950
The Big Wheel
Minnie
5.8
1949
Family Honeymoon
Phyllis
5.7
1948
Mickey
Bertha
6.0
1948
The Flame
Celia
5.4
1947
Song of the South
Aunt Tempy
6.4
1946
Never Say Goodbye
Cozy
6.1
1946
Margie
Cynthia
6.9
1946
Janie Gets Married
April
6.0
1946
Hi, Beautiful
Millie
9.5
1944
3 Is a Family
Maid
0.0
1944
Janie
April, Conway's Maid
5.5
1944
Since You Went Away
Fidelia
6.5
1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
6.1
1943
Johnny Come Lately
Aida
6.7
1943
George Washington Slept Here
Hester
6.3
1942
In This Our Life
Minerva Clay
6.7
1942
The Male Animal
Cleota
4.1
1942
They Died with Their Boots On
Callie
6.6
1941
Affectionately Yours
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
4.8
1941
The Great Lie
Violet
6.9
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
6.5
1940
Maryland
Aunt Carrie
6.2
1940
Gone with the Wind
Mammy
7.9
1939
Zenobia
Dehlia
4.6
1939
Everybody's Baby
Hattie
0.0
1939
The Shining Hour
Belvedere
6.6
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Hilda
6.5
1938
Carefree
Hattie (uncredited)
6.6
1938
The Shopworn Angel
Martha
7.1
1938
Vivacious Lady
Hattie (uncredited)
6.8
1938
Battle of Broadway
Agatha
4.2
1938
True Confession
Ella
5.8
1937
Quick Money
Hattie (uncredited)
4.0
1937
45 Fathers
Beulah
1.0
1937
Nothing Sacred
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
6.2
1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
Maid
5.0
1937
Over the Goal
Hannah
3.0
1937
Sky Racket
Jenny
3.3
1937
Saratoga
Rosetta
6.3
1937
Mississippi Moods
0.0
1937
The Wildcatter
Pearl (uncredited)
0.0
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
Ambrosia
5.0
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
Mamie (uncredited)
0.0
1937
Racing Lady
Abby
5.3
1937
Reunion
Sadie
0.0
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Lizzie
0.0
1936
Libeled Lady
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
7.3
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Ellen Belle
6.3
1936
Star for a Night
Hattie
6.0
1936
Postal Inspector
Deborah
6.2
1936
The Bride Walks Out
Mamie
5.3
1936
High Tension
Hattie
5.4
1936
Show Boat
Queenie
6.8
1936
Arbor Day
Buckwheat's Mother
6.0
1936
The Singing Kid
Maid (uncredited)
4.0
1936
Gentle Julia
Kitty Silvers
0.0
1936
The First Baby
Dora
0.0
1936
We're Only Human
Molly
6.5
1935
Another Face
Nellie (uncredited)
4.2
1935
Music Is Magic
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
4.0
1935
Murder by Television
Isabella
3.7
1935
Alice Adams
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
6.7
1935
China Seas
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
6.3
1935
Wig-Wag
Cook
0.0
1935
Traveling Saleslady
Martha Smith (uncredited)
5.9
1935
Anniversary Trouble
Maid
6.5
1935
The Little Colonel
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
6.4
1935
Okay Toots!
Maid (uncredited)
0.0
1935
The Chases of Pimple Street
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
6.0
1934
Babbitt
Rosalie (uncredited)
6.0
1934
Imitation of Life
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
7.0
1934
Fate's Fathead
Mandy - the Maid
0.0
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
Ida Johnson
4.7
1934
Flirtation
Abigail (uncredited)
4.4
1934
Judge Priest
Aunt Dilsey
6.4
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Mop Buyer
3.5
1934
Operator 13
Annie (uncredited)
5.7
1934
City Park
Tessie
0.0
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
4.8
1934
Mickey's Rescue
Maid
0.0
1934
Good-bye Love
Edna the Maid
5.5
1933
I'm No Angel
Manicurist (uncredited)
6.3
1933
Hello, Sister!
Woman in Apartment House
6.0
1933
Hypnotized
Powder Room Attendant
0.0
1932
Blonde Venus
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
6.8
1932
The Boiling Point
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
4.0
1932
The Washington Masquerade
Maid (uncredited)
6.5
1932
Are You Listening?
Performer entering radio station
5.0
1932
The Impatient Maiden
Injured Patient (uncredited)
0.0
1932