Hattie McDaniel
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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).
Known for
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Mammy
Song of the South (1946)
as Aunt Tempy
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Callie
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
Good-bye Love (1933)
as Edna the Maid
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
as Hattie (uncredited)
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Manicurist (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Minerva Clay
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Fidelia
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Phyllis
The Little Colonel (1935)
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
The Great Lie (1941)
as Violet
Zenobia (1939)
as Dehlia
China Seas (1935)
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Carefree (1938)
as Hattie (uncredited)
Show Boat (1936)
as Queenie
The Flame (1947)
as Celia
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)
Affectionately Yours (1941)
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Saratoga (1937)
as Rosetta
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
as Hilda
Alice Adams (1935)
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Hello, Sister! (1933)
as Woman in Apartment House
Racing Lady (1937)
as Abby
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Hester
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self
The Big Wheel (1949)
as Minnie
Operator 13 (1934)
as Annie (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
as Cozy
Okay Toots! (1935)
as Maid (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shining Hour (1938)
as Belvedere
Are You Listening? (1932)
as Performer entering radio station
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Margie (1946)
as Cynthia
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
as Mamie
The Washington Masquerade (1932)
as Maid (uncredited)
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
as Martha
True Confession (1937)
as Ella
The Male Animal (1942)
as Cleota
Postal Inspector (1936)
as Deborah
We're Only Human (1935)
as Molly
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Maid (uncredited)
Janie (1944)
as April, Conway's Maid
High Tension (1936)
as Hattie
Babbitt (1934)
as Rosalie (uncredited)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
City Park (1934)
as Tessie
Everybody's Baby (1939)
as Hattie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
as Ellen Belle
Maryland (1940)
as Aunt Carrie
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
as Mop Buyer
Janie Gets Married (1946)
as April
Another Face (1935)
as Nellie (uncredited)
Judge Priest (1934)
as Aunt Dilsey
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Millie
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
The Wildcatter (1937)
as Pearl (uncredited)
Star for a Night (1936)
as Hattie
Over the Goal (1937)
as Hannah
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
as Aida
Music Is Magic (1935)
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
Hypnotized (1932)
as Powder Room Attendant
Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
Actor
Quick Money (1937)
as Hattie (uncredited)
Murder by Television (1935)
as Isabella
Fate's Fathead (1934)
as Mandy - the Maid
Battle of Broadway (1938)
as Agatha
45 Fathers (1937)
as Beulah
Reunion (1936)
as Sadie
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
as Ambrosia
3 Is a Family (1944)
as Maid
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
as Lizzie
Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)
as Maid
Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Sky Racket (1937)
as Jenny
Wig-Wag (1935)
as Cook
Mississippi Moods (1937)
Actor
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 (2022)
Actor
The Golden West (1932)
as Mammy Lou
Gentle Julia (1936)
as Kitty Silvers
Mickey (1948)
as Bertha
The First Baby (1936)
as Dora
Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
as Mamie (uncredited)
Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
as Ida Johnson
The Boiling Point (1932)
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Anniversary Trouble (1935)
as Maid
Mickey's Rescue (1934)
as Maid
Arbor Day (1936)
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Flirtation (1934)
as Abigail (uncredited)
The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry (2004)
as Self (archive footage)