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