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