Hattie McDaniel
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: June 10, 1893
Day of Death: October 26, 1952 (59 years old)
Place of Birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
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).
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Actor Rosetta
Saratoga
Actor Ella
True Confession
Actor Ambrosia
The Crime Nobody Saw
Actor Jenny
Sky Racket
Actor Hannah
Over the Goal
Actor Maid
Merry Go Round of 1938
Actor Mamie (uncredited)
Don't Tell the Wife
Actor Hattie (uncredited)
Quick Money
Actor Abby
Racing Lady
Actor Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
Actor Beulah
45 Fathers
Actor Pearl (uncredited)
The Wildcatter
Actor
Mississippi Moods
1936
Actor Queenie
Show Boat
Actor la mère de Buckwheat
Arbor Day
Actor Ellen Belle
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Actor Mamie
The Bride Walks Out
Actor Deborah
Postal Inspector
Actor Sadie
Reunion
Actor Hattie
High Tension
Actor Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Actor Maid (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Actor Hattie
Star for a Night
Actor Dora
The First Baby
Actor Kitty Silvers
Gentle Julia
Actor Lizzie
Can This Be Dixie?
1935
Actor Isabella
Murder by Television
Actor Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Alice Adams
Actor Molly
We're Only Human
Actor Hattie (Amanda in credits)
Music Is Magic
Actor Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
China Seas
Actor Martha Smith (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
Actor Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
The Little Colonel
Actor Cook
Wig-Wag
Actor Nellie (uncredited)
Another Face
Actor Maid (uncredited)
Okay Toots!
1934
Actor Aunt Dilsey
Judge Priest
Actor Mop Buyer
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Actor Maid
Mickey's Rescue
Actor Mandy - the Maid
Fate's Fathead
Actor Tessie
City Park
Actor Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Merry Wives of Reno
Actor Abigail (uncredited)
Flirtation
Actor Rosalie (uncredited)
Babbitt
Actor Annie (uncredited)
Operator 13
Actor Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Actor Ida Johnson
Lost in the Stratosphere
Actor Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
The Chases of Pimple Street
1933
1932
Actor Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
Actor Performer entering radio station
Are You Listening?
Actor Maid (uncredited)
The Washington Masquerade
Actor Injured Patient (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
Actor Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
Actor Powder Room Attendant
Hypnotized