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person_profile-Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel Died at age: 59

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 10, 1893

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 26, 1952

Biography of

Hattie McDaniel

    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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Filmography of

Hattie McDaniel

Found 89 Movies in total

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

... 1988

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

The Big Wheel

Minnie ( Actor )

... 1949

Family Honeymoon

Phyllis ( Actor )

... 1948

Mickey

Bertha ( Actor )

... 1948

The Flame

Celia ( Actor )

... 1947

Song of the South

Aunt Tempy ( Actor )

... 1946

Never Say Goodbye

Cozy ( Actor )

... 1946

Margie

Cynthia ( Actor )

... 1946

Janie Gets Married

April ( Actor )

... 1946

3 Is a Family

Maid ( Actor )

... 1944

Janie

April, Conway's Maid ( Actor )

... 1944

Since You Went Away

Fidelia ( Actor )

... 1944

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Gossip in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number ( Actor )

... 1943

Johnny Come Lately

Aida ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1942

In This Our Life

Minerva Clay ( Actor )

... 1942

The Male Animal

Cleota ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1941

Affectionately Yours

Cynthia, Sue's Cook ( Actor )

... 1941

The Great Lie

Violet ( Actor )

... 1941

Maryland

Aunt Carrie ( Actor )

... 1940

Gone with the Wind

Mammy ( Actor )

... 1939

Zenobia

Dehlia ( Actor )

... 1939

Everybody's Baby

Hattie ( Actor )

... 1939

The Shining Hour

Belvedere ( Actor )

... 1938

The Mad Miss Manton

Hilda ( Actor )

... 1938

Carefree

Hattie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

The Shopworn Angel

Martha ( Actor )

... 1938

Vivacious Lady

Hattie - Maid at Prom Dance (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Battle of Broadway

Agatha ( Actor )

... 1938

True Confession

Ella ( Actor )

... 1937

Quick Money

Hattie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

45 Fathers

Beulah ( Actor )

... 1937

Nothing Sacred

Mrs. Walker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

... 1937

Over the Goal

Hannah ( Actor )

... 1937

Sky Racket

Jenny ( Actor )

... 1937

Saratoga

Rosetta ( Actor )

... 1937

The Wildcatter

Pearl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

The Crime Nobody Saw

Ambrosia ( Actor )

... 1937

Don't Tell the Wife

Mamie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Racing Lady

Abby ( Actor )

... 1937

Reunion

Sadie ( Actor )

... 1936

Can This Be Dixie?

Lizzie ( Actor )

... 1936

Libeled Lady

Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

Ellen Belle ( Actor )

... 1936

Star for a Night

Hattie ( Actor )

... 1936

Postal Inspector

Deborah ( Actor )

... 1936

The Bride Walks Out

Mamie ( Actor )

... 1936

High Tension

Hattie ( Actor )

... 1936

Show Boat

Queenie ( Actor )

... 1936

The Singing Kid

Maid (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Gentle Julia

Kitty Silvers ( Actor )

... 1936

The First Baby

Dora ( Actor )

... 1936

We're Only Human

Molly ( Actor )

... 1935

Another Face

Nellie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Music Is Magic

Hattie (Amanda in credits) ( Actor )

... 1935

Murder by Television

Isabella ( Actor )

... 1935

Alice Adams

Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner ( Actor )

... 1935

China Seas

Isabel McCarthy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Traveling Saleslady

Martha Smith (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

The Little Colonel

Becky "Mom Beck" Porter ( Actor )

... 1935

Babbitt

Rosalie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Imitation of Life

Woman at Funeral (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Lost in the Stratosphere

Ida Johnson ( Actor )

... 1934

Flirtation

Abigail (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Judge Priest

Aunt Dilsey ( Actor )

... 1934

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

Mop Buyer ( Actor )

... 1934

Operator 13

Annie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

City Park

Tessie ( Actor )

... 1934

Merry Wives of Reno

Bunny's Maid (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Good-bye Love

Edna the Maid ( Actor )

... 1933

I'm No Angel

Manicurist ( Actor )

... 1933

Hello, Sister!

Woman in Apartment House ( Actor )

... 1933

Hypnotized

Powder Room Attendant ( Actor )

... 1932

Blonde Venus

Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Boiling Point

Caroline - the Cook (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Washington Masquerade

Maid (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Are You Listening?

Performer entering radio station ( Actor )

... 1932

The Impatient Maiden

Injured Patient (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932