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.
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 (Movies)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Character:
Release Date:05/04/2022
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1988
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Character:
Release Date:22/11/1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
The Big Wheel
Character:Minnie
Release Date:04/11/1949
Family Honeymoon
Character:Phyllis
Release Date:06/12/1948
Mickey
Character:Bertha
Release Date:23/06/1948
The Flame
Character:Celia
Release Date:24/11/1947
Song of the South
Character:Aunt Tempy
Release Date:12/11/1946
Never Say Goodbye
Character:Cozy
Release Date:09/11/1946
Margie
Character:Cynthia
Release Date:15/10/1946
Janie Gets Married
Character:April
Release Date:22/06/1946
Hi, Beautiful
Character:Millie
Release Date:18/12/1944
3 Is a Family
Character:Maid
Release Date:23/11/1944
Janie
Character:April, Conway's Maid
Release Date:02/09/1944
Since You Went Away
Character:Fidelia
Release Date:30/06/1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Character:Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Release Date:25/09/1943
Johnny Come Lately
Character:Aida
Release Date:03/09/1943
George Washington Slept Here
Character:Hester
Release Date:30/10/1942
In This Our Life
Character:Minerva Clay
Release Date:08/05/1942
The Male Animal
Character:Cleota
Release Date:12/03/1942
They Died with Their Boots On
Character:Callie
Release Date:20/11/1941
Affectionately Yours
Character:Cynthia, Sue's Cook
Release Date:10/05/1941
The Great Lie
Character:Violet
Release Date:05/04/1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1940
Maryland
Character:Aunt Carrie
Release Date:19/07/1940
Gone with the Wind
Character:Mammy
Release Date:15/12/1939
Zenobia
Character:Dehlia
Release Date:21/04/1939
Everybody's Baby
Character:Hattie
Release Date:24/03/1939
The Shining Hour
Character:Belvedere
Release Date:18/11/1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Character:Hilda
Release Date:21/10/1938
Carefree
Character:Hattie (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/1938
The Shopworn Angel
Character:Martha
Release Date:15/07/1938
Vivacious Lady
Character:Hattie (uncredited)
Release Date:13/05/1938
Battle of Broadway
Character:Agatha
Release Date:22/04/1938
True Confession
Character:Ella
Release Date:24/12/1937
Quick Money
Character:Hattie (uncredited)
Release Date:10/12/1937
45 Fathers
Character:Beulah
Release Date:26/11/1937
Nothing Sacred
Character:Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Release Date:25/11/1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
Character:Maid
Release Date:14/11/1937
Over the Goal
Character:Hannah
Release Date:16/10/1937
Sky Racket
Character:Jenny
Release Date:01/10/1937
Saratoga
Character:Rosetta
Release Date:23/07/1937
Mississippi Moods
Character:
Release Date:19/07/1937
The Wildcatter
Character:Pearl (uncredited)
Release Date:06/06/1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
Character:Ambrosia
Release Date:12/03/1937
Don't Tell the Wife
Character:Mamie (uncredited)
Release Date:05/03/1937
Racing Lady
Character:Abby
Release Date:12/01/1937
Reunion
Character:Sadie
Release Date:20/11/1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Character:Lizzie
Release Date:13/11/1936
Libeled Lady
Character:Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
Release Date:09/10/1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Character:Ellen Belle
Release Date:06/10/1936
Star for a Night
Character:Hattie
Release Date:28/08/1936
Postal Inspector
Character:Deborah
Release Date:16/08/1936
The Bride Walks Out
Character:Mamie
Release Date:10/07/1936
High Tension
Character:Hattie
Release Date:10/07/1936
Show Boat
Character:Queenie
Release Date:17/05/1936
Arbor Day
Character:Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:02/05/1936
The Singing Kid
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:10/04/1936
Gentle Julia
Character:Kitty Silvers
Release Date:10/04/1936
The First Baby
Character:Dora
Release Date:02/04/1936
We're Only Human
Character:Molly
Release Date:27/12/1935
Another Face
Character:Nellie (uncredited)
Release Date:20/12/1935
Music Is Magic
Character:Hattie (Amanda in credits)
Release Date:01/11/1935
Murder by Television
Character:Isabella
Release Date:01/10/1935
Alice Adams
Character:Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
Release Date:23/08/1935
China Seas
Character:Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:09/08/1935
Wig-Wag
Character:Cook
Release Date:11/04/1935
Traveling Saleslady
Character:Martha Smith (uncredited)
Release Date:28/03/1935
Anniversary Trouble
Character:Maid
Release Date:13/03/1935
The Little Colonel
Character:Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Release Date:22/02/1935
Okay Toots!
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:02/02/1935
The Chases of Pimple Street
Character:Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:22/12/1934
Babbitt
Character:Rosalie (uncredited)
Release Date:08/12/1934
Imitation of Life
Character:Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1934
Fate's Fathead
Character:Mandy - the Maid
Release Date:17/11/1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
Character:Ida Johnson
Release Date:14/11/1934
Flirtation
Character:Abigail (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1934
Judge Priest
Character:Aunt Dilsey
Release Date:15/09/1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Character:Mop Buyer
Release Date:15/09/1934
Operator 13
Character:Annie (uncredited)
Release Date:08/06/1934
City Park
Character:Tessie
Release Date:01/05/1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Character:Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1934
Mickey's Rescue
Character:Maid
Release Date:22/03/1934
Good-bye Love
Character:Edna the Maid
Release Date:09/11/1933
I'm No Angel
Character:Manicurist (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1933
Hello, Sister!
Character:Woman in Apartment House
Release Date:14/04/1933
Hypnotized
Character:Powder Room Attendant
Release Date:25/12/1932
Blonde Venus
Character:Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
Release Date:23/09/1932
The Boiling Point
Character:Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Release Date:15/07/1932
The Washington Masquerade
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:09/07/1932
Are You Listening?
Character:Performer entering radio station
Release Date:21/03/1932
The Impatient Maiden
Character:Injured Patient (uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1932
Television Appearances
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