Hattie McDaniel
92 movies · 2 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 10, 1893
- Died
- Oct 26, 1952 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- Hattie McDaniels
Biography
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.
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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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Known for
Hattie McDaniel: movies and TV shows
Acting (94)
- 2023
- 2022 Becoming Marilyn
as (archive footage)
- 2022
- 1985
- 1950
- 1949 The Big Wheel
as Minnie
- 1948 Family Honeymoon
as Phyllis
- 1948 Mickey
as Bertha
- 1947 The Flame
as Celia
- 1946 Song of the South
as Aunt Tempy
- 1946 Never Say Goodbye
as Cozy
- 1946 Margie
as Cynthia
- 1946 Janie Gets Married
as April
- 1944 Hi, Beautiful
as Millie
- 1944 3 Is a Family
as Maid
- 1944 Janie
as April, Conway's Maid
- 1944 Since You Went Away
as Fidelia
- 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
- 1943 Johnny Come Lately
as Aida
- 1942 George Washington Slept Here
as Hester
- 1942 In This Our Life
as Minerva Clay
- 1942 The Male Animal
as Cleota
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Callie
- 1941 Affectionately Yours
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
- 1941 The Great Lie
as Violet
- 1940 Maryland
as Aunt Carrie
- 1939 Gone with the Wind
as Mammy
- 1939 Zenobia
as Dehlia
- 1939 Everybody's Baby
as Hattie
- 1938 The Shining Hour
as Belvedere
- 1938 The Mad Miss Manton
as Hilda
- 1938 Carefree
as Hattie (uncredited)
- 1938 The Shopworn Angel
as Martha
- 1938 Vivacious Lady
as Hattie (uncredited)
- 1938 Battle of Broadway
as Agatha
- 1937 True Confession
as Ella
- 1937 Quick Money
as Hattie (uncredited)
- 1937 45 Fathers
as Beulah
- 1937 Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
- 1937 Merry Go Round of 1938
as Maid
- 1937 Over the Goal
as Hannah
- 1937 Sky Racket
as Jenny
- 1937 Saratoga
as Rosetta
- 1937
- 1937 The Wildcatter
as Pearl (uncredited)
- 1937 The Crime Nobody Saw
as Ambrosia
- 1937 Don't Tell the Wife
as Mamie (uncredited)
- 1937 Racing Lady
as Abby
- 1936 Reunion
as Sadie
- 1936 Can This Be Dixie?
as Lizzie
- 1936 Libeled Lady
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
- 1936 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Ellen Belle
- 1936 Star for a Night
as Hattie
- 1936 Postal Inspector
as Deborah
- 1936 The Bride Walks Out
as Mamie
- 1936 High Tension
as Hattie
- 1936 Show Boat
as Queenie
- 1936 Arbor Day
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
- 1936 The Singing Kid
as Maid (uncredited)
- 1936 Gentle Julia
as Kitty Silvers
- 1936 The First Baby
as Dora
- 1935 We're Only Human
as Molly
- 1935 Another Face
as Nellie (uncredited)
- 1935 Music Is Magic
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
- 1935 Murder by Television
as Isabella
- 1935 Alice Adams
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
- 1935 China Seas
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
- 1935 Wig-Wag
as Cook
- 1935 Traveling Saleslady
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
- 1935 Anniversary Trouble
as Maid
- 1935 The Little Colonel
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
- 1935 Okay Toots!
as Maid (uncredited)
- 1934 The Chases of Pimple Street
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
- 1934 Babbitt
as Rosalie (uncredited)
- 1934 Imitation of Life
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
- 1934 Fate's Fathead
as Mandy - the Maid
- 1934 Lost in the Stratosphere
as Ida Johnson
- 1934 Flirtation
as Abigail (uncredited)
- 1934 Judge Priest
as Aunt Dilsey
- 1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Mop Buyer
- 1934 Operator 13
as Annie (uncredited)
- 1934 City Park
as Tessie
- 1934 Merry Wives of Reno
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
- 1934 Mickey's Rescue
as Maid
- 1933 Good-bye Love
as Edna the Maid
- 1933 I'm No Angel
as Manicurist (uncredited)
- 1933 Hello, Sister!
as Woman in Apartment House
- 1932 Hypnotized
as Powder Room Attendant
- 1932 The Golden West
as Mammy Lou
- 1932 Blonde Venus
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
- 1932 The Boiling Point
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
- 1932 The Washington Masquerade
as Maid (uncredited)
- 1932 Are You Listening?
as Performer entering radio station
- 1932 The Impatient Maiden
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (10)
- 2024 Hollywood Black
4 episodes
- 2020
- 2018 Explained
1 episode
- 2009
- 2004
- 2001
- 1988
- 1983
- 1961
- 1940