Hattie McDaniel
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Vivacious Lady (1938)
as Hattie (uncredited)
Since You Went Away (1944)
as Fidelia
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Callie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I'm No Angel (1933)
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
as Hilda
Zenobia (1939)
as Dehlia
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Minerva Clay
The Little Colonel (1935)
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
The Flame (1947)
as Celia
Family Honeymoon (1948)
as Phyllis
China Seas (1935)
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Affectionately Yours (1941)
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
as Hester
Hello, Sister! (1933)
as Woman in Apartment House
3 Is a Family (1944)
as Maid
Show Boat (1936)
as Queenie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Lie (1941)
as Violet
Babbitt (1934)
as Rosalie (uncredited)
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
as Mamie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
as Self
We're Only Human (1935)
as Molly
The Shining Hour (1938)
as Belvedere
Judge Priest (1934)
as Aunt Dilsey
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Good-bye Love (1933)
as Edna the Maid
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
as Cozy
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
as Mop Buyer
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
as Martha
The Big Wheel (1949)
as Minnie
Maryland (1940)
as Aunt Carrie
Star for a Night (1936)
as Hattie
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Merry Go Round of 1938 (1937)
as Maid
Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
as Mamie (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
as Lizzie
The Male Animal (1942)
as Cleota
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)
as Ellen Belle
Okay Toots! (1935)
as Maid (uncredited)
Wig-Wag (1935)
as Cook
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
Becoming Marilyn (2022)
as (archive footage)
True Confession (1937)
as Ella
Lost in the Stratosphere (1934)
as Ida Johnson
Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Alice Adams (1935)
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
The Crime Nobody Saw (1937)
as Ambrosia
Hypnotized (1932)
as Powder Room Attendant
Carefree (1938)
as Hattie (uncredited)
Margie (1946)
as Cynthia
Music Is Magic (1935)
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
Saratoga (1937)
as Rosetta
Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985)
Actor
Operator 13 (1934)
as Annie (uncredited)
Postal Inspector (1936)
as Deborah
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Maid (uncredited)
The First Baby (1936)
as Dora
Janie (1944)
as April, Conway's Maid
Another Face (1935)
as Nellie (uncredited)
Racing Lady (1937)
as Abby
Are You Listening? (1932)
as Performer entering radio station
Gentle Julia (1936)
as Kitty Silvers
High Tension (1936)
as Hattie
Mississippi Moods (1937)
Actor
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 (2022)
Actor
The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
Fate's Fathead (1934)
as Mandy - the Maid
City Park (1934)
as Tessie
Johnny Come Lately (1943)
as Aida
The Washington Masquerade (1932)
as Maid (uncredited)
Over the Goal (1937)
as Hannah
Everybody's Baby (1939)
as Hattie
Battle of Broadway (1938)
as Agatha
Janie Gets Married (1946)
as April
The Golden West (1932)
as Mammy Lou
Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Millie
Mickey (1948)
as Bertha
Sky Racket (1937)
as Jenny
The Boiling Point (1932)
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
45 Fathers (1937)
as Beulah
Murder by Television (1935)
as Isabella
Flirtation (1934)
as Abigail (uncredited)
The Wildcatter (1937)
as Pearl (uncredited)
Quick Money (1937)
as Hattie (uncredited)
Arbor Day (1936)
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Mickey's Rescue (1934)
as Maid
Reunion (1936)
as Sadie
Anniversary Trouble (1935)
as Maid