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