Acting
100
Woman
Jun 10, 1893
Oct 26, 1952 (59)
Wichita, Kansas, USA
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).
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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2022 | The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 | |
2018 | Explained | Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) |
2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) |
2004 | Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry | Self (archive footage) |
1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) |
1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
1985 | Musical Comedy Tonight III | |
1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) |
1950 | The Beulah Show | Beulah |
1949 | The Big Wheel | Minnie |
1948 | Family Honeymoon | Phyllis |
1948 | Mickey | Bertha |
1947 | The Flame | Celia |
1946 | Song of the South | Aunt Tempy |
1946 | Never Say Goodbye | Cozy |
1946 | Margie | Cynthia |
1946 | Janie Gets Married | April |
1944 | Since You Went Away | Fidelia |
1944 | Janie | April, Conway's Maid |
1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Millie |
1944 | 3 Is a Family | Maid |
1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number |
1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Aida |
1942 | In This Our Life | Minerva Clay |
1942 | George Washington Slept Here | Hester |
1942 | The Male Animal | Cleota |
1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Callie |
1941 | The Great Lie | Violet |
1941 | Affectionately Yours | Cynthia, Sue's Cook |
1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self |
1940 | Maryland | Aunt Carrie |
1939 | Gone with the Wind | Mammy |
1939 | Zenobia | Dehlia |
1939 | Everybody's Baby | Hattie |
1938 | Carefree | Hattie (uncredited) |
1938 | Vivacious Lady | Hattie (uncredited) |
1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Hilda |
1938 | The Shining Hour | Belvedere |
1938 | The Shopworn Angel | Martha |
1938 | Battle of Broadway | Agatha |
1937 | Nothing Sacred | Mrs. Walker (uncredited) |
1937 | True Confession | Ella |
1937 | Saratoga | Rosetta |
1937 | Sky Racket | Jenny |
1937 | Quick Money | Hattie (uncredited) |
1937 | Racing Lady | Abby |
1937 | The Crime Nobody Saw | Ambrosia |
1937 | Over the Goal | Hannah |
1937 | Merry Go Round of 1938 | Maid |
1937 | 45 Fathers | Beulah |
1937 | The Wildcatter | Pearl (uncredited) |
1937 | Don't Tell the Wife | Mamie (uncredited) |
1937 | Mississippi Moods | |
1936 | Libeled Lady | Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited) |
1936 | Show Boat | Queenie |
1936 | The Bride Walks Out | Mamie |
1936 | High Tension | Hattie |
1936 | Postal Inspector | Deborah |
1936 | Arbor Day | la mère de Buckwheat |
1936 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Ellen Belle |
1936 | The Singing Kid | Maid (uncredited) |
1936 | Star for a Night | Hattie |
1936 | Reunion | Sadie |
1936 | The First Baby | Dora |
1936 | Gentle Julia | Kitty Silvers |
1936 | Can This Be Dixie? | Lizzie |
1935 | Alice Adams | Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner |
1935 | China Seas | Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited) |
1935 | The Little Colonel | Becky "Mom Beck" Porter |
1935 | Murder by Television | Isabella |
1935 | Traveling Saleslady | Martha Smith (uncredited) |
1935 | Another Face | Nellie (uncredited) |
1935 | We're Only Human | Molly |
1935 | Anniversary Trouble | Maid |
1935 | Music Is Magic | Hattie (Amanda in credits) |
1935 | Wig-Wag | Cook |
1935 | Okay Toots! | Maid (uncredited) |
1934 | Imitation of Life | Woman at Funeral (uncredited) |
1934 | Judge Priest | Aunt Dilsey |
1934 | Operator 13 | Annie (uncredited) |
1934 | Merry Wives of Reno | Bunny's Maid (uncredited) |
1934 | Babbitt | Rosalie (uncredited) |
1934 | Flirtation | Abigail (uncredited) |
1934 | Lost in the Stratosphere | Ida Johnson |
1934 | King Kelly of the U.S.A. | Mop Buyer |
1934 | The Chases of Pimple Street | Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited) |
1934 | Mickey's Rescue | Maid |
1934 | Fate's Fathead | Mandy - the Maid |
1934 | City Park | Tessie |
1933 | I'm No Angel | Manicurist (uncredited) |
1933 | Hello, Sister! | Woman in Apartment House |
1933 | Good-bye Love | Edna the Maid |
1932 | Blonde Venus | Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited) |
1932 | Are You Listening? | Performer entering radio station |
1932 | The Washington Masquerade | Maid (uncredited) |
1932 | The Boiling Point | Caroline - the Cook (uncredited) |
1932 | Hypnotized | Powder Room Attendant |
1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Injured Patient (uncredited) |