Hattie McDaniel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 10, 1893
- Died
- October 26, 1952 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
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. 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
Hollywood Black
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
TV · 1 ep
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Movie
Becoming Marilyn
Movie · as (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Explained
TV · as Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage) · 1 ep
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Movie · as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
TV · as Beulah · 6 eps
The Big Wheel
Movie · as Minnie
Family Honeymoon
Movie · as Phyllis
Mickey
Movie · as Bertha
The Flame
Movie · as Celia
Song of the South
Movie · as Aunt Tempy
Never Say Goodbye
Movie · as Cozy
Margie
Movie · as Cynthia
Janie Gets Married
Movie · as April
Since You Went Away
Movie · as Fidelia
Janie
Movie · as April, Conway's Maid
3 Is a Family
Movie · as Maid
Hi, Beautiful
Movie · as Millie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Johnny Come Lately
Movie · as Aida
George Washington Slept Here
Movie · as Hester
In This Our Life
Movie · as Minerva Clay
The Male Animal
Movie · as Cleota
The Great Lie
Movie · as Violet
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Callie
Affectionately Yours
Movie · as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
Maryland
Movie · as Aunt Carrie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie · as Self
Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Mammy
Zenobia
Movie · as Dehlia
Everybody's Baby
Movie · as Hattie
Carefree
Movie · as Hattie (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie · as Hilda
The Shopworn Angel
Movie · as Martha
The Shining Hour
Movie · as Belvedere
Battle of Broadway
Movie · as Agatha
Vivacious Lady
Movie · as Hattie (uncredited)
Saratoga
Movie · as Rosetta
True Confession
Movie · as Ella
The Crime Nobody Saw
Movie · as Ambrosia
Merry Go Round of 1938
Movie · as Maid
Sky Racket
Movie · as Jenny
Over the Goal
Movie · as Hannah
The Wildcatter
Movie · as Pearl (uncredited)
Don't Tell the Wife
Movie · as Mamie (uncredited)
Quick Money
Movie · as Hattie (uncredited)
Racing Lady
Movie · as Abby
Mississippi Moods
Movie
45 Fathers
Movie · as Beulah
Nothing Sacred
Movie · as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Show Boat
Movie · as Queenie
Arbor Day
Movie · as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Movie · as Ellen Belle
The Bride Walks Out
Movie · as Mamie
Postal Inspector
Movie · as Deborah
High Tension
Movie · as Hattie
Reunion
Movie · as Sadie
Libeled Lady
Movie · as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
Star for a Night
Movie · as Hattie
The First Baby
Movie · as Dora
Gentle Julia
Movie · as Kitty Silvers
Can This Be Dixie?
Movie · as Lizzie
Murder by Television
Movie · as Isabella
Alice Adams
Movie · as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
We're Only Human
Movie · as Molly
Music Is Magic
Movie · as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
China Seas
Movie · as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
Movie · as Martha Smith (uncredited)
The Little Colonel
Movie · as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Wig-Wag
Movie · as Cook
Another Face
Movie · as Nellie (uncredited)
Okay Toots!
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
Anniversary Trouble
Movie · as Maid
Judge Priest
Movie · as Aunt Dilsey
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Movie · as Mop Buyer
Mickey's Rescue
Movie · as Maid
Fate's Fathead
Movie · as Mandy - the Maid
City Park
Movie · as Tessie
Merry Wives of Reno
Movie · as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Flirtation
Movie · as Abigail (uncredited)
Babbitt
Movie · as Rosalie (uncredited)
Operator 13
Movie · as Annie (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Movie · as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Lost in the Stratosphere
Movie · as Ida Johnson
The Chases of Pimple Street
Movie · as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
I'm No Angel
Movie · as Manicurist (uncredited)
Hello, Sister!
Movie · as Woman in Apartment House
Good-bye Love
Movie · as Edna the Maid
Blonde Venus
Movie · as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
Movie · as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Are You Listening?
Movie · as Performer entering radio station
Hypnotized
Movie · as Powder Room Attendant
The Washington Masquerade
Movie · as Maid (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
Movie · as Injured Patient (uncredited)
The Golden West
Movie · as Mammy Lou