Hattie McDaniel
Acting
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).
TV Shows(3)
Movies(97)
Becoming Marilyn
2022
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
The Big Wheel
Minnie
1949
Family Honeymoon
Phyllis
1948
Mickey
Bertha
1948
The Flame
Celia
1947
Song of the South
Aunt Tempy
1946
Never Say Goodbye
Cozy
1946
Margie
Cynthia
1946
Janie Gets Married
April
1946
Hi, Beautiful
Millie
1944
3 Is a Family
Maid
1944
Janie
April, Conway's Maid
1944
Since You Went Away
Fidelia
1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
1943
Johnny Come Lately
Aida
1943
George Washington Slept Here
Hester
1942
In This Our Life
Minerva Clay
1942
The Male Animal
Cleota
1942
They Died with Their Boots On
Callie
1941
Affectionately Yours
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
1941
The Great Lie
Violet
1941
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Maryland
Aunt Carrie
1940
Gone with the Wind
Mammy
1939
Zenobia
Dehlia
1939
Everybody's Baby
Hattie
1939
The Shining Hour
Belvedere
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Hilda
1938
Carefree
Hattie (uncredited)
1938
The Shopworn Angel
Martha
1938
Vivacious Lady
Hattie (uncredited)
1938
Battle of Broadway
Agatha
1938
True Confession
Ella
1937
Quick Money
Hattie (uncredited)
1937
45 Fathers
Beulah
1937
Nothing Sacred
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
Maid
1937
Over the Goal
Hannah
1937
Sky Racket
Jenny
1937
Saratoga
Rosetta
1937
Mississippi Moods
1937
The Wildcatter
Pearl (uncredited)
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
Ambrosia
1937
Don't Tell the Wife
Mamie (uncredited)
1937
Racing Lady
Abby
1937
Reunion
Sadie
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Lizzie
1936
Libeled Lady
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Ellen Belle
1936
Star for a Night
Hattie
1936
Postal Inspector
Deborah
1936
The Bride Walks Out
Mamie
1936
High Tension
Hattie
1936
Show Boat
Queenie
1936
Arbor Day
Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
1936
The Singing Kid
Maid (uncredited)
1936
Gentle Julia
Kitty Silvers
1936
The First Baby
Dora
1936
We're Only Human
Molly
1935
Another Face
Nellie (uncredited)
1935
Music Is Magic
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
1935
Murder by Television
Isabella
1935
Alice Adams
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
1935
China Seas
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
1935
Wig-Wag
Cook
1935
Traveling Saleslady
Martha Smith (uncredited)
1935
Anniversary Trouble
Maid
1935
The Little Colonel
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
1935
Okay Toots!
Maid (uncredited)
1935
The Chases of Pimple Street
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
1934
Babbitt
Rosalie (uncredited)
1934
Imitation of Life
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
1934
Fate's Fathead
Mandy - the Maid
1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
Ida Johnson
1934
Flirtation
Abigail (uncredited)
1934
Judge Priest
Aunt Dilsey
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Mop Buyer
1934
Operator 13
Annie (uncredited)
1934
City Park
Tessie
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
1934
Mickey's Rescue
Maid
1934
Good-bye Love
Edna the Maid
1933
I'm No Angel
Manicurist (uncredited)
1933
Hello, Sister!
Woman in Apartment House
1933
Hypnotized
Powder Room Attendant
1932
The Golden West
Mammy Lou
1932
Blonde Venus
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
1932
The Boiling Point
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
1932
The Washington Masquerade
Maid (uncredited)
1932
Are You Listening?
Performer entering radio station
1932
The Impatient Maiden
Injured Patient (uncredited)
1932