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