Hollywood Black
2024 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel
1893-06-10
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Wichita, Kansas, USA
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).
Filmography
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022 · Movie
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Explained
2018 · TV Show
as Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Movie
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Beulah Show
1950 · TV Show
as Beulah
The Big Wheel
1949 · Movie
as Minnie
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Movie
as Phyllis
Mickey
1948 · Movie
as Bertha
The Flame
1947 · Movie
as Celia
Song of the South
1946 · Movie
as Aunt Tempy
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Movie
as Cozy
Margie
1946 · Movie
as Cynthia
Janie Gets Married
1946 · Movie
as April
Since You Went Away
1944 · Movie
as Fidelia
Janie
1944 · Movie
as April, Conway's Maid
3 Is a Family
1944 · Movie
as Maid
Hi, Beautiful
1944 · Movie
as Millie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Johnny Come Lately
1943 · Movie
as Aida
George Washington Slept Here
1942 · Movie
as Hester
In This Our Life
1942 · Movie
as Minerva Clay
The Male Animal
1942 · Movie
as Cleota
The Great Lie
1941 · Movie
as Violet
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
as Callie
Affectionately Yours
1941 · Movie
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
Maryland
1940 · Movie
as Aunt Carrie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
as Self
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
as Mammy
Zenobia
1939 · Movie
as Dehlia
Everybody's Baby
1939 · Movie
as Hattie
Carefree
1938 · Movie
as Hattie (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
as Hilda
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Movie
as Martha
The Shining Hour
1938 · Movie
as Belvedere
Battle of Broadway
1938 · Movie
as Agatha
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Movie
as Hattie (uncredited)
Saratoga
1937 · Movie
as Rosetta
True Confession
1937 · Movie
as Ella
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 · Movie
as Ambrosia
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937 · Movie
as Maid
Sky Racket
1937 · Movie
as Jenny
Over the Goal
1937 · Movie
as Hannah
The Wildcatter
1937 · Movie
as Pearl (uncredited)
Don't Tell the Wife
1937 · Movie
as Mamie (uncredited)
Quick Money
1937 · Movie
as Hattie (uncredited)
Racing Lady
1937 · Movie
as Abby
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Mississippi Moods
1937 · Movie
45 Fathers
1937 · Movie
as Beulah
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Movie
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Show Boat
1936 · Movie
as Queenie
Arbor Day
1936 · Movie
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Movie
as Ellen Belle
The Bride Walks Out
1936 · Movie
as Mamie
Postal Inspector
1936 · Movie
as Deborah
High Tension
1936 · Movie
as Hattie
Reunion
1936 · Movie
as Sadie
Libeled Lady
1936 · Movie
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
1936 · Movie
as Maid (uncredited)
Star for a Night
1936 · Movie
as Hattie
The First Baby
1936 · Movie
as Dora
Gentle Julia
1936 · Movie
as Kitty Silvers
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 · Movie
as Lizzie
Murder by Television
1935 · Movie
as Isabella
Alice Adams
1935 · Movie
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
We're Only Human
1935 · Movie
as Molly
Music Is Magic
1935 · Movie
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
China Seas
1935 · Movie
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
1935 · Movie
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
The Little Colonel
1935 · Movie
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Wig-Wag
1935 · Movie
as Cook
Another Face
1935 · Movie
as Nellie (uncredited)
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Okay Toots!
1935 · Movie
as Maid (uncredited)
Anniversary Trouble
1935 · Movie
as Maid
Judge Priest
1934 · Movie
as Aunt Dilsey
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 · Movie
as Mop Buyer
Mickey's Rescue
1934 · Movie
as Maid
Fate's Fathead
1934 · Movie
as Mandy - the Maid
City Park
1934 · Movie
as Tessie
Merry Wives of Reno
1934 · Movie
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Flirtation
1934 · Movie
as Abigail (uncredited)
Babbitt
1934 · Movie
as Rosalie (uncredited)
Operator 13
1934 · Movie
as Annie (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1934 · Movie
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934 · Movie
as Ida Johnson
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934 · Movie
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
I'm No Angel
1933 · Movie
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Hello, Sister!
1933 · Movie
as Woman in Apartment House
Good-bye Love
1933 · Movie
as Edna the Maid
Blonde Venus
1932 · Movie
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
1932 · Movie
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Are You Listening?
1932 · Movie
as Performer entering radio station
Hypnotized
1932 · Movie
as Powder Room Attendant
The Washington Masquerade
1932 · Movie
as Maid (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Movie
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
The Golden West
1932 · Movie
as Mammy Lou
