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