Hattie McDaniel
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).
Acting (93 movies)
Gone with the Wind
1939
Judge Priest
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
Show Boat
1936
Blonde Venus
1932
Song of the South
1946
Murder by Television
1935
George Washington Slept Here
1942
Carefree
1938
Since You Went Away
1944
Never Say Goodbye
1946
In This Our Life
1942
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Alice Adams
1935
The Great Lie
1941
Saratoga
1937
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
The Flame
1947
Affectionately Yours
1941
The Big Wheel
1949
Family Honeymoon
1948
The Shopworn Angel
1938
Zenobia
1939
The Shining Hour
1938
Margie
1946
Battle of Broadway
1938
True Confession
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
The Boiling Point
1932
Are You Listening?
1932
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Mickey's Rescue
1934
Janie
1944
Janie Gets Married
1946
Mickey
1948
Maryland
1940
Vivacious Lady
1938
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
Sky Racket
1937
Over the Goal
1937
Hypnotized
1932
The Wildcatter
1937
I'm No Angel
1933
Arbor Day
1936
We're Only Human
1935
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004
The Washington Masquerade
1932
The Male Animal
1942
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
Music Is Magic
1935
Quick Money
1937
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
Fate's Fathead
1934
China Seas
1935
City Park
1934
The Bride Walks Out
1936
Postal Inspector
1936
Racing Lady
1937
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Flirtation
1934
Traveling Saleslady
1935
Hello, Sister!
1933
High Tension
1936
3 Is a Family
1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
Johnny Come Lately
1943
Reunion
1936
Libeled Lady
1936
Everybody's Baby
1939
Hi, Beautiful
1944
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
The Singing Kid
1936
Babbitt
1934
The Impatient Maiden
1932
The Little Colonel
1935
Star for a Night
1936
Good-bye Love
1933
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Wig-Wag
1935
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Operator 13
1934
Imitation of Life
1934
Another Face
1935
The First Baby
1936
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Gentle Julia
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
45 Fathers
1937
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
Anniversary Trouble
1935
Nothing Sacred
1937
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