Hattie McDaniel
Acting
🎂 1893-06-10
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).
Cast credits(98)
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
2018
Mammy
1939
Self (archive footage)
2014
Beulah
1950
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Aunt Tempy
1946
Annie (uncredited)
1934
Callie
1941
Ellen Belle
1936
April
1946
Maid
1935
Cynthia
1946
Hattie - Maid at Prom Dance (uncredited)
1938
Hattie (uncredited)
1937
Fidelia
1944
Self
1940
Hattie (uncredited)
1938
Rosetta
1937
Aunt Carrie
1940
Hilda
1938
Self (archive footage)
1988
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
1943
Phyllis
1948
Beulah
1937
April, Conway's Maid
1944
Pearl (uncredited)
1937
Self (archive footage)
2009
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
1932
Tessie
1934
Violet
1941
Hattie
1936
Manicurist (uncredited)
1933
Dehlia
1939
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
1941
Cozy
1946
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
1935
Dora
1936
Belvedere
1938
Millie
1944
1985
Maid (uncredited)
1936
Mamie (uncredited)
1937
Hattie
1936
Mamie
1936
Cleota
1942
Molly
1935
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
1934
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
1935
Aida
1943
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
1937
Isabella
1935
Abigail (uncredited)
1934
Jenny
1937
Performer entering radio station
1932
Maid
1934
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
1936
Queenie
1936
Sadie
1936
Minnie
1949
Maid
1944
Aunt Dilsey
1934
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
1934
Deborah
1936
Maid (uncredited)
1932
Bertha
1948
Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
1936
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
1935
Ambrosia
1937
Minerva Clay
1942
Ella
1937
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
1935
Maid
1937
Hannah
1937
Edna the Maid
1933
Maid (uncredited)
1935
Mop Buyer
1934
Martha Smith (uncredited)
1935
Ida Johnson
1934
Hattie
1939
Martha
1938
Hester
1942
Powder Room Attendant
1932
Injured Patient (uncredited)
1932
Woman in Apartment House
1933
Nellie (uncredited)
1935
Celia
1947
Rosalie (uncredited)
1934
Abby
1937
Kitty Silvers
1936
Agatha
1938
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
1932
Lizzie
1936
Self (archive footage)
2004
Mandy - the Maid
1934
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
1934
2022
1937
Cook
1935