Hattie McDaniel
Acting
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 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 of
Hattie McDaniel
... 2014
... 2009
(archive footage)
... 1988
Herself (archive footage)
... 1983
Minnie (as Hattie McDaniels)
... 1949
Phyllis
... 1948
Bertha
... 1948
Celia
... 1947
Aunt Tempy
... 1946
Cozy
... 1946
Cynthia
... 1946
April
... 1946
Millie
... 1944
Maid
... 1944
April, Conway's Maid
... 1944
Fidelia
... 1944
Gossip in 'Ice Cold Katie' Number
... 1943
Aida
... 1943
Hester
... 1942
Minerva Clay
... 1942
Cleota
... 1942
... 1941
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
... 1941
Violet
... 1941
Herself
... 1940
Aunt Clara
... 1940
Mammy
... 1939
Dehlia
... 1939
Hattie
... 1939
Belvedere
... 1938
Hilda
... 1938
Hattie (uncredited)
... 1938
Martha
... 1938
Hattie - Maid at Prom Dance (uncredited)
... 1938
Agatha
... 1938
Ella
... 1937
Hattie
... 1937
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
... 1937
... 1937
Hannah (as Hattie McDaniels)
... 1937
Jenny
... 1937
Rosetta
... 1937
Ambrosia
... 1937
Mamie (uncredited)
... 1937
Abby
... 1937
Sadie
... 1936
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
... 1936
Ellen Belle
... 1936
Hattie
... 1936
Deborah
... 1936
Hattie
... 1936
Mamie - Carolyn's Maid (as Hattie McDaniels)
... 1936
Queenie
... 1936
la mère de Buckwheat
... 1936
Maid
... 1936
Hanna
... 1936
Molly
... 1935
Nellie (uncredited)
... 1935
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
... 1935
Isabella
... 1935
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
... 1935
Isabel McCarthy (uncredited)
... 1935
Cook
... 1935
Martha Smith (uncredited)
... 1935
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
... 1935
Rosalie
... 1934
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
... 1934
Mandy - the Maid
... 1934
Abigail (uncredited)
... 1934
Mop Buyer
... 1934
Aunt Dilsey
... 1934
Annie (uncredited)
... 1934
Tessie
... 1934
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
... 1934
Maid
... 1934
Edna the Maid
... 1933
Manicurist
... 1933
Woman in Apartment House
... 1933
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
... 1932
Maid (uncredited)
... 1932
Performer entering radio station
... 1932
Injured Patient
... 1932