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(100)
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
2018
Beulah
1950
Mammy
1939
Aunt Tempy
1946
Callie
1941
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
1937
Annie (uncredited)
1934
Self (archive footage)
2014
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
1936
Minnie
1949
Hattie - Maid at Prom Dance (uncredited)
1938
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
1932
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
1935
Rosetta
1937
Violet
1941
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
1934
Lizzie
1936
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
1935
Hilda
1938
Self (archive footage)
1988
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
1935
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
1943
Hattie (uncredited)
1938
Cleota
1942
Dehlia
1939
Celia
1947
Martha
1938
Fidelia
1944
Cozy
1946
Aunt Dilsey
1934
Manicurist (uncredited)
1933
Minerva Clay
1942
Queenie
1936
Hattie (uncredited)
1937
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Belvedere
1938
Cynthia
1946
Isabella
1935
Woman in Apartment House
1933
Maid
1944
Powder Room Attendant
1932
Ella
1937
Rosalie (uncredited)
1934
Tessie
1934
Ellen Belle
1936
Beulah
1937
Ida Johnson
1934
April, Conway's Maid
1944
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
1932
Millie
1944
Self (archive footage)
2009
1985
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
1941
Self
1940
Jenny
1937
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
Agatha
1938
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
1935
Hattie
1936
Hattie
1936
Maid (uncredited)
1932
Hattie
1939
Deborah
1936
Sadie
1936
'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
Aida
1943
Mandy - the Maid
1934
Kitty Silvers
1936
Molly
1935
Hester
1942
Aunt Carrie
1940
Mamie
1936
Mop Buyer
1934
Maid (uncredited)
1936
Nellie (uncredited)
1935
Martha Smith (uncredited)
1935
Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
1936
Pearl (uncredited)
1937
Bertha
1948
Maid (uncredited)
1935
April
1946
Performer entering radio station
1932
Phyllis
1948
Injured Patient (uncredited)
1932
Mamie (uncredited)
1937
Dora
1936
1937
Edna the Maid
1933
Abigail (uncredited)
1934
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
1934
Ambrosia
1937
Maid
1937
Hannah
1937
Abby
1937
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
1934
Cook
1935
Maid
1934
Maid
1935
2022
Self (archive footage)
2004