Acting
Hattie McDaniel
EN, FR cinema · 100 credits
Born
10 June 1893
Died
26 October 1952 (aged 59)
Birthplace
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Also known as Hattie McDaniels
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).
Known for
Filmography
Becoming Marilyn
as (archive footage)
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)
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
Margie
as Cynthia
Janie Gets Married
as April
Since You Went Away
as Fidelia
Janie
as April, Conway's Maid
3 Is a Family
as Maid
Hi, Beautiful
as Millie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
In This Our Life
as Minerva Clay
The Male Animal
as Cleota
The Great Lie
as Violet
Affectionately Yours
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
Maryland
as Aunt Carrie
Gone with the Wind
as Mammy
Zenobia
as Dehlia
Everybody's Baby
as Hattie
Carefree
as Hattie (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
as Hilda
The Shopworn Angel
as Martha
The Shining Hour
as Belvedere
Battle of Broadway
as Agatha
Vivacious Lady
as Hattie (uncredited)
Saratoga
as Rosetta
True Confession
as Ella
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Ambrosia
Sky Racket
as Jenny
Over the Goal
as Hannah
The Wildcatter
as Pearl (uncredited)
Don't Tell the Wife
as Mamie (uncredited)
Quick Money
as Hattie (uncredited)
Racing Lady
as Abby
45 Fathers
as Beulah
Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Show Boat
as Queenie
Arbor Day
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Ellen Belle
The Bride Walks Out
as Mamie
Postal Inspector
as Deborah
High Tension
as Hattie
Reunion
as Sadie
Libeled Lady
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
as Maid (uncredited)
Star for a Night
as Hattie
The First Baby
as Dora
Gentle Julia
as Kitty Silvers
Can This Be Dixie?
as Lizzie
Murder by Television
as Isabella
Alice Adams
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
We're Only Human
as Molly
Music Is Magic
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
China Seas
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
The Little Colonel
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Wig-Wag
as Cook
Another Face
as Nellie (uncredited)
Okay Toots!
1935
Okay Toots!
as Maid (uncredited)
Judge Priest
as Aunt Dilsey
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Mop Buyer
Mickey's Rescue
as Maid
Fate's Fathead
as Mandy - the Maid
City Park
as Tessie
Merry Wives of Reno
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
Flirtation
as Abigail (uncredited)
Babbitt
as Rosalie (uncredited)
Operator 13
as Annie (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Ida Johnson
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
I'm No Angel
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Hello, Sister!
as Woman in Apartment House
Good-bye Love
as Edna the Maid
Blonde Venus
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
The Boiling Point
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Are You Listening?
as Performer entering radio station
Hypnotized
as Powder Room Attendant
The Washington Masquerade
as Maid (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
The Golden West
as Mammy Lou