Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 10, 1893
Died
Oct 26, 1952
Place of Birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Credits
103 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
Becoming Marilyn
(archive footage)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Self (archive footage)
Explained
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
Beulah
The Big Wheel
Minnie
Family Honeymoon
Phyllis
Mickey
Bertha
The Flame
Celia
Song of the South
Aunt Tempy
Never Say Goodbye
Cozy
Margie
Cynthia
Janie Gets Married
April
Hi, Beautiful
Millie
3 Is a Family
Maid
Janie
April, Conway's Maid
Since You Went Away
Fidelia
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Johnny Come Lately
Aida
George Washington Slept Here
Hester
In This Our Life
Minerva Clay
The Male Animal
Cleota
They Died with Their Boots On
Callie
Affectionately Yours
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
The Great Lie
Violet
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Maryland
Aunt Carrie
Gone with the Wind
Mammy
Zenobia
Dehlia
Everybody's Baby
Hattie
The Shining Hour
Belvedere
The Mad Miss Manton
Hilda
Carefree
Hattie (uncredited)
The Shopworn Angel
Martha
Vivacious Lady
Hattie (uncredited)
Battle of Broadway
Agatha
True Confession
Ella
Quick Money
Hattie (uncredited)
45 Fathers
Beulah
Nothing Sacred
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Merry Go Round of 1938
Maid
Over the Goal
Hannah