Hattie McDaniel
Acting
1893-06-10 · Wichita, Kansas, USA
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).
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023 · Series
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · Movie
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022 · Movie
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020 · Movie
Explained
2018 · Series
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004 · Movie
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Movie
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985 · Movie
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Movie
The Beulah Show
1950 · Series
The Big Wheel
1949 · Movie
Family Honeymoon
1948 · Movie
Mickey
1948 · Movie
The Flame
1947 · Movie
Song of the South
1946 · Movie
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Movie
Margie
1946 · Movie
Janie Gets Married
1946 · Movie
Hi, Beautiful
1944 · Movie
3 Is a Family
1944 · Movie
Janie
1944 · Movie
Since You Went Away
1944 · Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
Johnny Come Lately
1943 · Movie
George Washington Slept Here
1942 · Movie
In This Our Life
1942 · Movie
The Male Animal
1942 · Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
Affectionately Yours
1941 · Movie
The Great Lie
1941 · Movie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Movie
Maryland
1940 · Movie
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
Zenobia
1939 · Movie
Everybody's Baby
1939 · Movie
The Shining Hour
1938 · Movie
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
Carefree
1938 · Movie
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Movie
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Movie
Battle of Broadway
1938 · Movie
True Confession
1937 · Movie
Quick Money
1937 · Movie
45 Fathers
1937 · Movie
Nothing Sacred
1937 · Movie
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937 · Movie
Over the Goal
1937 · Movie
Sky Racket
1937 · Movie
Saratoga
1937 · Movie
Mississippi Moods
1937 · Movie
The Wildcatter
1937 · Movie
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937 · Movie
Don't Tell the Wife
1937 · Movie
Racing Lady
1937 · Movie
Reunion
1936 · Movie
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 · Movie
Libeled Lady
1936 · Movie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Movie
Star for a Night
1936 · Movie
Postal Inspector
1936 · Movie
The Bride Walks Out
1936 · Movie
High Tension
1936 · Movie
Show Boat
1936 · Movie
Arbor Day
1936 · Movie
The Singing Kid
1936 · Movie
Gentle Julia
1936 · Movie
The First Baby
1936 · Movie
We're Only Human
1935 · Movie
Another Face
1935 · Movie
Music Is Magic
1935 · Movie
Murder by Television
1935 · Movie
Alice Adams
1935 · Movie
China Seas
1935 · Movie
Wig-Wag
1935 · Movie
Traveling Saleslady
1935 · Movie
Anniversary Trouble
1935 · Movie
The Little Colonel
1935 · Movie
Okay Toots!
1935 · Movie
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934 · Movie
Babbitt
1934 · Movie
Imitation of Life
1934 · Movie
Fate's Fathead
1934 · Movie
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934 · Movie
Flirtation
1934 · Movie
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 · Movie
Judge Priest
1934 · Movie
Operator 13
1934 · Movie
City Park
1934 · Movie
Merry Wives of Reno
1934 · Movie
Mickey's Rescue
1934 · Movie
Good-bye Love
1933 · Movie
I'm No Angel
1933 · Movie
Hello, Sister!
1933 · Movie
Hypnotized
1932 · Movie
The Golden West
1932 · Movie
Blonde Venus
1932 · Movie
The Boiling Point
1932 · Movie
The Washington Masquerade
1932 · Movie
Are You Listening?
1932 · Movie
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Movie