Hattie McDaniel
Known for: Acting
Born: June 10, 1893
Died: October 26, 1952
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
100 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
5.7
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
7.3
Becoming Marilyn
2022
NR
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
NR
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020
7.5
Explained
2018
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
NR
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004
NR
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
NR
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
4.4
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
19617.3
The Beulah Show
1950
5.7
The Big Wheel
1949
6.3
Family Honeymoon
1948
7.0
Mickey
1948
5.8
The Flame
1947
6.5
Song of the South
1946
6.3
Never Say Goodbye
1946
7.1
Margie
1946
7.3
Janie Gets Married
1946
9.8
Hi, Beautiful
1944
9.0
3 Is a Family
1944
6.0
Janie
1944
6.6
Since You Went Away
1944
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
7.0
Johnny Come Lately
1943
6.4
George Washington Slept Here
1942
6.9
In This Our Life
1942
4.5
The Male Animal
1942
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
4.5
Affectionately Yours
1941
7.0
The Great Lie
1941
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
6.5
Maryland
1940
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
5.0
Zenobia
1939
8.0
Everybody's Baby
1939
6.7
The Shining Hour
1938
6.4
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
6.7
Carefree
1938
6.8
The Shopworn Angel
1938
7.0
Vivacious Lady
1938
5.0
Battle of Broadway
1938
6.1
True Confession
1937
5.5
Quick Money
1937
4.5
45 Fathers
1937
6.3
Nothing Sacred
1937
7.5
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937
5.0
Over the Goal
1937
3.9
Sky Racket
1937
6.5
Saratoga
193710.0
Mississippi Moods
1937
8.0
The Wildcatter
1937
5.5
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937
6.0
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
6.0
Racing Lady
1937
7.0
Reunion
1936
7.0
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
7.3
Libeled Lady
1936
6.7
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
7.0
Star for a Night
1936
7.0
Postal Inspector
1936
5.4
The Bride Walks Out
1936
5.8
High Tension
1936
6.7
Show Boat
1936
6.2
Arbor Day
1936
7.0
The Singing Kid
1936
7.0
Gentle Julia
1936
8.0
The First Baby
1936
6.5
We're Only Human
1935
4.8
Another Face
1935
5.3
Music Is Magic
1935
4.2
Murder by Television
1935
6.7
Alice Adams
1935
6.3
China Seas
1935
7.0
Wig-Wag
1935
6.1
Traveling Saleslady
1935
6.8
Anniversary Trouble
1935
6.6
The Little Colonel
19357.0
Okay Toots!
1935
7.3
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
6.3
Babbitt
1934
7.0
Imitation of Life
1934
8.0
Fate's Fathead
1934
4.9
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934
5.6
Flirtation
1934
6.4
Judge Priest
1934
5.2
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
5.9
Operator 13
1934
10.0
City Park
1934
4.4
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
10.0
Mickey's Rescue
1934
6.3
Good-bye Love
1933
6.3
I'm No Angel
1933
6.0
Hello, Sister!
1933
7.0
Hypnotized
1932
5.5
The Golden West
1932
6.8
Blonde Venus
1932
7.0
The Boiling Point
1932
6.8
The Washington Masquerade
1932
5.6
Are You Listening?
1932
9.0
The Impatient Maiden
1932