Hattie McDaniel
Born in Wichita, Kansas, USA — Jun 10 1893• Died Oct 26 1952
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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…
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Hattie McDaniel's Credits
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Gone with the Wind
Mammy
Explained
Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
Beulah
They Died with Their Boots On
Callie
The Male Animal
Cleota
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Vivacious Lady
Hattie (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
In This Our Life
Minerva Clay
Song of the South
Aunt Tempy
Blonde Venus
Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
Operator 13
Annie (uncredited)
China Seas
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
Hilda
The Shining Hour
Belvedere
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Show Boat
Queenie
Since You Went Away
Fidelia
Alice Adams
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
The Flame
Celia
Nothing Sacred
Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
Hello, Sister!
Woman in Apartment House
The Singing Kid
Maid (uncredited)
Margie
Cynthia
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Flirtation
Abigail (uncredited)
The Great Lie
Violet
The Big Wheel
Minnie
Mickey
Bertha
Judge Priest
Aunt Dilsey
Zenobia
Dehlia
The Bride Walks Out
Mamie
Saratoga
Rosetta
High Tension
Hattie
Merry Go Round of 1938
Maid
The Shopworn Angel
Martha
The Impatient Maiden
Injured Patient (uncredited)
True Confession
Ella
I'm No Angel
Manicurist (uncredited)
Music Is Magic
Hattie (Amanda in credits)
We're Only Human
Molly
Family Honeymoon
Phyllis
Johnny Come Lately
Aida
3 Is a Family
Maid
Carefree
Hattie (uncredited)
The Washington Masquerade
Maid (uncredited)
Maryland
Aunt Carrie
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Ellen Belle
Babbitt
Rosalie (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Deborah
City Park
Tessie
George Washington Slept Here
Hester
Hi, Beautiful
Millie
Racing Lady
Abby
The Wildcatter
Pearl (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
Martha Smith (uncredited)
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Mop Buyer
Battle of Broadway
Agatha
The First Baby
Dora
Quick Money
Hattie (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Cozy
Over the Goal
Hannah
Star for a Night
Hattie
Murder by Television
Isabella
45 Fathers
Beulah
Don't Tell the Wife
Mamie (uncredited)
Gentle Julia
Kitty Silvers
Reunion
Sadie
Another Face
Nellie (uncredited)
Affectionately Yours
Cynthia, Sue's Cook
Sky Racket
Jenny
The Crime Nobody Saw
Ambrosia
The Little Colonel
Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Good-bye Love
Edna the Maid
Janie
April, Conway's Maid
Okay Toots!
Maid (uncredited)
Are You Listening?
Performer entering radio station
Janie Gets Married
April
Becoming Marilyn
Can This Be Dixie?
Lizzie
Wig-Wag
Cook
The Boiling Point
Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
Mickey's Rescue
Maid
Everybody's Baby
Hattie
Fate's Fathead
Mandy - the Maid
Merry Wives of Reno
Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
The Chases of Pimple Street
Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
Hypnotized
Powder Room Attendant
Anniversary Trouble
Maid
Mississippi Moods
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Lost in the Stratosphere
Ida Johnson
Arbor Day
Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
Self (archive footage)