Hattie McDaniel
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1893-06-10 (59 years old)
Deathday
1952-10-26
Place of Birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Also known As
Hattie McDaniels
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' preten...
Acting
1939
as Mammy
1934
as Aunt Dilsey
1934
as Mop Buyer
1936
as Queenie
1932
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
1946
as Aunt Tempy
1935
as Isabella
1942
as Hester
1938
as Hattie (uncredited)
1944
as Fidelia
1946
as Cozy
1942
as Minerva Clay
1938
as Hilda
1935
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
1941
as Violet
1937
as Rosetta
1941
as Callie
1947
as Celia
1941
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
1949
as Minnie
1948
as Phyllis
1938
as Martha
1939
as Dehlia
1938
as Belvedere
1946
as Cynthia
1938
as Agatha
1937
as Ella
1937
as Ambrosia
1932
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
1932
as Performer entering radio station
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1934
as Maid
1944
as April, Conway's Maid
1946
as April
1948
as Bertha
1940
as Aunt Carrie
1938
as Hattie - Maid at Prom Dance (uncredited)
1937
as Maid
1937
as Jenny
1937
as Hannah
1932
as Powder Room Attendant
1937
as Pearl (uncredited)
1961
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933
as Manicurist (uncredited)
1936
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
1935
as Molly
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
1942
as Cleota
1937
as Mamie (uncredited)
1935
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
1937
as Hattie (uncredited)
1936
as Ellen Belle
1934
as Mandy - the Maid
1935
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
1934
as Tessie
1936
as Mamie
1936
as Deborah
1937
as Abby
1934
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
1934
as Abigail (uncredited)
1935
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
1933
as Woman in Apartment House
1936
as Hattie
1944
as Maid
1943
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
1943
as Aida
1936
as Sadie
1936
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
1939
as Hattie
1944
as Millie
1936
as Maid (uncredited)
1934
as Rosalie (uncredited)
1932
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
1935
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
1936
as Hattie
1933
as Edna the Maid
1940
1935
as Cook
1988
as Self (archive footage)
1985
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1934
as Annie (uncredited)
1934
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
1935
as Nellie (uncredited)
1936
as Dora
1936
as Kitty Silvers
1936
as Lizzie
1934
as Ida Johnson
1937
as Beulah
1934
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
1935
as Maid (uncredited)
1935
as Maid
1937
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
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