Hattie McDaniel

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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 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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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1893-06-10
  • event Death Date 1952-10-26
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3
  • info Birth Place Wichita, Kansas, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Hattie McDaniel

8

Gone with the Wind

1939-03-12

6.4

Judge Priest

1934-09-15

3.5

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

1934-09-15

6.7

Show Boat

1936-05-17

6.8

Blonde Venus

1932-09-23

6.4

Song of the South

1946-11-12

3.7

Murder by Television

1935-10-01

6.3

George Washington Slept Here

1942-10-30

6.7

Carefree

1938-09-02

6.4

Since You Went Away

1944-06-30

6.1

Never Say Goodbye

1946-11-09

6.7

In This Our Life

1942-05-08

6.5

The Mad Miss Manton

1938-10-21

6.7

Alice Adams

1935-08-23

6.9

The Great Lie

1941-04-05

6.3

Saratoga

1937-07-23

6.6

They Died with Their Boots On

1941-11-20

5.4

The Flame

1947-11-24

4

Affectionately Yours

1941-05-10

5.8

The Big Wheel

1949-11-04

5.7

Family Honeymoon

1948-12-06

7.1

The Shopworn Angel

1938-07-15

4.6

Zenobia

1939-04-21

6.6

The Shining Hour

1938-11-18

6.9

Margie

1946-10-15

4.2

Battle of Broadway

1938-04-22

5.8

True Confession

1937-12-24

5

The Crime Nobody Saw

1937-03-12

4

The Boiling Point

1932-07-15

5

Are You Listening?

1932-03-21

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

0

Mickey's Rescue

1934-03-22

5.5

Janie

1944-09-02

6

Janie Gets Married

1946-06-22

6

Mickey

1948-06-23

6.2

Maryland

1940-07-19

6.8

Vivacious Lady

1938-05-13

5

Merry Go Round of 1938

1937-11-14

3.3

Sky Racket

1937-10-01

3

Over the Goal

1937-10-16

0

Hypnotized

1932-12-25

0

The Wildcatter

1937-06-06

3.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961-12-31

6.3

I'm No Angel

1933-10-06

6

Arbor Day

1936-05-02

6.5

We're Only Human

1935-12-27

0

Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry

2004-01-01

6.2

Nothing Sacred

1937-11-25

6.5

The Washington Masquerade

1932-07-09

4.1

The Male Animal

1942-03-12

0

Don't Tell the Wife

1937-03-05

4

Music Is Magic

1935-11-01

4

Quick Money

1937-12-10

6.2

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie

1936-10-06

0

Fate's Fathead

1934-11-17

6.3

China Seas

1935-08-09

0

City Park

1934-05-01

5.3

The Bride Walks Out

1936-07-10

6.2

Postal Inspector

1936-08-16

5.3

Racing Lady

1937-01-12

4.8

Merry Wives of Reno

1934-04-18

4.4

Flirtation

1934-11-09

5.9

Traveling Saleslady

1935-03-28

6

Hello, Sister!

1933-04-14

5.4

High Tension

1936-07-10

0

3 Is a Family

1944-11-23

6.1

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943-09-25

6.7

Johnny Come Lately

1943-09-03

0

Reunion

1936-11-20

7.4

Libeled Lady

1936-10-09

0

Everybody's Baby

1939-03-24

9.5

Hi, Beautiful

1944-12-18

0

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5

2022-04-05

4

The Singing Kid

1936-04-10

0

Mississippi Moods

1937-07-19

6

Babbitt

1934-12-08

0

The Impatient Maiden

1932-03-01

6.4

The Little Colonel

1935-02-22

6

Star for a Night

1936-08-28

5.5

Good-bye Love

1933-11-09

6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940-07-31

0

Wig-Wag

1935-04-11

8

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988-10-01

5.4

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985-03-03

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009-07-02

7

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

5.7

Operator 13

1934-06-08

7

Imitation of Life

1934-11-23

4.2

Another Face

1935-12-20

0

The First Baby

1936-04-02

0

Musical Comedy Tonight III

1985-11-22

0

Gentle Julia

1936-04-10

0

Can This Be Dixie?

1936-11-13

4.7

Lost in the Stratosphere

1934-11-14

1

45 Fathers

1937-11-26

6

The Chases of Pimple Street

1934-12-22

0

Okay Toots!

1935-02-02

6.5

Anniversary Trouble

1935-03-13

7

The Beulah Show

1950-10-03

7.5

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