
Hattie McDaniel
Known for ActingBorn 1893-06-10Died 1952-10-26Wichita, 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).Read more
Movies & web series
Mississippi Moods
★ 10.0View details →
Mississippi Moods
1937 · Movie
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Mickey's Rescue
1934 · Movie
★ 10.0View details →
City Park
1934 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
★ 9.8View details →
Hi, Beautiful
1944 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
3 Is a Family
1944 · Movie
★ 9.0View details →
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Movie
★ 8.2View details →
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
★ 7.6View details →
Becoming Marilyn
2022 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Explained
2018 · Series
★ 7.5View details →
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Everybody's Baby
1939 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
The Wildcatter
1937 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
The First Baby
1936 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
Fate's Fathead
1934 · Movie
★ 8.0View details →
The Chases of Pimple Street
1934 · Movie
★ 7.9View details →
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
★ 7.5View details →
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937 · Movie
The Beulah Show
★ 7.3View details →
The Beulah Show
1950 · Series
★ 7.0View details →
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Janie Gets Married
1946 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
We're Only Human
1935 · Movie
★ 7.3View details →
Libeled Lady
1936 · Movie
★ 7.1View details →
Margie
1946 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Mickey
1948 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
The Great Lie
1941 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Johnny Come Lately
1943 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Vivacious Lady
1938 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Imitation of Life
1934 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Postal Inspector
1936 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Reunion
1936 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
The Singing Kid
1936 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Star for a Night
1936 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Gentle Julia
1936 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Wig-Wag
1935 · Movie
Okay Toots!
★ 7.0View details →
Okay Toots!
1935 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
The Boiling Point
1932 · Movie
★ 7.0View details →
Hypnotized
1932 · Movie
★ 6.9View details →
In This Our Life
1942 · Movie
★ 6.8View details →
The Shopworn Angel
1938 · Movie
★ 6.8View details →
Anniversary Trouble
1935 · Movie
★ 6.8View details →
The Washington Masquerade
1932 · Movie
★ 6.7View details →
The Shining Hour
1938 · Movie
★ 6.7View details →
Show Boat
1936 · Movie
★ 6.8View details →
Blonde Venus
1932 · Movie
★ 6.7View details →
Carefree
1938 · Movie
★ 6.7View details →
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie