Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel

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Birthday: 
10 June 1895, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Height: 
157 cm
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,... Show more »
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) she actually tells off her socialite employer Barbara Stanwyck and her snooty friends. This path extends into the greatest role of her career, Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). Here she is, in a number of ways, superior to most of the white folk surrounding her. From that point here roles unfortunately descended, with her characters becoming more and more menial. She played on the "Amos and Andy" and Eddie Cantor radio shows in the 1930s and 1940s; the title in her own radio show "Beulah" (1947-51), and the same part on TV (Beulah (1950)). Her part in Gone with the Wind (1939) won her the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, the first African American actress to win an Academy Award. Show less «

Hattie McDaniel's FILMOGRAPHY

The 89th Annual Academy Awards

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Margie

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Song of the South

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Since You Went Away

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Johnny Come Lately

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In This Our Life

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They Died with Their Boots On

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The Great Lie

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Gone With The Wind

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Carefree

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The Mad Miss Manton

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Show Boat

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Nothing Sacred

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Libeled Lady

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China Seas

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Next Time We Love

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The Little Colonel

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Alice Adams

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Imitation of Life

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Im No Angel

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Blonde Venus

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Hattie McDaniel'S roles

Mammy
Mammy
Malena Burns
Malena Burns