
Hattie McDaniel
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).
100 acting credits
Acting · 100

Gone with the Wind
1939

Explained
2018

Hollywood Black
2024

Operator 13
1934

Song of the South
1946
The Beulah Show
1950

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

Imitation of Life
1934

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988

Since You Went Away
1944

Nothing Sacred
1937

Blonde Venus
1932

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940

Margie
1946

Vivacious Lady
1938

Alice Adams
1935

Becoming Marilyn
2022

China Seas
1935

The Great Lie
1941

In This Our Life
1942

The Mad Miss Manton
1938

The Flame
1947

Libeled Lady
1936

The Big Wheel
1949

Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943

I'm No Angel
1933

Carefree
1938

Zenobia
1939

The Male Animal
1942

Saratoga
1937

Family Honeymoon
1948

Never Say Goodbye
1946

Judge Priest
1934

The Singing Kid
1936

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009

Show Boat
1936

The Shopworn Angel
1938

The Little Colonel
1935

Hello, Sister!
1933

The Impatient Maiden
1932

The Shining Hour
1938

Don't Tell the Wife
1937

Traveling Saleslady
1935

Are You Listening?
1932

Hi, Beautiful
1944

The Wildcatter
1937

Gentle Julia
1936

Reunion
1936

Can This Be Dixie?
1936

Maryland
1940

The First Baby
1936

Another Face
1935

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936

True Confession
1937

Affectionately Yours
1941

Quick Money
1937

The Washington Masquerade
1932

Mickey
1948

Over the Goal
1937

We're Only Human
1935

Everybody's Baby
1939

George Washington Slept Here
1942

City Park
1934

Star for a Night
1936

Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985

3 Is a Family
1944

The Bride Walks Out
1936

Babbitt
1934

Janie
1944

45 Fathers
1937

Battle of Broadway
1938

King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934

Murder by Television
1935

Johnny Come Lately
1943

The Boiling Point
1932

Postal Inspector
1936

High Tension
1936

Good-bye Love
1933

Hypnotized
1932

Merry Go Round of 1938
1937

Racing Lady
1937

Music Is Magic
1935

Flirtation
1934

Arbor Day
1936

The Golden West
1932

Sky Racket
1937

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022

Wig-Wag
1935

The Crime Nobody Saw
1937

Merry Wives of Reno
1934

Lost in the Stratosphere
1934

The Chases of Pimple Street
1934
Okay Toots!
1935

Mickey's Rescue
1934

Janie Gets Married
1946

Anniversary Trouble
1935

Fate's Fathead
1934
Mississippi Moods
1937

Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004