Acting · Wichita, Kansas, USA · Born June 10, 1893
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).
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBecoming Marilyn
2022
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022
TVExplained
2018
as Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)
Movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMusical Comedy Tonight III
1985
MovieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Beulah Show
1950
as Beulah
MovieThe Big Wheel
1949
as Minnie
MovieFamily Honeymoon
1948
as Phyllis
MovieMickey
1948
as Bertha
MovieThe Flame
1947
as Celia
MovieSong of the South
1946
as Aunt Tempy
MovieNever Say Goodbye
1946
as Cozy
MovieMargie
1946
as Cynthia
MovieJanie Gets Married
1946
as April
MovieHi, Beautiful
1944
as Millie
Movie3 Is a Family
1944
as Maid
MovieJanie
1944
as April, Conway's Maid
MovieSince You Went Away
1944
as Fidelia
MovieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
MovieJohnny Come Lately
1943
as Aida
MovieGeorge Washington Slept Here
1942
as Hester
MovieIn This Our Life
1942
as Minerva Clay
MovieThe Male Animal
1942
as Cleota
MovieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Callie
MovieAffectionately Yours
1941
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
MovieThe Great Lie
1941
as Violet
MovieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
MovieMaryland
1940
as Aunt Carrie
MovieGone with the Wind
1939
as Mammy
MovieZenobia
1939
as Dehlia
MovieEverybody's Baby
1939
as Hattie
MovieThe Shining Hour
1938
as Belvedere
MovieThe Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Hilda
MovieCarefree
1938
as Hattie (uncredited)
MovieThe Shopworn Angel
1938
as Martha
MovieVivacious Lady
1938
as Hattie (uncredited)
MovieBattle of Broadway
1938
as Agatha
MovieTrue Confession
1937
as Ella
MovieQuick Money
1937
as Hattie (uncredited)
Movie45 Fathers
1937
as Beulah
MovieNothing Sacred
1937
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
MovieMerry Go Round of 1938
1937
as Maid
MovieOver the Goal
1937
as Hannah
MovieSky Racket
1937
as Jenny
MovieSaratoga
1937
as Rosetta
Mississippi Moods
1937
MovieThe Wildcatter
1937
as Pearl (uncredited)
MovieThe Crime Nobody Saw
1937
as Ambrosia
MovieDon't Tell the Wife
1937
as Mamie (uncredited)
MovieRacing Lady
1937
as Abby
MovieReunion
1936
as Sadie
MovieCan This Be Dixie?
1936
as Lizzie
MovieLibeled Lady
1936
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
MovieValiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Ellen Belle
MovieStar for a Night
1936
as Hattie
MoviePostal Inspector
1936
as Deborah
MovieThe Bride Walks Out
1936
as Mamie
MovieHigh Tension
1936
as Hattie
MovieShow Boat
1936
as Queenie
MovieArbor Day
1936
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
MovieThe Singing Kid
1936
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieGentle Julia
1936
as Kitty Silvers
MovieThe First Baby
1936
as Dora
MovieWe're Only Human
1935
as Molly
MovieAnother Face
1935
as Nellie (uncredited)
MovieMusic Is Magic
1935
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
MovieMurder by Television
1935
as Isabella
MovieAlice Adams
1935
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
MovieChina Seas
1935
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
MovieWig-Wag
1935
as Cook
MovieTraveling Saleslady
1935
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
MovieAnniversary Trouble
1935
as Maid
MovieThe Little Colonel
1935
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
Okay Toots!
1935
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieThe Chases of Pimple Street
1934
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
MovieBabbitt
1934
as Rosalie (uncredited)
MovieImitation of Life
1934
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
MovieFate's Fathead
1934
as Mandy - the Maid
MovieLost in the Stratosphere
1934
as Ida Johnson
MovieFlirtation
1934
as Abigail (uncredited)
MovieJudge Priest
1934
as Aunt Dilsey
MovieKing Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
as Mop Buyer
MovieOperator 13
1934
as Annie (uncredited)
MovieCity Park
1934
as Tessie
MovieMerry Wives of Reno
1934
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
MovieMickey's Rescue
1934
as Maid
MovieGood-bye Love
1933
as Edna the Maid
MovieI'm No Angel
1933
as Manicurist (uncredited)
MovieHello, Sister!
1933
as Woman in Apartment House
MovieHypnotized
1932
as Powder Room Attendant
MovieThe Golden West
1932
as Mammy Lou
MovieBlonde Venus
1932
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
MovieThe Boiling Point
1932
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
MovieThe Washington Masquerade
1932
as Maid (uncredited)
MovieAre You Listening?
1932
as Performer entering radio station
MovieThe Impatient Maiden
1932
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
