Cast
Hattie McDaniel
Acting
Cast
Hattie McDaniel
Known for
Acting
Born
1893-06-10
From
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Died
1952-10-26
Also known as Hattie McDaniels
Biography
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).
★7.9
MOVIE1939
Gone with the Wind
as Mammy
★5.8
MOVIE1947
The Flame
as Celia
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Song of the South
as Aunt Tempy
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Good-bye Love
as Edna the Maid
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Hello, Sister!
as Woman in Apartment House
★6.3
MOVIE1948
Family Honeymoon
as Phyllis
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Zenobia
as Dehlia
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Vivacious Lady
as Hattie (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1936
Libeled Lady
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Racing Lady
as Abby
★7.0
MOVIE1932
Hypnotized
as Powder Room Attendant
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Callie
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Okay Toots!
as Maid (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1941
Affectionately Yours
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
★5.9
MOVIE1934
Operator 13
as Annie (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1935
China Seas
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1933
I'm No Angel
as Manicurist (uncredited)
MOVIE2001
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Wig-Wag
as Cook
★5.7
MOVIE1949
The Big Wheel
as Minnie
★6.8
MOVIE1938
The Shopworn Angel
as Martha
★8.2
MOVIE1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
★5.6
MOVIE1932
Are You Listening?
as Performer entering radio station
★6.6
MOVIE1944
Since You Went Away
as Fidelia
★6.9
MOVIE1942
In This Our Life
as Minerva Clay
★6.6
MOVIE1935
The Little Colonel
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
★5.2
MOVIE1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Mop Buyer
★6.8
MOVIE1932
Blonde Venus
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
The Great Lie
as Violet
★4.5
MOVIE1942
The Male Animal
as Cleota
★6.4
MOVIE1938
The Mad Miss Manton
as Hilda
★6.4
MOVIE1942
George Washington Slept Here
as Hester
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Saratoga
as Rosetta
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Imitation of Life
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1938
The Shining Hour
as Belvedere
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Don't Tell the Wife
as Mamie (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1937
True Confession
as Ella
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Mississippi Moods
★5.4
MOVIE1936
The Bride Walks Out
as Mamie
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Star for a Night
as Hattie
★7.5
MOVIE2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1946
Never Say Goodbye
as Cozy
★7.1
MOVIE1946
Margie
as Cynthia
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Johnny Come Lately
as Aida
★9.0
MOVIE1944
3 Is a Family
as Maid
★9.0
MOVIE1932
The Impatient Maiden
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1935
Alice Adams
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
★6.7
MOVIE1936
Show Boat
as Queenie
★6.3
MOVIE1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1934
Judge Priest
as Aunt Dilsey
★4.4
MOVIE1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1932
The Boiling Point
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1935
Murder by Television
as Isabella
★7.0
MOVIE1936
The Singing Kid
as Maid (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE2022
Becoming Marilyn
as (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1935
We're Only Human
as Molly
★6.8
MOVIE1932
The Washington Masquerade
as Maid (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1934
Flirtation
as Abigail (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1934
Merry Wives of Reno
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1937
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Ambrosia
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Postal Inspector
as Deborah
★5.0
MOVIE1938
Battle of Broadway
as Agatha
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Carefree
as Hattie (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1936
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Ellen Belle
★4.8
MOVIE1935
Another Face
as Nellie (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
The First Baby
as Dora
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Quick Money
as Hattie (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1935
Music Is Magic
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
High Tension
as Hattie
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Over the Goal
as Hannah
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Reunion
as Sadie
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Maryland
as Aunt Carrie
★9.8
MOVIE1944
Hi, Beautiful
as Millie
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Janie
as April, Conway's Maid
★4.9
MOVIE1934
Lost in the Stratosphere
as Ida Johnson
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Mickey
as Bertha
★4.5
MOVIE1937
45 Fathers
as Beulah
★6.1
MOVIE1935
Traveling Saleslady
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1946
Janie Gets Married
as April
★10.0
MOVIE1934
City Park
as Tessie
★8.0
MOVIE1937
The Wildcatter
as Pearl (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Babbitt
as Rosalie (uncredited)
MOVIE1985
Musical Comedy Tonight III
★7.5
MOVIE1937
Merry Go Round of 1938
as Maid
★10.0
MOVIE1934
Mickey's Rescue
as Maid
★8.0
MOVIE1934
Fate's Fathead
as Mandy - the Maid
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Gentle Julia
as Kitty Silvers
★6.8
MOVIE1935
Anniversary Trouble
as Maid
MOVIE2004
Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
as Self (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as Lizzie
★7.3
MOVIE1934
The Chases of Pimple Street
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
MOVIE2022
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Everybody's Baby
as Hattie
★6.2
MOVIE1936
Arbor Day
as Buckwheat's Mother (uncredited)
★3.9
MOVIE1937
Sky Racket
as Jenny
★5.5
MOVIE1932
The Golden West
as Mammy Lou