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Hattie McDaniel(1893-1952)

  • Actress
  • Soundtrack
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Hattie McDaniel
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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 her 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, it was presented to her by Fay Bainter at a segregated ceremony, she had to sit at the back away from the rest of the cast.
BornJune 10, 1893
DiedOctober 26, 1952(59)
BornJune 10, 1893
DiedOctober 26, 1952(59)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 5 wins total

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Known for

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gone with the Wind
8.2
  • Mammy - House Servant
  • 1939
Bette Davis and George Brent in The Great Lie (1941)
The Great Lie
7.0
  • Violet
  • 1941
Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, and Charles Winninger in Show Boat (1936)
Show Boat
7.4
  • Queenie
  • 1936
Will Rogers in Judge Priest (1934)
Judge Priest
6.2
  • Aunt Dilsey(as Hattie McDaniels)
  • 1934

Credits

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Actress



  • Beulah (1950)
    Beulah
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Beulah
    • 1952
  • Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rooney, and John Ireland in The Big Wheel (1949)
    The Big Wheel
    5.6
    • Minnie (as Hattie McDaniels)
    • 1949
  • Claudette Colbert, Jimmy Hunt, Fred MacMurray, Peter Miles, and Gigi Perreau in Family Honeymoon (1948)
    Family Honeymoon
    6.3
    • Phyllis
    • 1948
  • Lois Butler in Mickey (1948)
    Mickey
    6.4
    • Bertha
    • 1948
  • John Carroll, Robert Paige, and Vera Ralston in The Flame (1947)
    The Flame
    6.4
    • Celia
    • 1947
  • Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, and Ruth Warrick in Song of the South (1946)
    Song of the South
    6.9
    • Aunt Tempy
    • 1946
  • Errol Flynn, Patti Brady, Eleanor Parker, S.Z. Sakall, and Lucile Watson in Never Say Goodbye (1946)
    Never Say Goodbye
    6.7
    • Cozy
    • 1946
  • Jeanne Crain in Margie (1946)
    Margie
    7.1
    • Cynthia
    • 1946
  • Robert Hutton and Joan Leslie in Janie Gets Married (1946)
    Janie Gets Married
    5.9
    • April
    • 1946
  • Noah Beery Jr., Walter Catlett, Florence Lake, Martha O'Driscoll, and Tim Ryan in Hi, Beautiful (1944)
    Hi, Beautiful
    7.3
    • Millie
    • 1944
  • Three Is a Family (1944)
    Three Is a Family
    5.1
    • Maid
    • 1944
  • Janie (1944)
    Janie
    5.9
    • April
    • 1944
  • Shirley Temple, Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away (1944)
    Since You Went Away
    7.5
    • Fidelia
    • 1944
  • Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, and Alexis Smith in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Thank Your Lucky Stars
    6.7
    • Gossip in 'Ice Cold Katy' Number
    • 1943
  • James Cagney in Johnny Come Lately (1943)
    Johnny Come Lately
    6.8
    • Aida
    • 1943

Soundtrack



  • The Ed Wynn Show (1949)
    The Ed Wynn Show
    6.9
    TV Series
    • performer: "Some of These Days"
    • 1949
  • Bobby Driscoll, Luana Patten, and Ruth Warrick in Song of the South (1946)
    Song of the South
    6.9
    • performer: "Sooner Or Later (You're Gonna Be Comin' Around)" (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Shirley Temple, Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotten, and Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away (1944)
    Since You Went Away
    7.5
    • performer: "Happy Birthday to You" (1893) (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Dinah Shore, and Alexis Smith in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
    Thank Your Lucky Stars
    6.7
    • performer: "Ice Cold Katy" (1943) (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Bette Davis and George Brent in The Great Lie (1941)
    The Great Lie
    7.0
    • performer: "Slumber My Darling" (1862) (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Saratoga (1937)
    Saratoga
    6.5
    • performer: "The Horse with the Dreamy Eyes" (1937) (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, and Charles Winninger in Show Boat (1936)
    Show Boat
    7.4
    • performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "Ah Still Suits Me" (1936) (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore in The Little Colonel (1935)
    The Little Colonel
    7.0
    • performer: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Babbitt (1934)
    Babbitt
    6.0
    • performer: "Blues Ain't Nothing but a Good Man Feeling Bad" (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Will Rogers in Judge Priest (1934)
    Judge Priest
    6.2
    • performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" (1853), "Aunt Dilsey's Improvisation" (1934), "Massa Jesus Wrote Me a Note" (1934), "The Little Brown Jug" (1869), "Aunt Dilsey's Song" (1934)
    • writer: "Aunt Dilsey's Improvisation" (1934) (uncredited)
    • 1934

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Gone with the Wind: 75th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
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Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Hattie McDaniels
  • Height
    • 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
  • Born
    • June 10, 1893
    • Wichita, Kansas, USA
  • Died
    • October 26, 1952
    • Woodland Hills, California, USA(breast cancer)
  • Spouses
      Larry C. WilliamsJune 11, 1949 - December 5, 1950 (divorced)
  • Parents
      Henry McDaniel
  • Relatives
      Sam McDaniel(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Radio: A regular performer on the weekly Eddie Cantor radio show "It's Time to Smile" on NBC. She had previously been a guest on four episodes in 1941 and 1942.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 3 Print Biographies
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 7 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Was the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She won as Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939). She became the first African-American to attend the Academy Awards as a guest, not a servant.
  • Quotes
    I'd rather play a maid than be one.
  • Trademark
      Frequently played "maid" characters
  • Nicknames
    • Hi-Hat Hattie
    • The Colored Sophie Tucker
    • Mamie
  • Salaries
      Gone with the Wind
      (1939)
      $1,000 a week

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