Hattie McDaniel
Birthday
1893/06/10
Day of death
1952/10/26 (59 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Also know 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...Read more
Acting
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Mammy
(1934) Judge Priest
as Aunt Dilsey
(1934) King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Mop Buyer
(1936) Show Boat
as Queenie
(1932) Blonde Venus
as Cora, Helen's Maid in New Orleans (uncredited)
(1946) Song of the South
as Aunt Tempy
(1935) Murder by Television
as Isabella
(1942) George Washington Slept Here
as Hester
(1938) Carefree
as Hattie (uncredited)
(1944) Since You Went Away
as Fidelia
(1946) Never Say Goodbye
as Cozy
(1942) In This Our Life
as Minerva Clay
(1938) The Mad Miss Manton
as Hilda
(1935) Alice Adams
as Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner
(1941) The Great Lie
as Violet
(1937) Saratoga
as Rosetta
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Callie
(1947) The Flame
as Celia
(1941) Affectionately Yours
as Cynthia, Sue's Cook
(1949) The Big Wheel
as Minnie
(1948) Family Honeymoon
as Phyllis
(1938) The Shopworn Angel
as Martha
(1939) Zenobia
as Dehlia
(1938) The Shining Hour
as Belvedere
(1946) Margie
as Cynthia
(1938) Battle of Broadway
as Agatha
(1937) True Confession
as Ella
(1937) The Crime Nobody Saw
as Ambrosia
(1932) The Boiling Point
as Caroline - the Cook (uncredited)
(1932) Are You Listening?
as Performer entering radio station
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1934) Mickey's Rescue
as Maid
(1944) Janie
as April, Conway's Maid
(1946) Janie Gets Married
as April
(1948) Mickey
as Bertha
(1940) Maryland
as Aunt Carrie
(1938) Vivacious Lady
as Hattie (uncredited)
(1937) Merry Go Round of 1938
as Maid
(1937) Sky Racket
as Jenny
(1937) Over the Goal
as Hannah
(1932) Hypnotized
as Powder Room Attendant
(1937) The Wildcatter
as Pearl (uncredited)
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1933) I'm No Angel
as Manicurist (uncredited)
(1936) Arbor Day
as Buckwheat's Mother
(1935) We're Only Human
as Molly
(2004) Hattie McDaniel: or A Credit to the Motion Picture Industry
as Self (archive footage)
(1937) Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Walker (uncredited)
(1932) The Washington Masquerade
as Maid (uncredited)
(1942) The Male Animal
as Cleota
(1937) Don't Tell the Wife
as Mamie (uncredited)
(1937) Quick Money
as Hattie (uncredited)
(1935) Music Is Magic
as Hattie (Amanda in credits)
(1936) Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Ellen Belle
(1934) Fate's Fathead
as Mandy - the Maid
(1935) China Seas
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
(1934) City Park
as Tessie
(1936) The Bride Walks Out
as Mamie
(1936) Postal Inspector
as Deborah
(1937) Racing Lady
as Abby
(1934) Merry Wives of Reno
as Bunny's Maid (uncredited)
(1934) Flirtation
as Abigail (uncredited)
(1935) Traveling Saleslady
as Martha Smith (uncredited)
(1933) Hello, Sister!
as Woman in Apartment House
(1936) High Tension
as Hattie
(1944) 3 Is a Family
as Maid
(1943) Johnny Come Lately
as Aida
(1936) Libeled Lady
as Scrubwoman in Grand Plaza Hall (uncredited)
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Gossip in "Ice Cold Katie" Number
(1936) Reunion
as Sadie
(1939) Everybody's Baby
as Hattie
(1944) Hi, Beautiful
as Millie
(2022) The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
as ---
(1936) The Singing Kid
as Maid (uncredited)
(1937) Mississippi Moods
as ---
(1934) Babbitt
as Rosalie (uncredited)
(1932) The Impatient Maiden
as Injured Patient (uncredited)
(1935) The Little Colonel
as Becky "Mom Beck" Porter
(1936) Star for a Night
as Hattie
(1933) Good-bye Love
as Edna the Maid
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1935) Wig-Wag
as Cook
(1988) The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2009) 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(1934) Operator 13
as Annie (uncredited)
(1934) Imitation of Life
as Woman at Funeral (uncredited)
(1935) Another Face
as Nellie (uncredited)
(1936) The First Baby
as Dora
(1985) Musical Comedy Tonight III
as ---
(1936) Gentle Julia
as Kitty Silvers
(1934) Lost in the Stratosphere
as Ida Johnson
(1936) Can This Be Dixie?
as Lizzie
(1937) 45 Fathers
as Beulah
(1935) Okay Toots!
as Maid (uncredited)
(1934) The Chases of Pimple Street
as Hattie - Gertrude's Maid (uncredited)
(1935) Anniversary Trouble
as Maid
(1950) The Beulah Show
as Beulah
(2018) Explained
as Self - First Black Oscar Winner (archive footage)