Butterfly McQueen
Birthday
1911/01/07
Day of death
1995/12/22 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Tampa, Florida, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film Gone with the Wind. She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. Often typecast as a maid, she said: "I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny,...Read more
Acting
(1939) Gone with the Wind
as Prissy
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Lottie (uncredited)
(1986) The Mosquito Coast
as Ma Kennywick
(1948) Killer Diller
as Butterfly
(1939) The Women
as Lulu (uncredited)
(1946) Duel in the Sun
as Vashti
(1945) Flame of Barbary Coast
as Beulah, Flaxen's Maid
(1970) The Phynx
as Butterfly McQueen
(1974) Amazing Grace
as Clarine
(1989) Polly
as Miss Priss
(1943) Cabin in the Sky
as Lily
(1943) I Dood It
as Annette
(1941) Affectionately Yours
as Butterfly
(1986) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Blind Negress
(1988) The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self
(1944) Since You Went Away
as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
(1948) Studio One
as Pearl
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Mary