Louise Beavers
Birthday
1902/03/08
Day of death
1962/10/26 (60 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Louise Beaver
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films and two hit television shows from the 1920s until 1960, most often cast in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. She was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities. Beavers was a breakthrough actress for black women and became known as a symbol of a "mamm...Read more
Acting
(1933) 42nd Street
as Pansy (uncredited)
(1958) The Goddess
as The Cook
(1933) A Shriek in the Night
as Maid
(1948) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Gussie
(1942) Holiday Inn
as Mamie
(1936) Bullets or Ballots
as Nellie LaFleur
(1933) The Story of Temple Drake
as Minnie
(1937) The Last Gangster
as Gloria
(1941) Shadow of the Thin Man
as Stella
(1950) The Jackie Robinson Story
as Jackie's Mother
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Niagara
(1933) She Done Him Wrong
as Pearl
(1933) Bombshell
as Loretta
(1948) A Southern Yankee
as Laundry Woman
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as Maum Maria
(1960) The Facts of Life
as Gussie
(1933) The Midnight Patrol
as Maid (scenes deleted)
(1934) Imitation of Life
as Delilah Johnson
(1939) Made for Each Other
as Lily (uncredited)
(1933) Midnight Mary
as Mary's Maid Anna (uncredited)
(1941) Belle Starr
as Mammy Lou
(1932) Night World
as Maid (uncredited)
(1932) What Price Hollywood?
as Mary's Maid Bonita
(1929) Coquette
as Julia
(1956) Teenage Rebel
as Willamay
(1932) The Dark Horse
as Kay's Maid Levinnia
(1931) Girls About Town
as Hattie
(1934) Bedside
as Pansy
(1952) Colorado Sundown
as Mattie, Jackie's Maid
(1931) Millie
as Maid (uncredited)
(1940) No Time for Comedy
as Clementine
(1932) Wild Girl
as Mammy Lou (uncredited)
(1931) Reckless Living
as Maid
(1941) Sign of the Wolf
as Beulah
(1930) She Couldn't Say No
as Cora
(1933) Girl Missing
as Julie, Daisy's Maid (Uncredited)
(1946) Young Widow
as Rosie
(1932) The Expert
as Lulu
(1941) Kisses for Breakfast
as Clotilda
(1932) It's Tough to Be Famous
as Ada, Janet's Maid
(1930) Wide Open
as Easter
(1934) The Woman Condemned
as Sally
(1929) Election Day
as Farina's mother
(1938) Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Cassey
(1933) In the Money
as Lily
(1940) I Want a Divorce
as Celestine
(1946) Lover Come Back
as Martha
(1934) Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as Maid
(1941) Virginia
as Ophelia
(1932) Unashamed
as Amanda
(1940) Women Without Names
as Ivory
(1934) Cheaters
as Lily
(1930) Knights Before Christmas
as ---
(1947) Banjo
as Lindy
(1934) Beggar's Holiday
as Heliotrope
(1932) The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Beautician (uncredited)
(1930) Back Pay
as Nellie - Hester's Maid
(1950) My Blue Heaven
as Selma
(1934) I've Got Your Number
as Crystal
(1937) Love in a Bungalow
as Millie
(1931) Good Sport
as September
(1948) For the Love of Mary
as Bertha
(1931) Ladies of the Big House
as Ivory
(1933) Her Splendid Folly
as Anastasia
(1937) Make Way for Tomorrow
as Mamie
(1934) Palooka
as Crystal
(1932) Too Busy to Work
as Mammy
(1956) Good-bye, My Lady
as Bonnie Drew
(1930) Safety in Numbers
as Messalina
(1938) Brother Rat
as Jenny
(1930) Bright Lights
as Angela
(1934) Glamour
as Millie
(1934) The Merry Frinks
as Camille
(1930) True to the Navy
as Maid (uncredited)
(1934) Registered Nurse
as Flo - Sadie's Maid
(1932) Divorce In The Family
as Rosetta
(1940) Parole Fixer
as Aunt Lindy
(1930) Our Blushing Brides
as Amelia - The Mannequins' Maid (uncredited)
(1934) Merry Wives of Reno
as Derwent's Client - Black Mother of 12 Wanting a Divorce (uncredited)
(1932) Street of Women
as Mattie, Natalie's maid
(1931) Six Cylinder Love
as ---
(1937) Wings Over Honolulu
as Mammy
(1944) Dixie Jamboree
as Opal
(1944) Dixie Jamboree
as Sam the Deckhand
(1936) Rainbow on the River
as Toinette
(1940) Primrose Path
as Woman Talking to Police (uncredited)
(1931) Don't Bet on Women
as Maid (uncredited)
(1934) A Modern Hero
as Azais's Maid
(1931) Sundown Trail
as Auntie Jenny
(1943) Good Morning, Judge
as Cleo
(1943) All by Myself
as Willie
(1933) Notorious But Nice
as Ophelia
(1936) General Spanky
as Cornelia
(1942) The Big Street
as Ruby, Gloria's Maid (Uncredited)
(1938) Life Goes On
as Sally Weston
(1934) Gambling Lady
as Suzy - Peter's Cook (uncredited)
(1930) Honey
as Black Revivalist
(1929) Thunderbolt
as Black Cat Cafe Patron (uncredited)
(1934) Dr. Monica
as Sarah - Mary's Maid (uncredited)
(1930) Paid
as Convict (uncredited)
(1930) Manslaughter
as Rose
(1933) Central Airport
as Hotel Maid (uncredited)
(1933) Hold Your Man
as Elite Club Attendant (uncredited)
(1932) Hell's Highway
as Rascal's Sweetheart at Visitor's Center (uncredited)
(1933) Pick-up
as Magnolia (uncredited)
(1934) West of the Pecos
as Mauree
(1943) There's Something About a Soldier
as Birdie
(1957) Tammy and the Bachelor
as Osia
(1948) Good Sam
as Chloe
(1929) Glad Rag Doll
as Hannah
(1933) Hunting Trouble
as Lucy
(1944) Barbary Coast Gent
as Bedelia
(1931) Party Husband
as Laura's Maid
(1939) The Lady's from Kentucky
as Aunt Tina
(1953) Never Wave at a WAC
as Artamesa
(1942) The Vanishing Virginian
as Aunt Emmeline
(1933) What Price Innocence?
as Hannah
(1938) Scandal Street
as Clairce
(1960) All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Rose
(1935) Annapolis Farewell
as Miranda
(1933) Her Bodyguard
as Margot's Maid
(1929) Barnum Was Right
as Maid
(1932) The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Washroom Attendant (uncredited)
(1936) Wives Never Know
as Florabelle
(1942) Young America
as Pansy
(1943) Top Man
as Cleo
(1930) Outside the Law
as Judy the Maid
(1944) South of Dixie
as Magnolia Brown / Chloe
(1934) I Give My Love
as Maid
(1933) Only Yesterday
as Abby (Uncredited)
(1945) Delightfully Dangerous
as Hannah
(1933) The Phantom Broadcast
as Minnie
(1949) Tell It to the Judge
as Cleo, Marsha's Maid (uncredited)
(1939) Reform School
as Mother Barton
(1942) Seven Sweethearts
as Petunia, the Maid
(1932) You're Telling Me
as The Maid (uncredited)
(1932) Doctor X
as Louise (Uncredited)
(1929) Wall Street
as Magnolia
(1930) Second Choice
as Maid (uncredited)
(1956) You Can't Run Away from It
as Maid
(1933) The Big Cage
as Mandy
(1932) Young America
as Maid (Uncredited)
(1938) The Headleys at Home
as Hyacinth
(1952) I Dream of Jeanie
as Mammy
(1930) Recaptured Love
as Maid
(1946) Lover Come Back
as Martha, Kay's Maid
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as Mrs. Teale
(1953) The Danny Thomas Show
as Louise
(1950) The Beulah Show
as Beulah
(1970) Make Room for Granddaddy
as ---
(1959) The Swamp Fox
as ---